Mitchele, do you soak or file off?
Angie
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From: Mitchele Hunt <[email protected]>;
To: <[email protected]>;
Subject: Re: NailTech:: Diana--Questions about your soft gel manicure
Sent: Sun, Apr 8, 2012 6:11:22 PM
I have my mom on a eco soak off clear base gel overlay. and then any
polish on top. My fave on her is Chi Ceramic polish lasts like 3
wks over the overlay
On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Susan Mang <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Diana,
I was going to send this to you privately, but thought others on the
list may have the same questions.
I am one of the dinosaur nail techs, and I'm just working my way
into most of the modern day nail services.
Most of my clientele is acrylic, but I have added the gel polish to
my list of services over the past year.
I am intrigued with the idea of a soft gel manicure. Can you apply
this Mani Q gel over the natural nails, and then
use regular polish, or is it only a base for gel colors? Am I
understanding that it can be removed by soaking, but also can
be left on and just filled? and what is the Charisma you
mentioned....I would love to be able to make my own Gel colors
out of the polish colors...I think that's the hardest part of
selling the gel manicure (that people have their favorite colors in
the traditional polish lines)....or did I misunderstand that, and
you're just creating your own colors?
And can you use an LED light with the Mani Q gel, or just a UV?
Sorry if all this is redundant....
But thanks for helping get this dinosaur out of the dark ages!!!
Sue Mang
[email protected]
Louis Anthony Salon
Buffalo NY
> Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 12:43:04 -0400
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: NailTech::soft gel maniccure..charisma mix it
yourself..was Re: Gel polish
>
> Yes, I do the fills just like a regular fill with any product.
> Clients re-book 2 3 4 5 weeks...just depends on how fast their nails
> grow, or if they picked a neautral color or a darker color.
>
> I charge the same, with this gel or a gel polish only. I don't care.
> On another note if the gel polish only clients, and if the gel polish
> is chipping, I always used Protein Bond on all of gel clients. There
> are other brands out there and I am sure the others can give you the
> names. That helps also. good luck. diana from indiana
>
>
> Quoting Lauren Dodson <[email protected]>:
>
> > So you have to fill in the gel when they come back then re-apply the
> > gel polish? I want to make sure I'm understanding. I like this
> > idea for people with thin nails that might break or dry out from
> > getting gel polish re-done every 2 weeks.
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> > To: [email protected]
> > Sent: Saturday, April 7, 2012 4:16 PM
> > Subject: Re: NailTech::soft gel maniccure..charisma mix it
> > yourself..was Re: Gel polish
> >
> > Yep, Jess been doing this for years. I bet i;m about 75% also.
> >
> > I call it the soft gel manicure, didn't want to call it soak off
> > because I file, didn't want to call them gel nails, because of
> > traditional gels.
> >
> > I use the Mani Q gel, then use gel polish on top of this. I have
> > client that can go a month also. Just file off and re-apply. Most
> > ac clients have switched to this. And soooooooooooooooooooo easy on
> > my hands. LOVE IT.
> >
> > The only clients that I have left with ac, are those that I need to
> > build a nail because they grow ka ka!!!!!!lolo. but they love the
> > gel polish.
> >
> > And Becky, the Charisma has been a HUGE success. Now my clients can
> > pick their favorite nail polish color and I can make a gel polish
> > for them. LOVE IT.
> >
> > These gels have changed our industry. did I say LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!
> > And I have all kinds of brands. just love them. But love the idea
> > of mixing my own at a decent price. diana from indiana
> >
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> > Quoting Jess in WA <[email protected]>:
> >
> >> After doing last years taxes I discovered that gel manicures- the way
> >> I do it- is now 75% of my business. I never soak off, as many techs
> >> don't. I keep a very thin layer of Akzentz Natural gel as the base
> >> coat - it balances with the flexibility of the colors and gives the
> >> strength of an enhancement without needing an arch (it goes against
> >> what we normally think is required but it really does work
> >> beautifully). If a customer wants extensions, I obviously use a bit
> >> more gel and a slight arch- but once their natural nails are to the
> >> desired length, the thin layer of hard gel is all that's required to
> >> give people 4 weeks of strength with their color on top. I call it the
> >> 30 day manicure and charge $55 for what takes 30-50 minutes. My
> >> clients are busy and don't have time to come in more than every 3-4
> >> weeks so they absolutely love the 30 day manicure. I've had a client
> >> leave to Europe for the summer and her nails lasted 7 weeks.
> >>
> >> I only do a traditional base coat, 2 coats of color and top coat gel
> >> manicure if a client is planning to soak them off at home it they are
> >> only coming temporarily.
> >>
> >> Anyway if you haven't tried this method and you have clients who want
> >> more strength or their natural nails always protected, it's a fabulous
> >> trick :)
> >> - jess
> >>
> >> On Apr 5, 1:03 pm, Aimee Nails <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> How do handle a situation of clients hearing from other people
> >>> that the new gel polishes help strengthen the natural nails?
> >>> I've heard people taking off their acrylic and going to gel polish
> >>> but I'm afraid they will expect the gel polish to hold up like
> >>> traditional gel or acrylics.
> >>>
> >>> I thought gel polish is more like polish than any enhancement.
> >>>
> >>> Aimee
> >>> St. Louis, MO
> >>>
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