The Le Chat issue compunds and perpetuates the problem: Having a product manufacturer label a product as "powder gel" validates the notion that there is such a thing. But I think a bigger contributor to the myth is that so many people-- both clients and professionals-- want gel. People buy into the "gel is healthier" notion or they just want what's "new." I think a combination of techs who didn't/don't have gel skills and clients who don't know what gel is but want it anyway-- or got gel and found it not to be as strong/hard/good/whatever as the acrylics they were used to, led to an issue where techs were thrilled to accept any thing that they could do to make gel more like acrylic, ie: bring it back into their comfort zone. That, and giving the clients what they "want" while still giving them what they expect. (Clients ask for gel, but expect the performance of the acrylic that they're used to...techs want to give clients what they want-- and up-charge for the new service- but don't have proficiency with gels so their services break down. Clients complain.) I think people started adding powder to gels, doing "hybrid" part acrylic/part gel nails (I did this for pink and whites for awhile) whatever it took to work through the learning curves while still appeasing demand. Some techs just got lazy and started just doing acrylic, I think. Turned out, clients didn't know the difference, so they could get away with saing "this is powder gel" and people bought it. Did all that make sense? This busted arm thing is getting to me.
Maggie Franklin: Owner & Artist, The Art of Nailz, Visalia CA "Visionary rebel dreamer; obviously way ahead of my time." Maggie Rants [and Raves]@Nails Magazine Facebook >________________________________ > From: Sheryl Goldberg <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 7:04 PM >Subject: RE: NailTech:: What to say to clients who think that an NSS salon >nails are beautiful? > >Katherine, > > I can tell you how this Gel Powder came about...... > >Years ago I worked for LeChat. They DO sprinkle a polymer Powder over the >brush on gel to give it body. When done Right it makes a Great Nail that you >can almost soak off. It is a Really Good product.....NOW That being said >here goes.... > >When they were first developing the system they were using standard Clear >Acrylic Powder with Catalyst. It was put into a different Jar labeled "Gel >Powder" meaning it was the powder you sprinkle on the Gel, not dip into. >This went on for YEARS in the San Francisco Area and spread outward. The >Powder that goes with the LeChat Gel system is Now plan polymer Without >Catalyst. So if you use That Gel Powder with AC liquid the nail will fall >apart, it will not cure. They are still able to buy the clear AC with >Catalyst in Jars that say "Gel Powder". The people who were in on the Early >Product are still able to buy 1 powder for Both applications, teach each >other and continue the "Myth", > >I'm telling you it use to drive me Bugshit! This will never go away. Tell >your client you cannot put your product over their Gel Powder, they are >not compatible and they should get their nails filled by someone who uses >Gel Powder. They are not going to believe someone would lie to them, they >are going to believe what they WANT to believe.......until something >Unpleasant happens. > >Sorry you have to deal with this > >Sheryl Goldberg >Goldfingers & Toes >Nail Tech/Educator >Located in >ZETHINA Cosmetics & Skin Care >Glendale, AZ >[email protected] > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >Of Katherine Fahrig >Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 12:55 PM >To: Google Groups >Subject: NailTech:: What to say to clients who think that an NSS salon nails >are beautiful? > >Hey Techies, > >I have a client who used to be a regular gel client until she moved to >Florida last year. She now comes to me 3 or 4 times a year. It wasn't a >problem until this visit. She showed up with NSS, substandard, horrible >acrylic nails that are yellowing and have fill lines. She went on and on >about how she found a new salon that is so beautiful and the guy she goes to >is so up to date on all the latest things and does such beautiful work. I'm >looking at horrible, yellow, fill lines and acrylic ( she was told that it >was the new powder gel that they were using ) and I want to scream! I >pointed out the yellowing and the fill lines, she acknowledged them and then >said something about "taking it all off" for her fill. I told her that she >would have to soak them off for about an hour and then I would do a full >set, for the price of a full set. She said that they just pulled them off, >no hour wasted soaking them off. I had to keep my head down so she could not >see the horror on my face. > >What do you say to someone when presented with this kind of mess? I did not >have the time to soak them off and do a full set, so, I did not push her to >do so. I told her that it was acrylic on her nails and she said that it was >powder gel, didn't I know about it? I explained that it was not powder gel >it was acrylic and she still insisted that they said it was gel so it is >gel. I stopped short of telling her that they are lying rat finks because >she went on and on about how much she liked the salon and the "guy" who does >her nails and the conversation was quickly turning into an argument with my >client defending her "guy's" flat out lies! > >I'm still trying to get my hormones in balance so I could use some advice as >to what to say and what not to say. In general I do not bad mouth anyone >else's work, but, what do I do when someone is lying their but off and the >client believes them over me? I have certificates on the wall that prove my >advanced education and she's heard me go on and on about all the >conventions, continuing education, this mailing list, industry web sites and >trade publications that I've gotten all my information from for 25 years and >she still believes that lying sack of *~#t!!!!! Sorry, I fell into name >calling.....not sorry he is a lying sack of _____. > >She was a good client for about a year before she moved to FL, I educated >her while she was in my chair and now she seems to have forgotten all of it. >On her way out she saw my old ProFinish two hand uv lamp and exclaimed, >"that's what they have, the new two hand lamp! What do you use it for?" I >told her that that lamp is a least 15 years old and useless except to get >regular polish clients to sit still for 4 minutes. She looked confused, but, >said nothing more. > >I thought about booking 2 hours for her next appointment and soaking the ac >off and putting on a new set of gels so she would be reminded of how they >should look, but, if I'm doing all that work, I'm getting paid for a full >set and she would not agree to that. Besides, she saw my nails and the >clients before and after her with beautiful, clear, non yellow, no fill >lines, gel nails. Maybe she listened and noticed more than she admitted to >and she will find a new salon in FL that actually does gels, not acrylic >(that turns yellow) with a gel overlay. > >So, Techies, I did a little venting, now, what do you all say to clients who >come in with NSS nails and tell you how beautiful that are? > >Katherine >Nails at Panache >St. Louis, MO >Sent from my iPad > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"NailTech" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. > > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"NailTech" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. 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