Well I use gel polish over acrylic but she said he would have to charge more and this way he uses one coat of polish (said it dries quick) seals it with acrylic and uses the finish to make it shiny. She also claimed that he uses the e-file each time to remove.
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 11, 2014, at 3:26 PM, Katherine Fahrig <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Vinylux does not require a base coat. 2 coats of color + 1 coat of Weekly Top > Coat. Great stuff, lasts a full 2 weeks on my clients nails (6 weeks on a > pedicure) and dries in under 10 minutes. It is harder to remove. I use > straight acetone and a Hands Down Ultra pad for removal. > > Hum, CND educators on the list...why is the top coat called "weekly" is the > client supposed to apply one coat every week at home? I've never heard anyone > say to do it, I'm just wondering about the name on the bottle. > > As far as the acrylic/ polish/ acrylic/ gel application; I see no point. Why > put polish between layers of acrylic? The nail tech would have to apply > acrylic, file, wash dust off nails, polish, wait 10 minutes or longer for > polish to dry, apply acrylic, file, gel top coat, cure, cleanse. What would > be the point? Use a gel color to get long lasting color with fewer steps and > without wasting time waiting for the polish to dry and doing 2X the work by > filing the acrylic 3X (1st time, thinning the old acrylic to prep the nail, > second time, first application of acrylic and third time, second application > of acrylic over polish) and how would the nail tech ever get all the old > color off? Soak off the full set at every service? Again, what would be the > point? > > Katherine > Nails at Panache > St. Louis, MO > Sent from my iPad > >> On Apr 11, 2014, at 7:56 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Ok so its been a long time since Ive been on here. Just been lurking. I am >> getting back into the field. Busy going to hair school currently. Anyway, I >> purchased a bottle of vinylux. What is the procedure for application? Does >> it require base coat? Top coat? And yesterday I heard an interesting >> application. A woman at my job told me when she gets her nails done they put >> acrylic down, then a coat of polish let it dry and seal it with acrylic then >> seal it with a finish gel. Has anyone heard of or tried this?? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NailTech" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NailTech" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
