Before you all go head on into mixing your own gel colors I think you should heed some valuable advice. Recently when the topic came up about mixing the polishes with the gels, I got into some great emails with Doug Schoon (famous for his work in the Creative Labs) and Paul Bryson (famous for his work in the OPI labs). I learned a lot during their emails and have some personal experience that I want to share.
First, if it hasn't been tested in a lab...and just because it does cure on the nail doesn't mean that it might be safe. Microscopically you could have some uncured gels that your client is exposed to that will later result in an allergic reaction. Some pigments just don't work as well with UV Cure. My personal experience happened late in the 1990's when I was using a UV cure acrylic in my salon. In one month I had several clients coming to me with allergic reactions. I had been using the product for about 5 years without any problems. I immediately contacted Doug and told him about what was happening. We came to agree that my 6 watt UV bulbs (early days of the 9's) were leaving microscopic amounts of uncured products. My three clients just happened to have reached their limits in the same month. I changed my lamp to a 9 watt lamp and thankfully never had a problem. I was even able to put nails back on the three clients and because the light cured them properly, never saw an issue for the many years I did their nails (until moving to California). For the years that my bulb wasn't curing properly...I never had lifting, cracking or breaking. My clients rarely needed repairs and never needed new full sets. Yet it is amazing that the acrylic wasn't completely cured and the raw product caused the reactions. I've always been a fan of trying something new. But now that I have gotten more information and a better education...am weary of the long term effects it can have on our clients nails and ultimately on your business. So I JUST wanted to play devils advocate and give you the down side to any kind of experimenting. Sometimes you can't ways see what is going on with the naked eye. :) Elaine On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 3:22 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok Teks, I took a small amount of finishing clear gel, and then mixed in a > tiny bit of paste food coloring (the kind you use to color frosting, Wilton > makes the kind I have) So... this really works! I used it on a nail tip, > and the colors were gorgeous! I might try experimenting a little more with > this, there are dozens of food coloring choices, and the gel was beautiful! > I'll let you know how it goes! > Pam > Nail Designs > Frozen in Ohio > > > > > ------------------------------ > *A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy > steps!<http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1216817552x1201106465/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=82%26bcd=DecemailfooterNO82> > * > > > > -- Elaine T. Watson Star Nail International Vice President of Marketing and Sales Global Education Director 800.782.7624 extension 321 fax 661.257.5847 [email protected] Blog: itsnotarealjob.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
