With toes I prep. Use OptiBond, cure, a coat of base'n'gloss, sprinkle glitter on over a piece of paper, turn the feet and tap off excess. Cure. Then a coat of base'n'gloss and cure. Wipe the tacky off and Finished.
Using a flexible gel makes a big difference. -Jess On Feb 12, 5:19 am, Caralyn <[email protected]> wrote: > Diana > You dip the toes in the glitter? And do what with the brush? I am trying to > picture this in my mind. LOL. > > Caralyn > > Sent from Caralyn's iPhone > > On Feb 12, 2009, at 6:40 AM, Diana Bonn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Been reading this thread, and maybe I am wrong here. But, I use the > soakable gels for my glitter toes and nails and also as I have stated > before,use the soakable gels for my new service of "soft gel manicure". > > But I consider them as enhancements, and I don't soak off!! I file > them off. I like to use the soakable gels because of the consistency > of the product, and for those that do not need length or > building. These two new services (glitter/manicure) is picking up. > Of course the glitter sells itself, but the manicure sells because of > the speed of the service, the natural look of their own nail, less > work on me, and the client perceives that they don't have > enhancements (even though I tell them different). > > They like the feel of the flexibility of the soakable gels, they say > it feels kind of rubbery and feel the extra strentgh to their natural > nails that they would never get without an enhancement. And no one > knows they have the gel on, looks like a shiny top coat on their > nails (with no color).They don't want acrylic, they want something > different and this is working. The don't have the chipping or the > peeling or the breaking with their natural nails. > > So when you guys say that filing off the soakable gels will be to > damaging to the natural nail, I don't understand. What is the > difference of using a regular gel, or an acrylic as an overlay, you > are still filing. > > Maybe it is the marketing or your type of service. Maybe the > manufacturers of the soakable gels are saying to you, for natural > nail clients who don't want enhancements. Maybe it is the marketing > of not the product itself, but the marketing of a "No filing product > - soakable gels". > > I personally think that this is a marketing issue. I mean acrylic is > soakable. maybe it is a time marketing issue. Maybe the soakable > gels are faster to soak off vs soaking off an overlay of acrylic. > > I just wanted to let you know, that I consider soakable gels as > another type of product for enhancements, just a different type of > product we have available to us for certain type of clients. For new > users, you can file this off if you want. Depends on how you want to > market soakable gels. > > Heck you could offer two new services with the same product. For > those clients who HATE filing offer this product and soak those > suckers off. For those clients that want the extra strength that > don't give a hoot about filing, you have another service. > > And on the glitter nails, I hate to sprinkle, rather use the dip > method with a brush. JMHO diana from indiana --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
