I think there are some differences to consider, I certainly don't think they are similar. Just open a bottle and smell the bottles and you can smell the difference between a SOG in a bottle and one in a pot.
Length of wear- I know many of you have clients who can't stand grow out and come back after 2 weeks like clock work - I have a few of those, but just a few. Most of my clients are busy and would rather be able to go 3-4 weeks between services than come back because of grow out. I have one client who I did a pedi on today that has had the same color on her toes for FOUR months. I kid you not. I'm posting the pics on facebook, happy I took the before shot (I did because I loved the color combo!). This client would typically go completely bare during the winter months because her shoes are on and she says polish just rubs off too easy and looks terrible too soon - and in the winter she isn't wearing sandles so it doesn't matter. But she said even this morning (with 4 months of grow out) she got a compliment at the swimming pool at the gym about her toe polish being an awesome color. They obviously weren't on the ground looking at the grow out. Anyway thats just one example. I do have some that are 16 days or less with color, but the vast majority are so pleased 3 weeks out they don't have a chip. Until I know for a fact the new ones are 3+ weeks it won't compare. (I did get Shellac at the show last weekend to try) Strength for the client - My clients also love that their SOG keeps their nails from cracking. They have never been able to grow their nails to any substantial length before and can now grow them out without the breaks. Now I am curious about the new ones in that you don't have to buff the nail. That could make a huge difference on the shape of the clients nail after wearing SOG and removing it month after month. I now put a thin layer of classic gel on my clients before I put on the color simply so I can quickly e-file it off (the classic gel keeps it from getting hot) and so I don't go down to their natural nail every time. I am interested to see if the new Shellac and gelish get as good of wear without a chip for many weeks while not buffing the nail at all. And soak time is also a good factor. I hate soaking it off. Akzentz is 5 minutes per layer, many of my clients have base, 2 coats of color, 1 glitter coat, 1 top coat. Thats 25 minutes. I don't have time for that. I can efile it off in 10. Plus acetone on their nails that long gives some the throbbing feeling or can make them dry and curl. If it actually soaks in 5 minutes than I'm interested. I do also like the CND kits that are basically the cotton and tin foil things in a little bag. They say not to retail them. Thats crazy - as a professional nail tech I'm not spending $2.50 on 10 soak off pads when I can use cotton and tin foil for almost nothing. But retailing them for those who will soak off at home saves me time in the salon from removing when they come back, makes a buck, and if the product is as good as they say - the clients WILL be back. So this is certainly an interesting topic. I did try Axium. I'm not sure if Gelish wants you to buff the nail or not, if it doesn't require it, I'll be sure to try it out. I played with it for a minute at the Harmony booth in Vegas (which was beautiful by the way). Love this board where awesome techs throw around ideas and tips. :) On Apr 28, 12:57 pm, Michelle Phoenix <wetpaintnail...@gmail.com> wrote: > Maggie I hear what you're saying! I've been trying to find out what, > exactly, is the difference between any of the brush on gels and the pot gels > if they're all soakable polishes. I have quite a few Akzentz polishes that > I like and am hesitant to get started on some new product just because it's > new. I'm not an early adopter. > > I hope both Gelish and Shellac will be at Premiere b/c I want to try them > both and see what's so "revolutionary" about them. > > M- > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Maggie in Visalia > <onykoph...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > > > > I remember high school. When my little knock-off Keds-style tennis shoes > > got to the point where they were less than white anymore, but I couldn't > > really afford to buy another pair, I took my acrylic paints and smeared > > bright colorful patches all over my shoes. Voila! Not just good as new, but > > a unique work of art and creative expressionism. > > > The cheerleaders made SUCH fun of me. Not just the cheerleaders, but pretty > > much everyone who ranked higher on the social ladder than myself. Which, for > > the record, was pretty much everyone. > > > All I heard that year was what an idiot I was. How "weird" I was. And how > > stupid my shoes looked. > > > Of course-- and I'm sure it comes as no surprise to y'all who've known me > > for awhile-- I was pretty used to being called "weird" by the time I got to > > high school. So I shrugged it off and wore my nifty shoes with pride. > > Personally, I thought they were pretty cool. > > > So the next fashion season dawned, and guess what's "all the rage" in all > > the teen magazines? And what all the popular girls show up at school with? I > > SWEAR I am not even exagerating here! Little white Keds-style tennis shoes > > with all kinds of random paint splotches on them. EXACTLY like the shoes I'd > > done myself a year before that all those same girls said were stupid. > > > And that's the story that's running through my mind while I'm reading all > > these "I can't wait for my Shellac" posts. > > > Haven't I had my Gelish for like a MONTH already? But CND comes out with > > SOG in a polish bottle and you'd think they perfected cold fusion. > > > All I see is a bunch of cheerleaders wearing my old tennis shoes. > > > So can anyone explain why Shellac is so much better/different than Gelish? > > > Maggie Franklin: Attitudes Salon; Visalia, CA > > "Visionary rebel dreamer; obviously way ahead of my time." > > Art of Nailz <http://artofnailz.info/> > > Maggie Rants [and rav...@nails Magazine <http://blogs.nailsmag.com/maggie/> > > Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/onykophile> > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "NailTech" group. > > To post to this group, send email to nailt...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > nailtech+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<nailtech%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. > > -- > Michelle Phoenix > Elite Licensed Nail Technician > > Wet Paint Nail Spawww.wetpaintnailspa.com > Online Booking Available > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NailTech" group. > To post to this group, send email to nailt...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nailtech+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://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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