I love that letter. I lived it once and when I got it in my mail I just about peed myself when I got to the part about holding the cat between your knees:)
Nicole Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: "Laura Merzetti" <la...@scratchmyback.ca> Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 16:58:29 To: <nailtech@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: NailTech:: Gel Polishes, my saga... need some help? Becky, this reminded me of that email that gets sent around about trying to give a cat a pill :-) I always file my free edges when I'm done - any service - whether it's traditional gel or soak off gel. I'm thinking the white wasn't completely dry when you applied the top gloss on top of it - was it the Cina pen on that one? I haven't used it so I don't know, maybe Elaine can chime in here to help you with that. You also have to use thin layers of white SOG for your French. I do a thin base layer, then apply white, swipe and freeze-cure each nail if necessary, then make sure I cure them 2 minutes before I do the clear over top of everything (so the whites don't smudge, sometimes all that pigment has a hard time completely curing and also why you want to do thin layers. It's quite possible your white wasn't cured all the way through at the free edge - it's happened to me if I try to do it too thickly). Hope some of that helped! Laura M. _____ From: nailtech@googlegroups.com [mailto:nailt...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of lynnett...@tmo.blackberry.net Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 4:41 PM To: nailtech@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: NailTech:: Gel Polishes, my saga... need some help? Becky dear, I will get back to you on some of these things later---BUT-- aside from sweating-- you need to stop stressing. They will not know tour lines are not perfect. WE DO!!! You do not know how many techs that have looked at my pics and told others about how bad they look!!! Not that it bothers me-- I am not in a competition in the salon and sometimes it just happens. NOW- I never went by that "capping" the free edge. That capping is only as good as long as the client NEVER uses the tips of her fingers. Rarely do I "cap" the free edge and sometimes I DO buff the edge. And guess what? I never have lifting!!! Now-- can I ask-- are you NOT using the base axxium? If not, why not? Gotta' run, Lynnette http://www.facebook.com/nailtech Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile _____ From: Becky <enhandsme...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 14:52:38 -0500 To: nailtech<NailTech@googlegroups.com> Subject: NailTech:: Gel Polishes, my saga... need some help? OK. *sigh* I am irritated with french manicures. I hate gel. LOL This week I've had several new clients asking about SOG's. Sooooooooooo, I've applied several FRENCH MANI's and I have some issues. I will be as detailed as possible and feel free to chime in and correct me. French Mani #1 - No base coat, only dehydration with ScrubFresh - Axxium Hawaiian Orchid applied directly to the nail, one coat - Dispersion layer LEFT, applied white SOG - flash cured 4 nails at a time - White was way too thick, ended up BUFFING THE NAIL then topping with top gloss and curing 2 min On this particular manicure, as I was dripping sweat down my neck - STRESSING OUT because I my french mani's are usually FLAWLESS in acrylic or polish. This SUCKED! I ended up buffing the nail gently to smooth out the HUGE lip of white I had (I applied as thin as possible without being able to see brush marks - swiped the nails... cured. BEGIN PANIC ATTACK. She texts me the next day and says 2 of her nails are "lifting". BECAUSE the polish had gotten a little "crusty" on the free edge, I GENTLY filed the edge and apparently broke the seal - I'm not sure because I don't remember which nails this happened on WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE NEXT question: How are you people capping a short free edge (like on the video that Holly posted) and NOT getting those little crusties on the edge?!??! French Mani #2 - ScrubFresh THOROUGHLY, applied Protein Bond to free edge - Axxium applied directly over nail - White CINA pen to tips - Top It Off Gloss top coat On this one (same client, I had her remove all product and I re-did her nails), I applied Axxium, removed the dispersion layer and used the CINA Nail Art Pen to apply the white. Looks great, ok, moving on to other hand - come back to the first hand and some of the white has gotten spotty! REAPPLIED another coat of white, touched up - applied Top Gloss, DRAGGED HALF THE WHITE ONTO THE NAIL BED! ARGHHHHHH............ REMOVED ALL WHITES, tried again (remember the sweating from earlier? Yes, the pits are drenched and I'm frreeeakkinngg out inside, keeping my cool on the outside..... I feel a bead of sweat come down the FRONT OF MY NECK, LOL!!! Second attempt of Cina application - allowed it to dry more thoroughly and left a "buffer" of gloss on the brush so I wouldn't drag it this time, capped free edge (made sure to cover ALL Cina so it wouldn't wipe off) - cured, BAM! Gorgeous......the only exception is that the whites weren't perfect because that pen wasn't perfect, but that was only seen by ME - otherwise it was very nice. French Mani #3 - ScrubFresh thoroughly only - Axxium applied directly to nail - White Cina Pen to tips - Top it Off top coat This one went well, but I did have to file the free edge on a couple again (did this one before I heard that French Mani #1 had "lifted") so I'm scared to death she's going to call and say hers are lifting too. Notes: I HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE GEL FRENCH MANI's. I need an EASY way to do these and have them look great. So far, the best method has been applying the pink and swiping (reverse application) flash curing one hand, do the other hand, flash cure - apply white, butting it up against the pink where you swiped (so take care to make the swipe accurate) IF I am to use SOG for the entire process. If I use the Cina pen, I need some advice on whether to apply it over the dispersion layer or not and how to take care not to get the CRUSTIES on the free edge! I absolutely recommend that you do NOT file the free edge no matter how jagged it ends up - but I need to make sure it doesn't happen because clients will pick! MUCH advice needed! -- Becky F. Licensed Nail Tech KC, Mo. -- 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. 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