Amy, Did you consider just getting SO ManiQ or another brand of a base and just make up those colors? I wonder if it could be done with Gelish base? Hmmm, I may try that. High Maintenance is one of my favorite colors. Got the Blues for Red is about the same color. buenos dias, Lynnette <-- who was hit with that algebra problem when I first woke up today!! LOL
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:27 PM, Amy Lunde-Provines - Licensed Nail Technician <[email protected]> wrote: > Looking at someone's description I found online, "Stand Out" might work, > too... have you worked with that one, and happen to know if it would be > comparable to the Kennebunk port or High Maintenance? I guess I could buy > two bottles, but I don't really wanna spend $30 to rarely use something :D > > Amy Lunde-Provines > Colorado > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Becky <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Try Red Roses.... >> On Mar 25, 2011 5:24 PM, "Amy Lunde-Provines - Licensed Nail Technician" < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi, all... >> > >> > I have a client who wears the same red at every appointment (Kennebunk >> Port >> > from OPI. She brings it with her, because I don't carry OPI, and she's >> > pretty much the only person I use polish on anyway :D) She ALWAYS >> smudges >> > at least one nail before she leaves (never expects me to fix it... just >> > does the "tongue thing" on it and doesn't complain. Half the time I >> don't >> > even notice she did it until she comes back), so at one point, I >> > custom-blended a red acrylic for her. She LOVED the fact that they were >> dry >> > when I was done, BUT apparently she was allergic to the pigment in the >> red >> > acrylic or something, because she broke out all around her cuticles >> > whenever I would use it. I soaked them off, went back to regular pink >> > acrylic, and she was fine. So there went THAT idea. She also is >> apparently >> > allergic to something in China Glaze polish, as she broke out similarly >> when >> > she brought in a brand new bottle of that (a color called "High >> > Maintenance") to replace her old bottle of OPI. >> > >> > So I decided to try SOG on her. She liked them, but I use eco, and there >> > isn't a color of eco similar enough to the red that she wants (nothing >> > standard matches, and I have tried doing some blends that still aren't >> quite >> > the same) :-\ So we're back to using her OPI polish, and her smudging. >> > >> > Long story, I know... but here's my question to those who use Gelish: Is >> > there a color of Gelish that is similar to OPI's Kennebunk Port or China >> > Glaze's High Maintenance - a pretty, blue-based red? I noticed that a >> > beauty supply near me now carries Gelish, so I thought I would get a >> bottle >> > to try out just for her if there is the right color available. It'll be >> > nice not to have to pay for shipping and such for a product that I only >> need >> > one bottle of :D Hopefully she won't be allergic to it, too! UGH! >> > >> > Thanks! >> > Amy Lunde-Provines >> > Colorado >> > >> > -- >> > 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. >> > >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- Lynnette Madden Salon 29 229 Main Street East Greenville PA 18041 215-541-9029 http://www.salon29.net -- 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.
