Just came out of Sally's where I have a couple of good friends who work there... first, the bottles are .30 oz, and are $14.95. Second, the kit to get started is $49 retail, and the light is about $30. They've had it a month and say no one wants to pay that much to do their OWN nails...
Anyway, thought I'd share! On Jul 11, 2011 7:45 PM, "Lynnette Diaz-Madden" <[email protected]> wrote: > Bonnie, > I have to agree with this. > How many of us went to Sally's LONG before we ever went to school and > tried to do our own nails? I am raising my hand here! > God only knows how terrible the nails looked and the bloody cuticles even > worse. > I was telling Becky earlier that not one of my clients would go purchase > the product from Sally's. Heck, I cannot even get them to go there for a > bottle of acetone! > I am the only salon in the area that does decent nails. I have seen the > Shellac and other products from those places and the techs cannot even do > them. If they can't, I cannot imagine the average Janie! > So, I will continue to use my Gelish. I LOVE the product. Hey, OPI has > been in my local drug store for longer than I have been doing nails and I > never lost a client to that! Those people who do their own nails LOOK like > they do their own nails. I had a client redo hers the other day. OMG, no > base, no top and one coat. It looked awful. > The one tech in town who tells everyone that drills hurt the nails had > issues with Shellac. One of my clients' MIL goes to this other girl. I was > asked by MY client what she could tell her to not make the Shellac "bubble." > I told her that it does not bubble, but it wrinkles. And I paid LOTS of > money to go to Chicago for a private Shellac Attack before it launched-- of > course I also went to the show and got to see my daughter and some > girlfriends, but who cares? I probably would have been able to figure it out > on my own, but I learned a few things. These people rushed out and got it > with NO idea what to do with it. And they expect me to give them pointers on > how to make it work? I told my client that I would surely help this girl. > For $100 an hour with a two hour minimum. That would not even pay for my > plane ticket to Chicago. Well, I hear she is not doing the Shellac > anymore!!! LOL... For $200 I would have helped her and she would have built > her clientele. > Bottom line... let them sell it at Sally's. I do not care. I may get some > new clients who will not be able to figure out how to get it off..... > ...... and THAT is another dilemma. Most will use Sally Hansen or Cutex > remover. They will sit all day!! Heck, I will make money just on the > removal!! > Done ranting!!!! > buenos noches, > Lynnette > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/nailtech/-/ApkwCpPe3JYJ. > 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.
