LOVE this! I've called it a rebuild fee.but love your verbiage best!
Karen <--who's gonna steal this one!
From: Laura Merzetti
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 6:19 PM
To: nailtech@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: NailTech:: Re: What to say to clients who think that an NSS salon
nails are
I have never really charged extra for extra workbut I *do* mention the
value of the extra workand "give" it to the client. If it's someone new
and I'm "schooling them"...I might casually mention..."Well we did 2 repairs
today which would be an extra $10, but I usually let you slide on t
I can't give you the chemistry behind it...but I also have experienced that my
excellent quality gels will not properly adhere to cheap MMA acrylic. It just
doesn't. The gel layer will peel in a few days. I have also had problems with
good quality EMA acrylic adhering. Even if I "rough up" the
Excellent idea!
Heather Lackey
*How will you make a difference today?*
On Nov 23, 2012, at 7:19 PM, "Laura Merzetti" wrote:
> I have a service called “Nail Makeover” that covers this situation exactly.
> I charge a premium because I have to try to reshape those MMA nails into
> something tha
I have a service called "Nail Makeover" that covers this situation exactly.
I charge a premium because I have to try to reshape those MMA nails into
something that looks like my work going out the door.
Laura
From: nailtech@googlegroups.com [mailto:nailtech@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Oh, the gel chips off because I put it on too thin. Thanks, that helps. I still
need more time to thin down the NSS acrylic and use a concealer pink gel and if
I have to book an hour and a half I want to be paid for it.
So this moves into a new topic.
How do you all structure your prices?
Do
Katherine I agree with you. The only way I've had any success with gel over
MMA is to really thin out the enhancement first - which as you know takes a
lot of time. I don't even bother trying to soak it off anymore, waste of
time and acetone. Then I apply a liberal layer of gel over it. You can
I use Light Elegance gel. It just chips off cheep acrylic. Good brands like
CND, OPI, Entity, etc are not a problem as long as I use Protein Bond by Young
Nails between the acrylic and gel. That cheep NSS acrylic is nothing like the
name brands, it is ridiculous hard to file and ridiculous hard
Your gel won't adhere over cheap acrylic? I'm not a gel tech, but am eager
to learn more about it, so can you explain to me the chemistry behind WHY
it won't adhere if you take the shine off the top of the old nail product?
I'd really like to know because I thought you could use a camouflaging p
