During one of those fabulous "condo" training days at Premiere many years
ago, Tanis, Vicki, Jenny, Ellen and I spent a whole day playing with
product. At that time, I learned several tricks that have served me well:
Never worry about cleaning all the gel out of your gel brushes.leave a
little
Alice,
Great idea with the toothbrush holder!
Arpi Sekeryan
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-Original Message-
From: Alice
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:14:50
To:
Subject: NailTech:: Re: Gel Brush
You don't clean your gel brushes, just wipe them off. I store mine in the
tubes
Oh, dear. Don't ever let them see the light of day, so to speak. Always
keep them in your station drawer. Since going to HRTE in San Jose and
seeing Gina use her OPI acrylic brush, I pulled mine out of storage and have
been absolutely thrilled with the results. I use nothing but gels -
preferab
You don't clean your gel brushes, just wipe them off. I store mine in the
tubes that they came in, but you can also store them in a travel toothbrush
holder.
Did your brushes become exposed to sunlight? That can cause hardening.
Alice Wallace
High Road To Education Team Member
Macy,
Forgot to tell you that o keep a dappen dish of alcohol by my side to clean the
brushes. I
This works especially well if you are using color gel. Just wiping the brush
will not clean out the color completely. I use both nylon and natural hair
brushes for my gels.
Whatever works for you.
When I took the Entity Gel class they taught us to wipe the brush off with nail
prep, swipe, scrub fresh or whatever prep you use and put the plastic sleeve
over it. I store mine on the inside of my nail table door in a plastic
pen holder that sticks to the door. When you get it out to use it
Hola Macy,
I clean both my gel and acrylic brushes in acetone. That is 100% acetone!!
After I am done with the client with gel, I clean with alcohol. But for the end
of the day, I use acetone.
Keep your gel brushes in a cabinet or case where the light does not hit it.
Buenos noches,
Lynnette
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