Blixz nails, NOT Minx, misleading

[3 WISHES]

These blixz nails are being sold to the public from sallys, I seen them in there about a fortnight ago. I dont think its on at all but suppose the is nothing we can do we all know the best products come from the original x

 

[geeg]

These blixz nails are being sold to the public from sallys, I seen them in there about a fortnight ago. I dont think its on at all but suppose the is nothing we can do we all know the best products come from the original x

What you can do about it is use only Minx in the salon. The make mentioned above is being sold to the public . I wouldn't touch it myself. Minx is the original and the best and longest lasting and definitely not sold to the public.

 

[persianista]

Ok I'm not a nail geek, but we have minx in my salon (I have a beauty salon)

I have a purely commercial take on this.

Why would you want to use a substitute for the real thing when there isn't a big price differential? Clients want the stuff Beyonce uses. They don't want a percieved "cheap" substitute. Clients are NOT stupid. They know a substitute when they see it.

Why on Earth would anyone one sell a pro product to their clients? It is called "cutting your own throat" Anyone selling these products for home use is mad. It is your LIVING.

My therapists have got to grips with minx very well, but we all agree that you have to be well trained in nail work first. It is not the easiest thing in the world to use. If your clients can't do it, they will simply declare the product rubbish.
That is why it is marketed and sold as a pro product only.

Hairdressers don't sell pro tints in our salons. They are not easy to use, and we respect the "tools of our trade"

 

[missellie]

I have seen Minx for sale to anyone on e bay, has anyone else seen it?

 

[geeg]

I have seen Minx for sale to anyone on e bay, has anyone else seen it?

Of course we've all seen it ... blame your fellow so called professionals who buy Minx and then try to sell them at 3 times the price .. would YOU pay that??? Minx are dealing with it.

 

[nails for u]

on ebay you can get virtually any pro nail product thats annoying ,powerfull crystal and diamond dermabrasion machines(scary),ipl ,thermolysis,diathermy,70% tca,micropigmentation and tattoo machines now thats dam right dangerous as a specialist and educator of permanent cosmetics and chemical peels i use puramed proffessional and a astounded at tca being made so available when you have to have an aesthestian distribution licence to import the stuff as it is a classified drug ebay should be more regulated as for blixz i suppose if technicians like it ,it will do well if they dont they will use something else i belive every product company has there own advantages and between them lots of unique products training and teqniques ,whats great is we can share our experiances good or bad

 

[Mellybobs]

Hi yes its a shame that the product is available for the public to buy. However I still deem the product to be very professional and long lasting (6 weeks + it grows out). I am a mobile Beauty Therapist and Nail Technician who has taken a training course in Blixz and all my clients have been delighted with the product. It is unfair to claim the product is unprofessional just because it can be purchased by non professionals.:cry: Nail preparation is necessary to achieve professional results, so training is essential really. There are many professional products out there that can be purchased by retailers, Kerastase, OPI, Jessica. Dermalogica, St Tropez, etc etc I could go on and on. The fact is clients will always still pay to have them done professionally to achieve that perfect finish and feel pampered. And the fact that it is not the 'original' Minx is completely irrelevant.

 

[geeg]

Hi yes its a shame that the product is available for the public to buy. However I still deem the product to be very professional and long lasting (6 weeks + it grows out). I am a mobile Beauty Therapist and Nail Technician who has taken a training course in Blixz and all my clients have been delighted with the product. It is unfair to claim the product is unprofessional just because it can be purchased by non professionals.:cry: Nail preparation is necessary to achieve professional results, so training is essential really. There are many professional products out there that can be purchased by retailers, Kerastase, OPI, Jessica. Dermalogica, St Tropez, etc etc I could go on and on. The fact is clients will always still pay to have them done professionally to achieve that perfect finish and feel pampered. And the fact that it is not the 'original' Minx is completely irrelevant.

This is not strictly true as the prodicts sold to the consumer are NOT professional strength or quality .. not the same thing at all as the products used by the professionals in the salon.

I also do not agree with your last statrement either ... EVERYONE who knows anything qabout these products knows that Minx has the edge and the reputation but I'm happy you are happywith what you use.

At the end of the day I think it is a matter of taste ... some people tend toward the 'tacky' type of designs etc and other people go for the high end look and feel and quality. Depends where in the marketplace one puts oneself and the type of clients one caters to. IMHO

My last comment is that if a company sells the same thing to the consumer than it is selling to you then it is not a professional only product. Support suppliers who support YOU and your business and not your clients too. Seems obvious to me as a professional.

 

[Nailguy]

I completely agree with geeg on this one. I am a part owner of a wholesale esthetics company. Our company policy is that we do not sell
to the general public. Only to professionals and salon owners who have provided certificates or proof that they are a pro. When we starting out one of the biggest things we looked at was which manufacturers had sold direct to the public. This is why we do not carry OPI. I know the grade is different but the message they are sending is all too clear. As geeg said why support the people that are not supporting you? So true.

 

[Mellybobs]

Geeg you say you wouldn't touch it yourself so does this mean you have not tried Blixz? If you have I apologise, and you are of course entitled to your opinion . However if not than you cannot make a judgement on a product you have not tried. Blixz may be a 'copy' of the original Minx, however we live in a tough world of consumer choice. There will always competition. I do support your frustration of preventing consumers from buying professional products. (By the way I can buy Minx anytime I want off Ebay!) In my opinion (and I AM a professional :irked Blixz is long lasting and professional. I would not use it if it wasn't......

 

[geeg]

Geeg you say you wouldn't touch it yourself so does this mean you have not tried Blixz? If you have I apologise, and you are of course entitled to your opinion . However if not than you cannot make a judgement on a product you have not tried. Blixz may be a 'copy' of the original Minx, however we live in a tough world of consumer choice. There will always competition. I do support your frustration of preventing consumers from buying professional products. (By the way I can buy Minx anytime I want off Ebay!) In my opinion (and I AM a professional :irked Blixz is long lasting and professional. I would not use it if it wasn't......

When I say I wouldn't touch it myself .. sigh .. what I mean is why would I touch anything else? I use Minx :lol: ... clients come into the salon and ask for Minx by name ... Minx performs perfectly for me and my clients so why would I look around? As far as I know there is no appreciable difference in price (and I don't buy by price anyway) I know the quality of the copycats is no better, and in fact could be worse ... The copy brands may last as well but my Minx last well, so you tell me what would possibly drive me to try another brand such as this? THAT is what I mean by I wouldn't touch it myself. The Blinx designs do not inspire me and their best sellers are a copy of what I already have ... God knows there is more than enough choice to satisfy the pickiest person on the planet in the Minx designs.

I haven't made a judgement on the product as you state I have above .. I just have not got the slightest interest in it. Now if something better came along then that would peak my interest considerably THEN that might motivate me to try something different but not a copy cat.

As to the last statement (sigh again :lol anyone can buy anything off fleabay so what is your point exactly? If people are dumb enough to pay 3-4 times the price for whatever they buy then let them. It's a free world. I'd rather pay half the price and get someone else to do my feet for me with Minx. The copy cats are selling to the public at the same price as they are to you.

 

[persianista]

Ok, there is a copy of Minx, on sale to the public, at the same or higher price, but because minx is on ebay then nothing is a pro only product??

Sorry but you are totally deluded here. If daft clients try and have a go at minx cos they bought it off fleabay at 3x the price then they are stupid. For blinx to be openly sold to the public is slapping YOU THE NAIL PRO in the face and telling the public that they don't need you.

Why are you supporting this product????

 

[VHunter]

For blinx to be openly sold to the public is slapping YOU THE NAIL PRO in the face and telling the public that they don't need you.

EXACTLY!!! This is why it's better to deal with better known products with stronger names and credentials.

 

[Mellybobs]

I am supporting this product because (amazingly!) it is working for me. This 'so called' awful, unprofessional, copycat product has brought me a high level of repeat custom, and scores of clients from recommendation. I have had no complaints, quality issues or problems with endurance. Perhaps all my clients are completely stupid in addition to me being 'deluded'? I have not tried Minx, but Im sure its fantastic. :lol::lol::lol: Going back to my deluded salon now to try and work out why I cant see these Emperors Clothes.....(sigh)

 

[smartypantz]

Well I think that if you were to compare, Minx would win hands down. I am a Minx user, however for my curisosity I tried Blixz. To compare both Minx and Blixz side by side, (I tried gold cheetah) I could feel the difference in the quality of them. The Minx pattern was far superior whereas I felt the Blixz looked cheaper imo. However what concerned me was wear. I usually have Minx on my toes for about 6 weeks (they are begining to look a bit frayed at the edges by then, but they are intact. However I wore the Blixz and after about 3 days I found that one had a hole appear in the centre of my big toe nail. Yes I had wore closed in shoes, which had caused it, but when I wore the same shoes with my Minx on this did not happen. So as they 'say buy cheap pay twice' does apply here. Would I use them again? no and I still have a couple of sheets sitting in my drawer!

 

[Mellybobs]

That is a fair trial then I guess! I would like to do the test myself to see the outcome. I trained in Blixz without knowledge of Minx so perhaps that is a handicap. I will look into it. However the hole issue has never happened to any of my clients. Are they applied in an identical way or are there subtle differences in technique, and would this affect the result? For me for now its a case of if its not broke theres no need to fix it! :wink2:

 

[nails for u]

i am an very keen blixz user i have tried 5 brands of nail wraps and still love blixz i like there pakaging the fact that it comes with a stand that clients can pick there designs from i also like dealing with ideal beauty products as there customer service is excellent they are genorous with promotional material i know the product is doing a roaring trade in salons i know

 

[nails for u]

the product i use is called blixz not BLINX have never heard of blinx i dont know whether people are spelling it wrong or does blinx exist

 

[LISA A]

Have just ordered a couple of designs to give them ago. How does everyone rate them compared to say minx. I was told that you do not have to heat them. Has anyone used this method.

Would be interested on hearing your opinions.

thanks

 

[nails for u]

i use them but find they work better with heat i know sometechs that dont use heat but i would say use heat some salons also retail them i personally dont .which patterns have you ordered ill let you know my best sellers