You're welcome
Out of interest honey are you doing each step separately- eg wraps on, remove one wrap, remove shellac then go on to the next, then filing each nail, putting CA on all ten nails, waiting a bit then removing, ? If so next time try and do it the way I do it, I found the other way definitely took me longer. By combining the removal and the PEP together, I found this sped my times up.
I wrap all fingers, then take one off at a time and remove all Shellac on that finger, then move on to the next. When all nails are clear of Shellac, I commence filing, then CA, rinse with soapy water and scrub fresh.
Also how comes you had the wraps on for 23 minutes hun? Having them on too long I have read on here can also cause issues or prolong removal. Keep it to ten minutes and if you find one nail really hasn't budged, then re wrap that one nail. It could be either the base coat is too thick or that you didn't wrap the wrap tightly enough or there wasn't enough dsolve on it.
Didn't set a timer as soon as the first was finished, so did it for longer to be on the safe side :o
Definitely the Menda Pump will help, a lot less faffing
than a pipette.
Do you use just one pump?
Remember with your cuticle work, allow CA to do it's magic first then go in with your manicure tool push back eponychium and remove cuticle from the nail plate. Working quickly here doesn't mean you'll miss bits, just make sure that when you remove cuticle you really mean it.. haha! What I mean by that is when I was being trained by CND my EA said don't feel you have to go back and fourth, back and fourth, make deliberate movements with the manicure tool to remove the cuticle- so use one push/glide of the manicure tool instead of lots of little ones. Also if you find more stubborn cuticle if it's not coming up apply another tiny bead of CA, carry on with the other nails, then go back to it.
I'll try your technique for one intentional push over each area, then move on rather than lots of little ones. If there's stubborn cuticle, I do what you do and apply a little CA and return to it.
Also, and I know not everyone agrees with this, but I found the CND remover wraps a bit of faff with my man hands when I was new. I switched to the Magi Wraps and more recently Vamoos (which I love) and found I was getting the pad on the nail and the wrap secured more tightly which is key for removal. That said, I would wait until you get your Menda pump first, as that could make all the difference with timing and the amount you place on the pad and the wrap not losing its sticky.
Will get my Menda and see how I get on - I must be able to do this.
Try not to over think everything too. Your polishing techniques will improve, mine have since in started back in 2011 with Shellac. I would imagine everything still feels quite alien to you, I know it did for me at the start, but it feels second nature to me now.
Also try and use your lamp as a guide to your timings with polishing, so aim to polish one hand in, on or around two minutes. If you feel that your client is sitting with her hand in the lamp for too long after the 2 minutes is up, next time speed it up a bit. Also as practice get some nails to polish with polish (not Shellac), the beauty and sometimes the beast is that we can play about with shellac so for us faffers it's a dream come true. By practicing with polish, you know you have to work much quicker than Shellac as it dries on the nail and quickly, so by practicing with polish you have no choice but to be quicker or it's an unholy mess
Also when Shellacing have dsperse at your side or some people use nail fresh and brush or just use an orange wood stick to tidy any little imperfections you can see. I always find if I have one nail that no matter what I do looks a mess I wipe the colour coat off with a little bit of dsperse on a lint free pad, go on to do the other nails, allowing for the nail to dry, then go back and do the colour coat again rather than wasting my time trying to make a bad job good.
I've been doing that and find that by the time the lamp goes out, I've reached the 2nd/3rd finger most times. I do occasionally beat the lamp, then check my work, as I think I must have missed bits if I've finished first! Dirty doubt :irked:
The precision polishing is a great tutorial, so I won't repeat what's already on there, but remember get the sides nice and straight and have the beautiful rounded sweep at the bottom good to go from the first time you apply the colour. I always take just a little bit longer on my first coat of colour to get it right, making the subsequent colour and topcoat a lot quicker and easier to apply.
Is that because you're using the first colour coat as a guide?
You can have your client who has shellac and brisa lite smoothing come back after three weeks that's fine. A lot of my clients won't go longer than two however because they don't like the regrowth after two. Shellac on it's own I book them in 2 weeks after, Brisa Lite Smoothing either two or three based on clients preference.
I've invited her back for some Vinylux in between as practise for me and to change up her colour.
