I have had this happen to myself last summer. I had shellac French on my nails and after a few days at the beach my shellac had a yellow/orange hue. Once winter came this went away, so I assumed it was because I'm at the beach 4 days a week. my clients never experienced until last week. I had a client come in and she was wearing a light pink color, however, the shellac was yellowed over the area of the nail beds and still the pink over her free edge. She said she hasn't done anything out of her normal routine and she is not a tanner. We both had this over our natural nails and our natural nails were not yellow after shellac was removed. Any clue why this may be?
Shellac yellowing
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geeg
Judge Gigi-Honorary Geek
Firstly, we know that Shellac never yellows through ageing or sun exposure. But being removable, Shellac is more porous that some other substances like hard gels. The surface can be stained by hair colour, tanning agents, some sun screen lotions, curry, smoking, even the dye from some clothing etc.
Another way the Shellac surface can be compromised and made even more vulnerable is by exposing it to DEET. DEET is an ingredient in many insect repellents and is a powerful solvent and this can lead to a dull surface as well as an increased risk of surface staining. HTH
noreenoconnor
CND Education Ambassador Cork
sounds like a curry stain to me , I've given up on french myself as I love curry and always manage to get it everywhere, it does turn the nails slightly yellowish.
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I found during the summer I done strawberry smoothie on a clients toes, when she returned from her holiday they were completely white. Some other clients that hadn't been on holiday but still in the sun, had Tutti frutti or hotpotpink some of the shellac had turned a light pink. It didn't bother the clients too much as they still had there normal wear from the shellac but would this be from the same things as you mentioned above Geeg?
noreenoconnor
CND Education Ambassador Cork
no it's slightly different.
the colours have been bleached by sun and chlorine. The sun is well know for bleaching colours , so this combined with chlorine found in most swimming pools on holiday resorts give a double whammy to shellac and can lighten them up to white as you've seen. The solution is wipe nails getting out of the pool to lessen the bleaching effect or run some clear water over them, however you can't stop it completely if your going to be in the sun a lot.
It is only the pinks that seem to suffer with this though, I usually advice clients that the may experience some fading if they'll be in the sun a lot , most don't mind but if they do they usually just pick a different colour .
the colours have been bleached by sun and chlorine. The sun is well know for bleaching colours , so this combined with chlorine found in most swimming pools on holiday resorts give a double whammy to shellac and can lighten them up to white as you've seen. The solution is wipe nails getting out of the pool to lessen the bleaching effect or run some clear water over them, however you can't stop it completely if your going to be in the sun a lot.
It is only the pinks that seem to suffer with this though, I usually advice clients that the may experience some fading if they'll be in the sun a lot , most don't mind but if they do they usually just pick a different colour .
Anna from Toronto
Well-Known Member
Like Gigi said, the yellowing must be due to a staining.
I find Shellac the MOST color stable "gel polish" (lets call it that) and we do a lot of gel polish manis at my salon
I used/tried other brands and all of them tend to yellow, age to some degree so now I'm sticking to Shellac only.
Esp the light pinks like "Bubble Bath" type of shades tend to turn "smokers nails" after a few days.
Shellac stays nice and clean looking.
I did experience Hot Pop Pink fading (to a lighter pink) but that's rare (happened 2-3 times in the almost 3 years of using Shellac)
I find Shellac the MOST color stable "gel polish" (lets call it that) and we do a lot of gel polish manis at my salon
I used/tried other brands and all of them tend to yellow, age to some degree so now I'm sticking to Shellac only.
Esp the light pinks like "Bubble Bath" type of shades tend to turn "smokers nails" after a few days.
Shellac stays nice and clean looking.
I did experience Hot Pop Pink fading (to a lighter pink) but that's rare (happened 2-3 times in the almost 3 years of using Shellac)
Wellyb
Well-Known Member
I've had a client just come back from the Maldives after two weeks, who had Hot Pop pink on her fingers and limeade on her toes, both were still perfect upon her return. I advised her to watch out for sun cream, feet and the chlorinated water in the pool. I recommended she take a bottle of water to the pool to rinse her nails with after swimming.
C the Results
Well-Known Member
Last Summer I had hot pop pink on my toes for my holidays with minx silver lace (transparent) over the top when I took the minx off it had left the pattern of the minx on the shellac where the clear parts had faded and the silver bits hadn't!! I thought it looked pretty cool! x
Ok since the original post, I have had 2 more clients come in with the same issue. The polish is turning yellow ONLY OVER NAIL BEDS NOT FREE EDGE. 2 are smokers but the 3rd is not. One does no cooking the others were not in pools. It is a light pink color and we are in wisconsin so there is no sun right now. Also they all are not tanning. HELP!!!
I use shellac base and top only happens with my pinks. Light brights and darks
I use shellac base and top only happens with my pinks. Light brights and darks
geeg
Judge Gigi-Honorary Geek
I honestly have no idea .. If it were make up then I would have thought you'd see it on the free edge too. I have never seen anything like that and my idea bank is exhausted. Maybe contsat the hot line at CND .. I think it is 0800NAILS
