Barbara Perdomo
JUST SHINE
I am a novice compared to most on here.
My entire work life up until a year ago was in the legal field. My approach to the nail industry has been to learn from the reputable, educate myself and learn it the correct and safe way. Unfortunately, the city I'm from, you hear all sorts. I am CND & Jessica certified, but was also taught in school that you always perform a dry manicure when prepping for gel polish and or Shellac. I just heard from someone yesterday that her gel polish prep after soaking nails in acetone and scraping excess with metal pusher consists of:
A regular (hands soaked in bowl) manicure which includes the cutting of cuticle and eponychium with it (because most people in my city don't care to know the difference, they just want that area clean and free of skin at any cost), then shine removal from nail surface with buffer, spray alcohol over surface, apply nail dehydrator and then Base coat, Shellac and Top Coat. The lady guaranteed her that her polish would last 2 weeks and it has and that's ALL she cares about. I was speechless, how do you argue with that?
My nail salon will be opening before year's end and I ask myself how do I compete with people doing the above, the horror.
It's one of those days for me, I guess.
My entire work life up until a year ago was in the legal field. My approach to the nail industry has been to learn from the reputable, educate myself and learn it the correct and safe way. Unfortunately, the city I'm from, you hear all sorts. I am CND & Jessica certified, but was also taught in school that you always perform a dry manicure when prepping for gel polish and or Shellac. I just heard from someone yesterday that her gel polish prep after soaking nails in acetone and scraping excess with metal pusher consists of:
A regular (hands soaked in bowl) manicure which includes the cutting of cuticle and eponychium with it (because most people in my city don't care to know the difference, they just want that area clean and free of skin at any cost), then shine removal from nail surface with buffer, spray alcohol over surface, apply nail dehydrator and then Base coat, Shellac and Top Coat. The lady guaranteed her that her polish would last 2 weeks and it has and that's ALL she cares about. I was speechless, how do you argue with that?
My nail salon will be opening before year's end and I ask myself how do I compete with people doing the above, the horror.
It's one of those days for me, I guess.