I've used all 3. I've used YN for about 4 yrs and CND about 2 (l&p, mani about 6) I trained with TT in 07 to improve my sculpting and no way would I rec them! They are totally old school and need to COMPLETELY change the way they do nails! They etch with 100, double prime, work wet - (even the step by steps show the brush touching the side walls and skin) and the quality isnt a patch on YN or CND. very grainy.
For me CND is superior to YN - I love YN products but CND far outlast a set of YN. Now dont get me wrong YN is a great product but until you use CND (correctly I might add) then you wont know what you've been missing. I have ironed out so many small problems since completely changing to CND, I'm doing the best nails I've ever done and I'm getting amazing resuts. I have often replaced a set of young after a few months either by soaking off and re-applying or by filling the nail down to nothing and re-applying a costly and time consuming practice - I dont think I have done any soak offs since November..............
I teach with YN as they do have a great range and over my 8yrs they have really helped to build me as a tech but given the chance over I would have saved my pennys and gone straight to CND. My product bill is actually less with CND then when I was with YN - I use less product and dont need to do as much filling - honestly I decant my monomer with a pippette whereas with YN they teach you to drain your brush on a paper towel and apply thicker product as they rec e-filing. Again I'm not slating them as I love them and still do use YN especially the glitters and colours but for me I get EXACTLY what I want from CND
