I was wondering this aswell....

But i will take Sandi,aka valencian nails advice,and give it a go!

I was just wondering "how fresh" it was meant to be...LOL

I'm not saying i don't prepare the nails beforehand sorry if i didnt make this clear enough i apply a cuticle remover soak do all the cuticle work, massage and then the last thing i do is use a nail brush with abit of hand soaop in order to remove grease/oil from the nail plate before polishing therefore its pratically the last thing i do, as opposed to using nail wipes with pump of citrus soap
happy new year everyone

Whatever system I use I always swear by CND cuticle remover, leave to work for few mins before removing with pushey, then always rinse off. xx

Cool - just remember that your hand soap leaves oil on the natural nail, it doesn't remove oil. To get the perfect squeaky clean base, PREP and then wipe natural nails with something (from what ever system you use) like Scrubfresh. This naturally removes oils, pathogens and temporarily dehydrates the surface so your base coat and colour really cling to the surface!! Hope this helps!

Citrusoak and water does eventually go off. Don't ask me the mechanics of why or how....it just does.

Couple of years back I went on a Creative Spa course and took with me a small bottle of mixed water and citrusoak.

As I was pregnant, I wasn't working much so when I eventually dug the bag out a few weeks later....well all I can say is the cirtusoak and water didn't have the lovely fresh smell it has when you mix it - in fact it smelt quite horrible...all musty like!

So I don't know how long it takes to start going off....but I change mine fresh every day i'm working now!

Hey Lyns... HNY to you and family!!
I think it goes without saying that if you leave 'anything' in water for long enough, it starts going yucky and growing 'shrooms'!!

A couple of squirts of Citrsoak into your water pump a day really isn't breaking the bank... especially when it should be included (or costed in to your prices).

[As an aside, but intersting anyway... I don't know if you guys know this and I won't have all the stats correct (maybe it's in Doug's book), but they did a random test in the US on the barbicide jars containing tools-of-the-trade 'supposedly' being disinfected (well it's easily done isn't it... you assume that this stuff kills germs and keeps your tools clean???)... What they didn't realise was how long teks were leaving the same barbicide mixed with water, on their desks... apparently, there were more germs in the jars than out

The point being.. don't be tight, be smart! It goes with out saying that we all need to be vigilent here and practise safe santising and disinfecting... Nigel from Mundo probably has better stats but still... food for thought!]

Hey Samantha...same to you and yours

Oh god, I don't like Barbicide anyway....it has literally killed a pair of stork scissors for me and they were only in it overnight! Its so corrosive and I know some peopl ahve had rusting problems.

I must get into the Mundo stuff....it has so many good write ups!

The longer you leave tools in disinfectant the weaker the disinfecting properties become and the more likely you are to have rusting.

Directions from manufacturers need to be followed closely.

As Samantha points out, many techs don't change their solution as stated by the manufacturer. This means that the disinfection process is reduced and you can end up doing more harm than good.

If you don't want to change the solution daily, then get one that needs changing weekly. It saves you time, saves the environment and safeguards your health! It actually works out cheaper too!!

the cuticle remover i use is salon systems where you apply then soak then you can do cuticle work as i read somewhere on here that it must be removed as otherwise it eats at your skin like pacman lol
However i know theres others that you leave on but at the end you remove all grease/dirt from nails in preparation for polish so wouldnt either one of these be ok to do

Instead of using citrus-soak and water to remove cuticle remover residue, would it not be possible just to wipe the nail and surrounding skin with scrubfresh as part of the course?

Or is using scrubfresh on the eponyicium a no no!

Nope....but cant remember why not... something to do with the need to neutralize it

Thanks Bagpuss

Anyone else have an answer to this? i.e. why scrubfresh cannot be used to remove cuticle remover residue?

I was actually trained that it is the water that neutralises the cuticle remover, just as Angie says. The Citrusoak is a nicety.

As a couple of others have said the water and soap neutralize the cuticle remover and remove it from the nail plate. If you don't remove it there will be a barrier left on the nail plate and you'll get lifting. Scrubfresh wont neutralize cuticle remover.

hth's

I normally use Olive Oil...........after the complete service I use Solar oil
than scented hand cream to do the massage ........