Cooool, No really this is great...... but I'll have to apologise to another Master tech[actv] in the process especially if she logs on....

OOO I can hear her now.............. I TOLD YOU SO.......etc etc!!!!!!

Seriously about 3 weeks ago we were discussing WHY! I wont change from CND L&P + Brisa Gel even tho I too had been wahing for coloured Brisa gels.
Roz suggested exactly the same thing - Add enamel to the clear gel...

Apart from what pots ? are we going to put these new creations in [ have since found pots that are identical to the brisa gel pots silver & gold]
there was no way in high heaven that we were DAMGING my product lol if it didn't work blah blah.
But it definatley looks now like I'll be having a trail & error at this & I'll have something to put them in as well.

Thanks for sharing Heather


XX J XX

Hi Chantelle or anyone who can help ? What sort of hand trainer are you getting ?
Ive been looking at them since i saw on a recent thread they are good for practicing on . im just a bit confused as someone said get the one were you clip on the nails ? but i cant see any like that , theres ones with a girl on the pack with shortish dark hair, and the hand looks like a robot hand with a round thing in the middle and its got a long dark tubey handle that attaches to the desk ,is this the one i should get? I would so appreciate any answers before I spend all my money . from Minky

That was a great tip about the enamel and the clear gel , just any enamel plain or frosted ?
I cant wait to practice on my trainer hand , I was just wondering can you do
it with any other gel ( Im getting so addicted to all of this ), thanks for sharing your knowledge minky

Sounds yummy
Thank You For Shared secrets
jenx
Advanced Beauty Clinic - Warwickshire

I am using some older pots of clear gel that hadn't been tossed- I tend to keep them all anyway as I was mixing other gels for a coverage gel (ie: soft white and french pink cool). I wouldn't recommend using polymer with an oligomer (powder with gel) for any of this, and with the enamel trick you don't have to!
The scrub fresh wont harm the enamel if you just SWIPE it LIGHTLY Your only purpose in doing that is to remove oils and dirt before you apply finish gloss.
ANd you can use ANY COLOR enamel you can think of I just wouldn't try it with cheap department store polish lol.
Victoria thats EXACTLY what I love about this- I don't have to mix large quantities if I don't want to, I can just mix what I need on the back of a hands down pad, and I can even mix polish colors if I feel like it- add some shimmer to a cream, etc.
Have fun- play play play and maybe you will come up with your own cool way to utilize this tool...
I'm so glad I had the chance to share it with all of you The excited responses are making me even MORE excited

wish i used gel!!!
Although the tip you top angie about gel over polish i might try (didn't minkus do that a while back) how did it hold out? Would be great for holiday pedis. xx

I have mixed coloured acrylic powders with uv gel, and you have to use only a teensy weensy bit and only with runny self-levelling gel. I guess it's a home-made 'acrygel'. It does cure BUT doesn't keep very well.... after a few months, it will turn to rubber

Do NOT waste any more of your wipes though!!! Silly goose
Go to a home-hardware store and buy a plain white 3 x 3" or 6 x 6" ceramic tile for bathrooms. I LOVE mine. Mine's actually a left-over from when we gutted and redid our bathroom (all original, circa 1958, it was OVERDUE ).
I use my tile for everything: mixing things, practicing brushstrokes for nail art, showing colours to clients if I don't already have a sample of them on another tip.... etc. Everything: polish, acrylic paint and UV Gel ALL come off the tile easily. Well worth the 0.50c you spent for one tile

Also, as I've said before, check out craft shops, dollar stores and anywhere else that stocks artist stuff and buy a few rows of plastic paint pots. You know the ones... like for paint by number kits? About 8 in a row, all connected? Like in this picture
See that row of paint? that thing.

They're perfect for mixing only tiny quantities, and if you do have a smidgeon left over (they actually hold enough for 3 or 4 glitter french's, if that's any help, that's what I use them for, my glitter mixes) then store it away for the client's refill
I keep my little rows of pots in opaque plastic pencil boxes to protect them from UV light.
I also store my acrylic paint that way, in those, so I don't have to have a huge collection of bottles at my table. They take up much less space AND it makes them much more portable for Mobile Techs.


Hope this helps

I wonder if this would work with bio clear or S gel and enamel, save spending a fortune on coloured gels!

Deb379

Only one way to find out

I have heard mention of this, before this thread, by another tech. There was controversy surrounding it. I can't remember who said it, or what brand.
Certainly worth a try, though, aye?

I've gotten to thinking (yes, dangerous thing)

Distributors - be it L&P or UV Gel - they KNOW we do custom blends with all sorts of things: glitters, colours, cracked ice, crushed shells, etc. They KNOW that we would need little storage pots for these blends/mixes.

So WHY do they not SELL little pots for us?
With their logo on it? It looks far more professional if our custom blends are in matching containers along with our other products.
Even if they don't have the logo.... a plain pot will do just fine.

Otherwise, we're scrambling, coming up with our own ideas. Which is ok.
BUT there's CLEARLY a need for these little pots.

WHY aren't they selling them??????

Any distributors around to answer this question?

I had a play with this today on my own nails and i'm pleased to report it worked perfectly !!!!
I needed to build up the layers but it works.
Thanks for sharing !
x

I had been thinking the same thing! Was at my local wholesaler he other day (not brilliant for nail stuff but handy for picking up acetone, files etc). Was at the counter waiting for my bill & glanced around at stuff around me (this wholesaler is 90% hairsalon supply). Saw a bag of empty pots with good solid screw on lids, approx 7/10 oz size (looked perfect for custom blend l&p asked about them - something to do with hair colour/perm? (sample pots, donno really - was so excited I didn't enquire in detail!) Only 40p each, really sturdy & better than anything else I have seen on offer in both size & quality. Clear plastic tho so I guess no good for you gel geeks tho I suppose if you stored them away from light when not in use would be ok?

So take a look in the hair section of your local wholesalers next time you visit.

would this work with any clear gel or just cnd
thanks vic

thanks so much heather sounds very interesting
p.s. does anyone know when the brisa colours will be out? i dont come on here much as have been too busy lol so not sure if this has been talked about and i am dying to see what they bring out?
nic

Nothing official to report Nic.... CALL THE HOTLINE AND BUG THEM!!!