I've watched the video (bored by the fashion show, Creative promo), the rest of the presentaion was very good. And read most of the material (a new batch of papers received yesterday in response to questions about issues not covered in the instructions). Nearly 20 years of experience doing nails, worked as an instructor for another gel company for a while.....so I didn't expect this problem......
I've used IBD and Light Elegence (the most successful two) over acrylic to seal nails on some clients (and to make a perm french polish) because I hadn't found a gel that I thought held up well enough to stand on it's own for most people (I hand file so I attract a lot of thin-nailed or problem nail clients). I hoped Brisa would be the one that would hold up but I havent' t had the time to strip the acrylic and start new on anyone (not a fair test anyway, since the nail is thinned by primer use). I prepped as instructed and applied the pink, white paint and clear. Looked excellent! But on half the clients it peeled off the acrylic within a couple days. On some others it began just before their appointment and as I filed it I could tell it hadn't adhered. On others it seemed Ok on most nails. I went back to IBD for most and brought the kit home to experiment on myself this week end but I don't have acrylic, I use color gel......short, short nails (reflexology).
What could have gone wrong to cause the peeling?
An observation about Creatives info.... "rebalancing" seems silly, as did the fashion show beginning the tape (talking to the tech about fill, not discussed in booklet, "what is a rebalancing?", Oh, that's what we call a fill"....Lord, a state of stability, harmony? What in the word "balance" applies to filling the growth on a nail? why not "imbue, replenish"....). My clients don't parade down a runway with mud and sticks in their hair. I'm not intersting in catchy-lingo, but in solid dependable, effective and profitable product.
I've used IBD and Light Elegence (the most successful two) over acrylic to seal nails on some clients (and to make a perm french polish) because I hadn't found a gel that I thought held up well enough to stand on it's own for most people (I hand file so I attract a lot of thin-nailed or problem nail clients). I hoped Brisa would be the one that would hold up but I havent' t had the time to strip the acrylic and start new on anyone (not a fair test anyway, since the nail is thinned by primer use). I prepped as instructed and applied the pink, white paint and clear. Looked excellent! But on half the clients it peeled off the acrylic within a couple days. On some others it began just before their appointment and as I filed it I could tell it hadn't adhered. On others it seemed Ok on most nails. I went back to IBD for most and brought the kit home to experiment on myself this week end but I don't have acrylic, I use color gel......short, short nails (reflexology).
What could have gone wrong to cause the peeling?
An observation about Creatives info.... "rebalancing" seems silly, as did the fashion show beginning the tape (talking to the tech about fill, not discussed in booklet, "what is a rebalancing?", Oh, that's what we call a fill"....Lord, a state of stability, harmony? What in the word "balance" applies to filling the growth on a nail? why not "imbue, replenish"....). My clients don't parade down a runway with mud and sticks in their hair. I'm not intersting in catchy-lingo, but in solid dependable, effective and profitable product.
