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    Ear Piercing ~ Do you offer this service?

    ModBlog - Gun Piercing - Body modification and ritual blog sponsored by BMEzine.com Do Piercing Guns Suck? BME REVIEWS THE STUDEX SYSTEM 75 [The Publisher’s Ring] I've been pierced both ways. I have to say, being pierced with a needle was 100% less eventful than a gun (I had a nasty...
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    Today's NY Times

    Hi there, I thought you all would enjoy this article from today's Times. What do you all think about it? At Nail Salons, Beauty Treatments Can Have a Distinctly Unglamorous Side - New York Times --Cashew
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    Just introducing myself

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    Ear Piercing!!!

    what method of ear piercing do you use in this system?
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    body art paints

    kryolan makes some EXCELLENT airbrush paints,and they're based out in Germany, so they tend to be easier to get on that side of the pond... (only one distributer in the USA... totally across the country from me) Their aquacolor line when dry will not smudge until you wash it with soap and...
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    Nail dust a carcinogen?

    As a medical professional, we are told to wear 'PPE' (personal protective equipment) as the need arises. We are to wear gloves when there is ANY chance of coming in contact with body fluids with our hands. For us, this includes clipping nails, due to the risk of nicking someone and coming in...
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    How do sea salts effect the look of the feet?

    actually, oddly enough... UV light (from the sun) is a known curative for psoraisis.... salt soaks are also advised... I always notice that walking in the sand is like the first half of a good pedicure! (feet smooth and pretty....) -nut
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    white nail tips

    Kiss is OTC (over the counter) in the states, can be bought in the pharmacy, and no licence is necessary for their use. --Nut
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    Have you ever been interviewed?

    Here's a question for all of you geeks... Has a prospective client ever interviewed you before any service has been rendered? Interview in the sense of: What are your qualifications? Where were you trained? What techniques do you use? What products do you use? How do you keep your equipment...
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    looking for a geek in the Staten Island/5 boroughs/Middle Jersey

    ahh-- now that is a great idea.... I shoulda thought of it.... how does one contact creative?
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    looking for a geek in the Staten Island/5 boroughs/Middle Jersey

    Wow-- doesnt that title say it all.... I'm looking to finding a Standard Salon (staten island is FULL of NSS!) and, I'm sick and tired of having my hands butchered.... I'm looking to have Gel Sculpts, (after doing some reading here... it seems Gel is most durable for what I want... I am not...
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    Veruccas???

    hmm, I had one way back when I was (luckily? the relationship didnt last too long, and ended messily) dating a podiatrist.... I thought it was just a wierd painful callus, but he found it on a foot rub. every day he treated it with salisytic acid (sp?) after debriding the whole damned thing...
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    Chocolate Pedicure

    putting the sugar ON the recipient shouldnt be a problem (basically, for diabetics, as long as the skin remains intact, its ok.) As long as you go gently as to not over-abrade the skin, (which has nothing to do about the sugar... Diabetics can get foot ulcers from open wounds--I've seen people...
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    nails weird colour!!!

    um... I'm having to agree with the meds issue... if she had a dreaded UTI, one of the pain drugs turns EVERYTHING orangy-red...like your sweat, saliva, urine, generally any bodily fluid you'd ever have.... I've seen sweat from people on this med permanantly turn fingernails wierd shades of orange.
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    let my client go!!! ( feel bad now!!) thyroid

    hmm... ever write a beautiful and totally eloquent reply, only to somehow have it lost to the winds? Ok, seriously though.... Please understand that I"m not trying to be snarky, but only trying to give some further insight into this disorder... Hypothyroidism/Underactive thyroid, (aka...
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    Just introducing myself

    it really is sad.... so we aim to do our best! --Cashew
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    Just introducing myself

    hi all--to start, I feel I have to be honest.... I'm not a nail tech, I'm a Nurse in good ol' NYC, NY, USA. Nice to meetchas... I came here after paroozing the net, looking for better manicure techniques to use at work... (nail care is a nurses responsibility in the nursing homes... see-- we...
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