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Hi sorry for the mass thread but my sister in law is looking for a gel technician in and around fareham Hampshire. You must be qualified and have a couple of years experience. Any takers?

Hello geeky peeps haven't been about much but hope to change that this year!! I need some advice regarding NVQ 2 and 3. I cant seem to find anywhere in Northamptonshire that says they do it? Boothe Lane webside is as helpful as a choccy teapot and haven't checked out Tresham yet As I am VTCT...

Hi guys haven't been on for a while but just wanted to see whether this terrible weather we have been having is affecting business? From about the 2nd - 3rd week of the holidays I have gone really really quiet!! This time last year I was fighting people off cos the weather was sooo good. I am...

Hi guys I am doing a spray tan party tomorrow and because I will not be starting until 7:00pm I need to give advice about how my clients should sleep to avoid getting tanning solution on their hands and waking up with bright orange palms. What do you guys suggest, laytex gloves overnight...

Ah Tis the prom season once again and I have just finished a set of red french for my friends daughter to match the red in her dress. Whilst not perfect I did enjoy doing them and had I have had more time I would have glamed them up a bit more with a bit of bling and done her toes to match but...

As some of you know I have been working on my L&P application because I want to add this to my service menu. I have had my share of problems and I really need some honest feedback to see if my work is good enough to add! This client is quite difficult to work on because she has small nails...

One of these days I will get the hang of putting on a couple of pics!! Not very good with L&P so would be grateful for feedback regarding shape of upper arch and apex placement. Thanks

I was practising my L&P application and decided to go for white tips as did not have a lot of time. My model has the tinniest nails you have ever seen. I even had to pretailor the size 10 to fit her little finger. It still fans out a little but was seriously running out of time. My model is a...

Sorry guys am such a brain ache didn't realise at first how to add the other pictures. There are a couple more in seperate threads!! Charlotte

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This is my first proper go with L & P sculpting. I am not very good and dont offer it on my service menu yet because I dont think they are good enough so will keep practising now I have been brave enough to give it a go. I know smiles are not even but you have to start somewhere. I like the...

Hi bio Geeks. One of my clients has suddenly just started having an adverse reaction. This is the second time. First around christmas when I repaired a couple of nails she had snapped and last night when I did infills. Both times it has taken 4 hours for the reaction to start and there is a...

Hi Guys Can any one tell me if they have got any clients who have had a reaction to gelbond? I have only recently started using this so have only had feedback from one client at mo. She experienced a hot itchy sensation that has only gone using steroid based cream used for eczema (her husbands...

The first 2 pictures are of my nail biting client who came back for a re-balance, 2nd one, originally was pink and white. My client is quite difficult because she is a picker and tends to mouth her nails. I was gob-smacked when she came back with full set on. 3rd and 4th pictures are of my nail...

Hi guys have not been brave enough to post piccys but was pleased with this effort as had to sculpt 3 fingers on my elderly client who is starting to show real signs of arthritus. Her nails are also starting to go miss-shapen as well as joints. Not had much practice with the sculpts but enjoy...

This is a personal and public thankyou to Envy and other geeks who came to the rescue of some-one a couple of weeks ago querying a small lump on a clients finger. Having read this thread and saved it to favourites I was able to tell my mum straight away what she had got (she has one on her toe...

Hi there Have been reading lately about other techs not getting on with Bio gel as an overlay for tips. I to am experiencing problems (thought it was me to begin with!!) and now find myself in an annoying position. I wanted to be able to use Bio in every aspect of my business because it is...

Hi peeps Can some one advise me how long they would expect a silk wrap to last on a bad split. One of my clients had splits to 6 of her own nails all below the hyponychium. Last appointment I carried out a nno but reapired 4 of her nails using silk and gel first. Last night when I went back...

Please Please help!!!! I posted a thread a couple of weeks ago about one of my clients whose tips were cracking down the centre of the nail. A few of you very kindly told me that the only way the cracks will cdrack vertically down the centre of the nail and not affect the overlay is by putting...

Hi Guys has anyone got any ideas. I have a client who by her own admission picks at her nail extensions and bites her own. Have been putting on white tips (her request) with Bio overlay. (will eventualy go to sculpts once I have properly mastered). The problem is a couple of the tips have been...