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Thank you. I decided to try balancing it and that worked fine! Not as messy as I thought it would be. Thanks for your help

The heater came with 2 buckets yes. A 500cc and 1000cc. I’m still a bit confused though. So are you saying to stand the crystal ocean into the 1000cc bucket? Or straight into the heater without the bucket? & if it’s meant to be stood in the bucket do you know if the scraper bar and handle...

So my order arrived today! I got the Hive dual heater 500cc and 1000cc and ordered a pack of PR Euroblonde and the Cristal Ocean strip wax. So here’s my question- how the hell do I get the strip wax into the heater? Its frozen solid so I can’t decant it. And I can’t place the tin inside the...

Ah Thank you! that’s great! All makes sense now!

Hi everyone, I have recently qualified in waxing and I've seen great reviews of the Perron Rigot wax so wanted to try out their range. I'm just a little confused by some of their products. For instance, their blue lotion/cleanser - is that just the equivalent of pre-wax? They also have an oil...

Thank you so much for your detailed response! Sorry I have taken so long to reply! The client has lovely hands and nails really. Looking at her nails I noticed her cuticles just looked overgrown, but I suppose the issue was that I wasn’t expecting them to be so stubborn, and I couldn’t push...

Thank you for your replies! Sorry for my delayed response, I have been on a course the past few days and have been busy! I feel better about it now, thank you all for your reassurance and advice. I will continue to perservere and I am also going to try the warm oil treatment in future to see...

Oh that’s a good idea! I didn’t think of that! I don’t offer that at the moment so didn’t even consider that! I did use it in my training though and it was fab. That’s brilliant, I’ll try that next time. Thank you

Ok, thank you I suppose I just felt a bit disheartened. I wanted to sort it out there and then, and for her to leave with beautiful nails. & usually I feel like I achieve this with my other clients. But this time I felt a bit deflated, like I hadn’t really DONE anything. Like she hadn’t left...

Thank you. I wouldn’t do a colour any way, because as I said she doesn’t want to draw attention to her arthritis which is why I thought may be a French. But whether I did French or a subtle nude, my question was whether to do normal polish or shellac in that case, and what people would suggest...

Hi all, I’m looking for a bit of advice. I had an elderly client today for her first appointment. I usually only do gel manicures, but when she arrived today the first thing she said was that she didn’t want anything on her nails due to her arthritis - she said she doesn’t want to draw...

That's great :) Thanks for your reply! I assumed it would be ok, but just wanted to double check really before I started offering it, so thank you for getting back to me. :)

Hi all, I am still fairly new to nails and looking for a bit of advice / opinions from those a bit more experienced. :) Currently I only offer 1 type of service which is a quick gel polish manicure. That includes filing of nails, cuticle work and gel polish. I would like to start offering...

Hi everyone, Working towards my level 2 in Nail Technology and I need to start practising and building my portfolio of UV Gel Extensions/Gel Overlays. When I was training we used IBD which I think I was quite happy with. I'm going to have to purchase a starter kit, but before I do was...

Great, thank you! I read a post recently on here about polish shakers actually and I looked in to that as lots of people were recommending them. A little bit pricey for me at the moment, because I've found setting up to be quite costly any way, but I definitely think I will look in to that in...

Thanks @BobSweden. I'll admit I have found it all a little confusing when it comes to different lamps! but that does make a lot of sense actually and has really helped with my understanding of how different lamps work. :) With that in mind, I guess it probably would be best to go with their own...

Thanks Ciderella, I did hear that the polishes need stirring but I just try and mix them with the brush before I use them, but I've just looked it up and realised you can buy an actual 'stir mixing tool' so I might try that, and if still no good I might have to look at getting a new lamp...

Hi all, I'm a complete newbie to all this! Currently working my way through my level 2 course in Nail Technology. I'm having trouble with my Gel Polish application. Currently I use Cuccio Veneer, and use the Edge UV LED Lamp 12w. According to the manufacturers instructions it should take 30...