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Hello to all my UK Nail Tech Friends!!!! I am soooooooooooooooo jealous of all of you!! You have got Brisa in your hands right now!!! The US unveiling date is May 1. I can't wait! I can tell you I am so excited about this that I am about to pee my pants!! :lol: We have been given...

Hi Everyone!! I just posted some new nail art photos on my personal Nail Art Page! These new photos showcase 36 new nails with nail art completed with the fabulous Nubar Nail Art Pens!! Check them out! www.arm-tek.net/~rsk/page16.html

I was wondering if any of you air brush queens could recommend a good airbrush set up for a beginner. I know it is really important to get a good airbrush since it will make life a lot easier. Can anyone recommend a good brand or a website? TIA and I promise to post pictures when I get the...

Hello!! The salon that I work can get really hot on Sunday and Monday when we are closed and the air conditioning is off. I have reason to believe that this may have made my Retention + liquid go bad. I know that extreme heat can ruin the liquid if it is left in the trunk of a car, but I...

Any fans of Survivor out there in Geek Land? Well, I sent in my audition tape and application this week! I am practicing very hard at rubbing two nail files together real fast to get a spark and have that spark fall into acetone for instant fire!! I also thought that giving a kick butt foot...

I use Formation tips on most clients. Some have small nail beds so Formation's wells are too large, however, when I go to use the Velocity tips, that have a half well, they are too curved and don't want to fit on the nail. I have tried to modify the Formation well, but no matter what tip...

I love the look of the clear tips, however, I am a GelBond gal. I was told at a seminar by an educator that you shouldn't use GelBond with the clear tips and that you should use Speed Bond, which I am not fond of. Can anyone tell me why GelBond can't be used?

I have been hearing a lot about Nail Fresh lately. I have never used it and don't even own a bottle of it. I think I need to get some! Is this something that is used before or after ScrubFresh. I have seen post on it being used on both natural nails and acrylics. Am I correct in thinking...

I have a client with SEVERE ski jump nails! We have been together for a year now. It seems as though when we do a new set on her she is good for about two rebases and then they just start popping off left and right. I have been told that this is just something that you have to deal with...

What is everyone's favorite topcoat and why? Do you use the same topcoat on natural nails as you do on acrylics? Does anyone use Super Shiney as a topcoat and then put Speedy on top to help all layers dry faster? Does doing that affect wearability on natural nails? I am very...

I just had the most unusual thing happen today. I had a gal come in for a rebase and I had polished her french two weeks ago and used Poshe as a top coat. Well, when I polishe the french, it was pink and white. When she came in today, the pink had turned a yucky taupe color. :puke: When I...

Help techies!! I am searching for the "perfect" topcoat! In order to be "perfect" in my book it has to...... 1 Dry polish after curing under the light so that the client can leave right then and have very little room for damage to their nails on the way home! 2 Work on BOTH natural...

I am looking to beef up my manicure and peducure massages. I want them to be putty in my hand and begging for more!! ;) Does anyone have any massage techniques to share or have know of any websites that I can go to for tips? :D

Those of you, who do handpainted nail art on just about every client, how do you organize your nail art supplies. I am trying to get organized so that everything is right at my fingertips, but still not in the way. Any chance some of the pros (Christie, Trina, hint hint) could post a photo of...

I need some tips on how to polish with the pearly polishes. I never get a smooth image, it always is streaky from the brush strokes. With flat polished, I never have a problem. I am to the point where I cringe when someone picks a pearly polish, especially a light one like white or pink...

I have a client who has natural nails that peel at the ends. However, once they get at least 1/8 inch of free edge, the peeling stops. I find this odd. Any ideas why this is going on and how I can get the peeling to stop happening in the first place. She had been using Nail Envy (quit in...

Congrats on placing in your division! I believe that this is your first competition and if that is so, that is amazing!!! I really admire you for going for it. You will have to fill all of us who have never competed in with all the details. This is something I would love to do, but don't...

I have just got a new CND brush and I want to train it so that it comes to that lovely flat edge that some techs can get. My old brush never did do it, so I was wondering the proper way to train the brush to get that shape.

Question....If you do pink and whites and use the white tips, do you use all pink acrylic when you do the overlay or should you use pink and white. All pink would be easiest, however, you mute the brightness of the white. If you do pink and white, my question is, why on earth would you use a...

I need some help from the experts. I have been doing nails for almost two years and I am still not perfect yet. Trying though! LOL! Here is the trouble that I am having.....I seem to get a lot of lifing at the sides. Cuticle area is always good, but sides lift. I don't seem to be getting a good...