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Hi folks, I need some advice regarding my L&P. I found recently that my white CND powder was setting on the nail with an orangey tint to it. I thought that my brush was contaminated so I bought a new one but it's still happening. I decant my liquid using a pipette and my powder is always kept...

Hi I've popped over from the nail forum to ask for some advice. I've just moved to the Middle East which is hot, humid, dusty and generally windy too! My hair is fine, short, although I'm trying to get some length on it, and gets very greasy very quick. In this climate it's looking lank and...

My hubby has just had a job offer that, if accepted, would see us upping and moving from the UK to Dohar!! I currently do mobile nails to fit around my young family. Do any of you fabulous geeks know if I could work out there doing what I do now? I'm just about to train with Brisa Lite smoothing...

Hi everyone, I've just popped over from the Nail forum for some advice please. I currently brand myself and train exclusively with CND offering hi end products and services. I am considering adding EE to my services next year and would again like to offer the CND equivalent in lashes. My base...

I've been working as a mobile nail tech for two years now and have a great little business. I'm at a point now though where I would really like to be static, I'm sick of packing and unpacking my kit and dashing from place to place. So I'm considering working from home, I don't have the...

Just a quickie, I have a client tomorrow who is currently wearing NSS nails and would like infills or a new set. I use CND Retention+ and I'm not sure if I will be able to infill or not. Alternatively the client would like them removing and a new set doing but in my experience they can't be...

Urgh, every year I stress to the max about being caught by my kiddies, either wrapping or setting the pressies out. I have a 4, a 5 and an 8 year old and very much want to keep their belief alive. So, in previous years my hubster and I would wrap and set the presents out on Christmas Eve but I...

My CND lamp is indicating that I am using my bulbs on zero minutes left...must I change them or keep going til they give up?

******Total DIV alert!!!****** Urgh, just home from an appointment to do a few tips with acrylic overlay and then Shellac, only I forgot my brushes!!! Aaaarrrrggggh!! So I had to just shellac over tips on some nails and will need to return to overlay. What a stupid thing to do!!! A mistake I...

Hi geeks, I've been working really hard to improve my L&P application but I have to say I'm really struggling with my brush. I can only achieve a flat paddle with it so the tip of the brush is wide and flat. I want to achieve a point but can't seem to do it and I certainly don't want to cut...

I'm fuming and really need to vent! Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!!! I've just done a 16 mile round trip to a nail appointment to A) not be able to find the property, and B) not be able to contact the client. I wasted an hour trying to find and contact her, even knocking door to door in the rain! She is a...

I like to dress up with our kiddies and go trick or treating after hotdogs. Last year I was a dead doll but quite fancy this look this year.......what do you think? What look will you be sporting, please share!

Hi Geeks, I'm looking for some help with my matte shellac application. I tried it today with a client and it all went Pete Tong! So, once I applied and cured the top coat tip, the matte part of the nail was marked from the d-sperse. Can anyone relate or help me out please? My client ended up...

I went to see a client to do a French polish, a client who I dread seeing as she scrutinises everything I do. The first time I did her nails she let me do a full set of Shellac only to tell me she didn't like it and wanted it removing and normal polish applying!!!😳 Anyway, on this...

Shaking my Shellac is proving to be seriously painful. I have changed my technique three times and each time I end up with a different ache or pain! So tell me, how do you shake yours?

Hi Geeks. I have had a number of clients recently who have clearly not been using their solar oil as advised. As a result their nails are becoming dehydrated and the client's are then disappointed with the service. I have tried to make them understand that the aftercare is their responsibility...

Hey Geeks, Can anyone tell me what this is? The black line is also one one of her toes. The split nail is all the way through the layers and is painful when she catches it. I cover it with silk and Shellac it but I'm worried I might not be doing the split any good?

Hi all, I have a number of regular clients using Shellac and a large percentage of them are struggling to keep them hydrated even with regular use of solar oil. They are becoming white, flakey and peeling or splitting. I am beginning to question how good Shellac is for the nails as an ongoing...

Hi all, Historically I have offered the host their treatment free and four or five guests a reduced price for Shellac/Rockstar/Minx services. This is clearly not viable so I want to change the incentives offered so was wondering, what do you offer? I am a mobile tech using CND. Thanks in advance x