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Hello, I am a mobile Nail Tech and have used Shellac for several years. Then the creative academy in Bournemouth launched Gelish so I sat the course and introduced Gelish to clients. I had good results from Gelish. However I have just dropped my evenings and upping day work now my youngest has...

Hello, I've been working on my pricing for Ibx. I'm mobile so would not be able to travel to a client for £5-£10 if they wanted it as a stand-alone treatment. So I was considering either offering it as an "Ibx manicure" including prep and a buff or polish. Or wording it as an add on...

Hello, I use callus peel currently and have it set as a stand alone treatment or as an add on. I got the new microplane yesterday its blooming amazing and im trying to work out how to incoporate it in to my treatments. Im in 2 minds would it make my pedicures look better to include heel work...

Im sure i should know this but i have read my nail encyclopeidia and googled and searched here but i cant find an exact answer. I have a client booked in for tonight and discovered she has dermatitis on her hands and she wants acrylics. Is it safe for me to do the treatment? Sent from my...

Hello, I have been asked by a client if I can do something with her big toes so she can wear flip flops this summer. She has sent me pictures Which i will add. One of them she has said she has just ripped off and it will grow back. The other she says "Ok this is the normalish toe. It grows...

Hello, Can any one help me. Where do i find out who to email to get a swarovski image to use to advertise my swarovski crystal pedicures. I googled swarovski and Found lots of shops selling their jewellery. So how do i find out who is the main distributor? Also I order them from scatter...

Hello, I'm just messaging a client. Who has asked me if she can have nail enhancements but she is a massage therapist. She was worried she couldn't have them short (not a problem) and because another nail tech has told her no she couldn't as she is a massage therapist. I've just...

Hello, I keep being asked. "How much would it be for xx to have her nails done?" Implying that they should get it cheaper because they are younger. This time its in reference to i believe a 13 or 14 year old. Its normally for shellac or shellac rockstar. I don't feel comfortable doing them on...

Hello, My client has shellac done every 2 weeks. She converted to shellac as her acrylics kept doing the same thing splitting and taking her nail off quite short. The last time I re-shellaced her 2 weeks ago she had lost 3 nails they split from the sides and take off the whole free edge quite...

Hello, I have a client booked in for a full set of acrylics on Thursday next weekfor her wedding on the Saturday. She has anaphylaxis allergies to chlorhexidine gluconate and latex. I've checked my msds sheets and i cant see any of the above words in the products I will be using. I have...

Hello, I did a client a set of minx toes on Tuesday, she text me this morning and said on her big toes the minx had gone white at the free edge. So I asked her to show me on the afternoon school run I had a look and the best way to explain it is if you push your finger along the top of a of a...

Hello, I've always been shy and lack confidence. But last year I was doing so well working mobile in the evenings. but then in January this year I had a really bad month some big things happened and my anxiety has taken a real bashing. When I get bookings I build myself up I feel great...

Hello, I had a friend on Facebook who I deleted a while ago as she was starting to paint nails (attempting I should say) and I could see she had ordered lamp and bits off ebay so I deleted her as she was annoying me as quite clearly a messer and I didn't want to see her posts, well shes added...

I had a Shellac client last night and am very ashamed to say i made not 1 but 2 errors. She wanted masquerade and zillionaire shellac with her 2 index fingers the new peek-a-boo rockstar that i saw on cnd's facebook yesterday. So because i was doing 1 nail on each hand slightly different i...

hello, I wondered if anyone could spare a minute to give me any good or bad pointers. I used Nsi technail colours. Thank you

Hello, Is there any pointers or places i can improve upon on these nails. I used nsi sheer pink and natural tips.

Hello, I wonder if anyone can advise me. I use nsi and im running in to a problem with one client. A bit of background she is a biter and has short bitten nails. She used to insist on white tips but with a bit of guidance and me teaching her about white to pink proportions ive managed to get...

I use nsi products and have a kolinsky size 8 brush. Of late it seems the bristles are spreading in half when im patting and shaping a bead. I have used the brush cleaner i have from my kit to see if that helped but it hasnt. Im assuming its ruined as its effecting my acrylic application. So...

Hello, I've done a search and can't find an answer specifically to my question. I done a shellac client last week on a client who'd had acrylics on her fingernails for "years". She'd removed them a week and a half before her appointment. Her nails were very thin and had half circle indents from...

Im looking for some feedback on some of my sets so i can have the confidence to increase my prices. Thanks aan P.s i did this set on myself