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Don't fret - I really is practice, practice, practice. Rope in friends on a training rate, buy cheap tips and paint away for hours. Follow Gigi's tutorial. You will get there. I was terrified of normal polish until Vinylux inspired me to sort it out. Now it's fine. Plus as you practice people...

Grapefruit sparkle gives a lovely shimmer that looks kind of champagne and makes a gorgeous natural french with studio white - it is my favourite by far. Piccy doesn't show colour of the shimmer.

Make sure you are balancing your painting hand too. That is probably obvious but if you hold it in mid air you haven't got the same control. I bought a bag of cheap tips, drew lines on them and painted for hours. I am also still doing this to improve speed on french tips. I also push and...

Agree with Maz101, it is possible to do your cuticle work too hard and leave bits on the nail or not clear loose cuticle with the cutter. My question would be what sort of light are you using? By light I mean to see what you are doing (i.e. not to cure the nails). I have a slimline daylight...

Your best best it to talk to the lovely ladies at S2; if you ordered one kit and got the sculpting gel in error they would sort that out for you. Plus they will answer your query re the solar oil. Best to double check your order first. The sculpting gel and smoothing gel are designed for two...

Here is a 4 week programme on a nail biter, week 2 on the first picture (didn't get the first shot where she had no free edge at all). I used brisa lite for 4 weeks and then we did shellac purple purple for her brother's wedding. She did brilliantly and has lovely healthy nails now. So pleased...

Thanks ladies and Gigi - yes sorry I forgot to emphasise it was the nail tech not the shellac. I never like doing another tech down but I did simply go through several times with the client that 'no buffing' is one of shellac's big plus points and it is frustrating as a certified tech to see it...

Hi I have got a lady in a couple of weeks for a vinylux mani who suffers from horizontal splits in her nail. However unfortunately she had a bad experience with shellac (wrong technique and severe buffing) and despite me explaining things to her won't go near any gel/shellac. So usually I would...

What irked me today, was seeing that my sister's friend is not only doing her own and others 'shellac' but now wibbling she needs to charge for products as she is running out. No tax, no qualifications, no insurance! Even if she covers products still income in HMRC's world. So glad I don't live...

I am doing my first nail biter with brisa lite smoothing gel - wish I had taken a before piccy now as I forgot. Week 1 and no biting and still looking really good - too early for growth but I am very hopefull. Onto shellac when she gets some decent growth. Love this thread. We went for Brisa...

I'm a part time tech and was totally shellac based. I now do brisa smoothing gel too as I trusted CND with innovation and already have two ladies in love with the clear look on it's own. In fact I love wearing it too. Where does vinylux come in? Well having been totally focused on enhancements...

I may be a little sad but I love my CND lamp, it looks so clean and professional and I like everything to match. It is not a big investment at all to keep your shellac as good as it should be and your clients happy. It is really hard when you are picking courses, I only found CND as my local...

Hi Sammi I was on this course with you. I have just over 1 year's experience now and most of that has been in shellac, due to it's popularity. So I wanted to do this course to get my polishing technique better and move towards master painter. I picked up loads of little tips, just things that...

The first time I did shellac french on myself to test, it chipped fairly quickly. It was all down to not sealing the edges enough with top coat and not making the white super thin. Plus making sure the base coat covers the edges too. I was also not careful enough with them as I had been used...

I am insured with BABTAC in the UK and when I rang to renew my insurance I was quite shocked when they said I was not insured without sending them my Shellac certificate (as I did it as a 1.2.1 in 2010 and it did not say shellac on it I never sent it). I thought I was already covered but they...

L&P does offer an extra level of skill, as some clients will suit it better due to their lifestyle/nail type. You can't add instant length with shellac (some people tip but I would not think it has the strength of L&P). So you will loose some opportunities and it is a shame to loose a skill, but...

After seeing it on a CND ambassador we played with doing your signature finger with Naja Johnny today (the lace one), omg it looks amazing over shellac. It looks really funky on the one nail on each hand. I am sure there are always new ways of making something popular. There were ques of...

Oh thank you Mrs Geek, I am so excited I can't wait to jump and fly when funds allow (wish I was not so part time ggrrrr). It is fabulous to have a master painter option, I am so thrilled at the prospect of working towards this. I am used to CPD with my Accounting Technician qualifications, in...

Natalyia did a carving demo on me at the Manchester beauty show. She used rock royalty and layered moonlight and roses over it then carved swirls in it - it looks gorgeous. I keep staring at it lol. Didn't realise how fab M&R was before that. Wish I could make her Leeds course in November...