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Hi I have a client tomorrow who is 100% white but currently has what I think looks like 9/1 over. (New client for colour) she has sent me a picture of a colour she previously had and she described it as her hairdresser used a blonde a pink and a purple and mixed together. I personally am not...

Had a nice client today base 7 but had previous blonde highlights and were practically grown out she has some blonde On the ends so she wanted her colour refreshed and fresh blonde highlights put in. No probs used 7/07 which we agreed with some bleach and pastel highlights scattered. Both happy...

Hi hoping you can all give me some advice. I have a new client looking for highlights, she wants bleach on the root only, a lowlight and a "caramel" also. I'm really new to using different colours and trying to think outside the box and not stick to the safe colours we always used at college...

Looking for some more experienced help as I'm still new to this. Doing a test cutting for a client that I am planning to do a purple ombré on Tuesday. She is currently a base 4 and also has wella 4/0 all over with pink underneath and at the fringe. I have tried to bleach the test cutting with...

I have a client booked in for 2 weeks time for colour she wants to have a bright purple ombré effect. She currently is a level 5 but gets a 4 all over with flashes of pink at the fringe and sides. (Done by someone else, so new client for me) She still wants to get a 4 on top and then purple...

I am almost qualified in level 2 hairdressing at college, I got my hair done ombré today by my friend who I am also at college with. This was our first experience and are both very happy with it but I wanted about a 7 on top but when we done it it never took you could see blonde highlights...

Hi new to salon geek although registered for a few years when I done beauty but now I qualify in hairdressing level 2 in June it's a whole new world! I am doing a friends hair tomorrow and she is really dark, around base 3-4 but it's a box dye :/ I know I know! She would like some red...

Just wondering what everyone else does when doing rockstar shellac. I use the irresistible glitters that f seemingly designed for shellac, I read that it'd better to use a light coloured shellac before putting glitter on, sometimes (and I'm new to rockstar) I think that the nail plate can be...

I need some advice on how to get your clients to try something new, im mobile and qualified with shellac it's very popular but everyone only ever just wants a plain shellac (don't get me wrong it's great) but I'm looking for a bit more now, I do rockstar and have had a play with carving designs...

Hi hoping someone can give me advice on miracle removal of spray tan, I spray tanned my client last night, she's a good regular had plenty spray tans from me before no problems whatsoever but for some reason this morning her palms are covered in tan! She thinks she grabbed onto the tent when she...

Hi need some advice for me! I was really dark for years then 7 months ago decided to start getting blonde highlights through to lighten it up, do that's what I've kept doing for 7 months, but I decided I wanted to go red but I'm hoping for a nice dark red, obviously me having so much blonde...

Looking for some advice, I trained in nail technology at college which was a 6 months course 1 evening per week, I didn't feel the training was very good and was very rushed in my opinion although was 6 months we never got much experience! We didn't even get shown French just standard overlay...

I sprayed a girl last night for her qually which is Wednesday night. I used crazy angel 9% and the girl said it wasn't dark enough, I tried to tell her it would be dark enough as she's only 12 but her and her mum were insisting I spray again so I did with same again but she kept looking down and...

I was at a school fundraiser tonight doing eyebrow waxing and the therapist next to me was doing file and polish, when the client she had done moved onto me she said that the girl had put opi polish on her nails and then some kind of uv top coat. Has anyone heard of this I'm quite interested to...

Im looking for another wax pot as im sick fed up of the mess my one gets in its just far too big its the standard one I got at college, and now ive been mobile for a while really want to get something smaller and something hopefully easier to keep clean, Ive been looking and seen this one AdB...

I'm feeling pretty crap about this and kind of just want it off my chest. Now a pretty regular client (for tans) mainly, held a pamper party 2 weeks ago and I'm just new to shellac so I offered it for just £10 at the party thinking would be a good way for people to try it. So only 2 got it in...

I'm a mobile therapist in Edinburgh and don't get a lot of business for nails and I live doing acrylics but feel Like as I don't do them enough I'm getting out if touch with them, u know Like smile lines maybe not great anymore but as I say they just don't seem to be very popular here or I...

I just bought the new mother if pearl shellac the sparkly one to put on top of colours and I'm really unhappy with it. I can hardly see a difference in the colour when placed on top there's next to no sparkle and I've tried it on 3 different colours but no difference. I've not heard anyone else...

Hi I spray tanned a client last night and her underarms and sides of breast went completely green she said she had removed her deodorant but obviously not well enough! Now she has scrubbed it repeatedly today and it's almost off she said but she has also scrubbed it White! Or patchy rather. I...

Hi I've just trained in spray tan and have been offering them for £10 to friends just to try make some money to buy more solution. I've only done 6 tans and two have said their arms were a wee big White and the bottoms of their legs so I'm obviously needing a lot more practice, I'm now not sure...