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Morning geeks Im sooooo excited, i want to announce that i am pregnant with baby no 2 :lol: Im due 14th March.

Hi all Might be a stupid question but as the title says can you mix acrylic powder with gel? I ask because i was given some bright coloured acrylic powder and would like to use it but i only use gel. Hope this makes sense. :o

Hi geeks I was wondering do you charge a cancellation fee if a client cancel's? say if you need 48 hours notice and they only give you 24 do you charge them a fee? If you do what do you charge? Any advice would be great. Hope someone can advise. Thanks

Hey I did my sister nails today with gellux and before i even cured it all the polish had shrunk and disapeared around the edges so i had to apply the polish again and get it under the lamp before it shrunk again. :Scared: Has this happend to anyone before? why is it doing this? Really hope...

Morning Geeks I was wondering if i get a client that has quite short/bitten nails and they want gellux over their natural nails how do i go about capping the free edge? Obviously if i cant cap the free edge the polish is not going to last the full 15 days. :rolleyes: so what would i do about...

Hi Geeks Do any of you keep getting clients enquire about nails and then ask you for a discount? I have had 3 people this week the 1st lady lives 16 miles away from me i told her there would be an extra charge to cover petrol costs and she wanted nail art. but she asked me if i would do the...

Hi Geeks What it is, i did a clients nails over 6 weeks ago and i told her about maintenence every 2-3 weeks. Well she didnt contact me to get them done untill now saying her nails are in a bit of a state and she has lost 3-4 nails and wants them redone. My question is do i charge her for...

Morning geeks I was having a good eve last night till my nan rang me about her friends nails, she asked if i had called her yet and i said no i have been so busy i havent had chance then she totally went off on one at me because i havent called her. I said why couldnt you have given her my...

Morning Geeks Are you all enjoying the snow :lol: he he. I was just looking thought you tube for ideas on valentines nail art with water marbling and i came accross the carrier bag method, it looks so cool and i have never heard of it before. Have any of you? I will def be trying it out...

Hi all I was wondering which one you prefer weight watchers or slimming world? I did weight watchers a few years ago i lost a bit of weight but not loads as i went on holiday and didnt bother going back. I have thought about slimming world, i went to 1 meeting but i couldnt get my head...

Hi geeks I have just looked at my page on facebook and saw i had a few notifications. Well 1 woman ( i dont have a clue who she is) commented on one of my photos and put " i have NEVER seen nails as bad as these" :cry: I couldnt believe what i was reading. The pic she commented on was of...

Evening geeks :biggrin: I was wondering, those of you who do stiletto nails, is there a seperate course to learn how to do these and working with nail forms?? I am hoping to learn acrylic soon, im going to ask the company if they teach this as well, as i havent seen stiletto or nail forms...

Hi Geeks I did my gel training with the Beauty Academy, and im just wondering if you can recommend a good place to learn acrylic nails with in the Berkshire area? I dont really want to go back to the beauty academy as to be honest i dont think they were very good. I have learnt more from you...

Hi Geeks As the title says, i was wondering if when you do french extensions can you do one layer of gel and cleanse then buff to remove the shine and then paint the white tips, wait for it to dry and then do your second layer of gel to seal the polish in?? I only ask as i client that i did...

Morning Geeks I was just wondering what you all think of my prices. I do gel extensions and use IBD. I charge £30 for extensions £25 for overlay £20 infill £15 take off £5 nail art Do you think these are reasonable prices? what do you all charge. Im starting to think my prices are too...

Hi Geeks Just need to vent. I had a childrens nail art party to do yesterday afternoon for a girls birthday. The mum booked the party back in October. I emailed her a week before and asked if everything was still ok for the party and she said yes. Well yesterday i travelled 15miles to...

Evening geeks I have been emailing primary schools, golf clubs and hotels today offering gift vouchers as a prize for xmas fayres/raffles etc in the hope to get potential new clients. I was wondering do any of you geeks have any other suggestions of places I can email as my mind has gone...

Hi Geeks I was wondering how do you do your glitter tips? Can i do 2 layers of builder gel then sprinkle glitter then cure the 2nd layer of gel, Or do i do both layers and srpinkle the glitter after it has cured before i remove sticky layer? Or do I do 1 layer or builder gel sprinkle cure...

Hi all I was wondering has anyone done a gel overlay on toes?? Can it be done? I have just had someone ask me about it. Any advice will be much appreciated :)

Morning Geeks I was just wondering what is the minimum age you would do nail extensions? Do you think 12 is too young?