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Here are the nails when I did them on Wednesday 13/04 As I used her as a model, I checked in with her today to see how they were doing as it had almost been 2 weeks and I'm still testing out iLac for wear time. She said they were perfect, but I asked for a pic to check. This was taken...

I've had it a few times, I have an over active thyroid so I know I'm prone to it. Usually though I notice it just starts creeping and it slowly gets worse. Took off my lacquer yesterday and saw the nail has lifted terribly on my left middle and ring and my right ring fingers! I've not had it...

I've got a luxury gel polish booked in for Friday evening. I know to do my standard prep and gel polish application, then after cleansing inhibition layer I'd go on to exfoliate, rinse, mask + heated mitts, rinse, then massage- but I'm never quite sure where to take the mask? I've always applied...

im still getting pooling issues. I have cleaned off the stem and the brush pretty much completely and yet still getting pooling in the sidewalls and eponychium end sometimes. I can't easily leave the nails completely flat on the table because then I can't see so well and obviously want complete...

I used iLac i45 today and it looked lighter and pinker than my swatch stick, despite a decent shake. I used it on my mum last week and thought the same thing. So when I got in today I scraped it with a stir tool and discovered a clump of metallic gold pigment at the bottom. Check out the...

I occasionally work adhoc for a small salon over the road from me, just doing gel polish applications on nails. There is just the owner and she books me in when she can't do it herself. Also, I think because she doesn't have much of a gel polish range herself. She advertises the service as...

I did my first gel polish (Nubar Gelicure) pedi the other day. My client kept pointing her big toe upwards and the gel ran back a bit and ruined the perfect margin I'd created. I do very thin coats and the other nails were all fine. Client was very happy, but I thought the cuticle area looked a...

I think I'm going to marry iLac and have it's babies. I've never gotten gel off my own nails, I've tried Shellac (it was applied by a therapist way back in the early days and I think she applied too thick if I'm honest), Gelicure and Megamix. I have never ever gotten gel polish to lift. Even...

I know Nail Perfect makes one and Crystal Nails does too. Are there any other brands? Any feedback from anyone? There's loads of threads on here complaining the Crystal Nails one was a total dud and didn't leave a tacky layer at all, so that's rather put me off. I was hoping to get something at...

I've been debating investing in it for a while. I'd have to get the heat lamp too as my desk lamp isn't suitable. I don't have many clients yet, as I'm still starting out and going slowly, but I have seen quite a few trashed nails, plus my mums are absolutely wrecked from some bad gel removals...

I'm really struggling with them! I'm finding it virtually impossible to get nice clean images with them because they seem to smear and the smear either gets on my stamper head or the image just doesn't pick up crisp. I find the best results are with one of those generic cheap double ended XL...

I did my Nubar Gelicure sog training on Tuesday. The set I did on my model in class went well, however, yesterday I did my own set and encountered some problems! As I have to manoeuvre my hand about quite a bit to do my own, as I was doing this, the top coat moved and flooded into my side...

I've been looking to switch my mani pedi range for a while, I've been using Gena as that's what I was trained with, but I really dislike the pedi scents which are a lot of eucalyptus, menthol and lavender; bleurgh! The mani soak and massage lotion is nice, but there's no mask in the range...

Bit of a shot in the dark I know, but I only need gauze pads and lint free wipes and am loathe to pay postage on such a teeny order! Money's a bit too tight this month to bump the order up for the sake of it. If I could find someone close to me or hubby's work, we could walk round and pick it...

My Mum has been to the Dr and a podiatrist and neither were very helpful. For years her feet have looked like this and no one has diagnosed it. It literally looks like a combination of every single disease you look up on google images! There's definitely some Onycholysis going on here. Is...

My first bottle came from Luella Belle and was tinged very slightly yellow. My second bottle came from Beauty Express and was a lot darker, it looked a bit like wee! I know things can vary from batch to batch so thought nothing of it. Well I opened it the other day and it didn't smell right...

Hiya! Firstly, apologies as I know this question comes up constantly. So I finally have my mani pedi cert, hurrah! Next step is SOG's, but I'm humming and hawing over which brand. I always wanted to go with Perfect Match, I hear really great things, the price point is good (plus they come...

Hi all! My cousin is having their wedding on August 29th. The bride doesn't really know anyone and I'm based in London, so said I'd ask my fellow Geeks! She is from China and so someone who is used to working with that hair type is needed. Despite training in hair I suck at hair ups and I've...

if I'd ever done this on myself I'd know about it right? I really struggle doing my own cuticle work, especially with my non dominant hand and tend to get a bit overzealous. So frustrating when I do clients perfectly! I also have a tendency to go a bit bonkers with my own pedi cuticle work...

I keep seeing these shaped nails in various threads and I'm wondering what the shape is known as. It's long and tapered, as if it's about to go into almond, but then it's squared off? I hope I've been clear, I can't easily post a pic as I'm on my iPod. X