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Hello everyone, I am hoping that somebody can shed some light on a little problem that has just cropped up recently. My nail salon has been open nearly 3 years and all of a sudden my right hand which I use all day with my electric file has suddenly become sore. It is predominantly the knuckle...

Hi All, I have a bit of a problemmo. I have always used Brisa gel and I have a Brisa UV lamp which is about 3 years old. I have just replaced the liners and the light tubes and it is like brand new. I have just bought some Young Nails gels as I use the acrylic and it is amazing. When I am...

Hi Ladies, I was hoping you could help me. I think my brush may have had it - I have never before had any problems with bubbles in my brush and suddenly it has started happening. I have not changed anything from my normal routine. They are tiny bubbles and many of them. It cannot be the...

Hello All, My clients are mainly L&P and some gel but, I have got two ladies coming in tomorrow morning and they are both having silk nail enhancements. I did my training with CND a few months ago and we used the INM kit, but I have only ever done it on my nail training hand. Never done a...

Hello all, Was just hoping for a bit of advice. I am in the process of doing my lovely new pricelists and this later evening when I have finally decided (been umming and ah-ing about this for ages!) I will give the go ahead one way or another regarding the price structure. I have had people...

Hello, I have been asked to do a french manicure on the morning of someone's wedding. I have both Jessica Polishes and also CND polishes. I have said to her that it might be an idea to come in the day before because polish takes such a long time to dry. Have I said the right thing...

Hi there, I posted last week that I had a lady coming who normally goes all the way to Manchester to get her nails done. She goes to a place that uses Alessandro Gel and I use Brisa Gel. I rebalanced the nails over the Alessandro and I did have to remove a fair bit of it as there was some...

Hello all, I had a repeat customer today for a re-balance and some of her nails had curled away on the free-edge so I had to file them right down and get 'underneath' the curling. I re-applied the acrylic just like during a re-balance but made sure I capped tham like gel. The lady had had...

Hello there, Just wondered about your opinion on something - I have a lady coming in on Wednesday (bear in mind my salon has only been open four weeks) and the lady has gels from a brand called Allesandro, which I have never heard of but are meant to be very good. The lady has tried a few...

Hi everyone, My friend told me the other day that when she was pregnant she couldn't get waxed anywhere - is waxing in pregnancy not allowed? If so, is it due to possible reactions?

Hi Everyone, Just thought I'd share this annoying little incident. Yesterday I had someone in for a repair on L&P nails, which I did, no problem. She said she would like a new coat of Gel topcoat on again to make them look brand new. When I had done her nails first time round I had put a...

Hi there, Just wondered - how long does it take you to file off a full set of gels? A lady came to me the other day (she had been to another technician) and she wanted them filing off and a new set applying. It took me a shocking two hours to get them off with a manual file (very carefully...

Hello everyone, I am opening a new nail salon on Tuesday and I am feeling absolutely sick with nerves. There is not another nail salon round here for about 15 miles, but there are a few nail techs who do mobile and one at the local hair-dressers. The salon looks great, my Mum has been to...

Hi all, I am considering doing Brazillian and Hollywood waxing in my new salon. But being new to this, I do not know where to go for training in this specific area! I do not know anything about which wax would be best for this sensitive area and who is a good company to give me good...

Hi there, Does anybody know where we stand legally on charging for missed appointments? I am about to set up my new business and I am contemplating putting on the back of my leaflets that there will be a charge for no-shows. However, I cannot help wondering if this is a draconian measure...

Hi there, I have just been on a waxing course and I was just wondering which waxing systems are good - can anyone recommend any to me? Thank you very much, :hug:

Hi there, I am a nail tech and completely new to waxing, but have trained using the Eggpot system. Have any of you tried it and what are your thoughts? Kind regards :hug:

Hi Geeks, I've wondered for a while now -what is an acrylic dipping system? Or a "tip and dip"? I've heard it used so many times but don't know what it means! Many thanks, Lydz xx

Dear All, I went to do my Brisa Induction the other day as I am new to gels. I have used Bio-Sculpture gel before but found Brisa quite different. The results were really good but was a bit suprised to find that my model had slight lifting on two of her nails. I prepped properly in class to my...

Dear All, I am thinking of training with Karen Betts as a friend said the Nouveau Contour system was excellent. I have also seen that is about £6,000 to train (or can I expect to pay more realistically or is this about right)? I read somewhere that someone paid about £10,000 or is that a bit...