Deena
Well-Known Member
This is something I've been curious about ever since the advent of the new gel/polish/hybrids looming on the nail horizon. Please don't let this descend into cheap snipes along the lines of 'Mine's better than your's' or rants about lack of availability.
Anyway, my question is how much of your business is now taken up with these new services as opposed to what we had previously ie liquid and powder or the standard gels? As most people eventually become NNO clients anyway, once they've had a few treatments, are they being swayed towards shellac/gelish/geleration en masse or not? In percentage terms, what's the current divide for you?
I am not a working tech and only do a very few family and friends, in order to keep my practising up and not lose the skills I've gradually acquired, but they all love shellac for the speed, ease and durability of it. I am going to attempt a severe nail biter friend next week in readiness for a wedding she's almost ashamed to attend due to the state of her digits and find myself quite looking forward to getting my liquid and powder out again! :lol:
Becoming a truly competent nail tech is hard won, as we all know. Are you afraid of those skills going a tad 'Rusty' due to the demands for the aforementioned new services or are you still getting plenty of call for them? Personally, I love the ease and speed of shellac <especially on myself>, but I also miss the creativity and skill needed to produce a decent set of l&p.
So, have these new products revolutionised/taken over your working world?
Anyway, my question is how much of your business is now taken up with these new services as opposed to what we had previously ie liquid and powder or the standard gels? As most people eventually become NNO clients anyway, once they've had a few treatments, are they being swayed towards shellac/gelish/geleration en masse or not? In percentage terms, what's the current divide for you?
I am not a working tech and only do a very few family and friends, in order to keep my practising up and not lose the skills I've gradually acquired, but they all love shellac for the speed, ease and durability of it. I am going to attempt a severe nail biter friend next week in readiness for a wedding she's almost ashamed to attend due to the state of her digits and find myself quite looking forward to getting my liquid and powder out again! :lol:
Becoming a truly competent nail tech is hard won, as we all know. Are you afraid of those skills going a tad 'Rusty' due to the demands for the aforementioned new services or are you still getting plenty of call for them? Personally, I love the ease and speed of shellac <especially on myself>, but I also miss the creativity and skill needed to produce a decent set of l&p.
So, have these new products revolutionised/taken over your working world?
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