Just wondering if anyone else has tried the new LED lamps yet? I know Jessica have one for their GELeration as well as Nail Harmony for Gelish. I got mine last night and am absolutely in love with it. How is everyone else getting on?:green:
I got my lamp the other day and love it love it love it. It means I can do so many more clients in such a short space of time. I did my own nails so quickly my husband didn't notice I was even doing them .
The lamp is an investment and once you see just how good it is you really can't be without it. I'm definitely not letting go of mine.
Would this lamp cure Shellac does any one know?
I went for the Jessica UV lamp, but am very tempted to get the new LED one - I think I was in one of my money conserving moods when I did my GELeration order! I reckon I'll have one by the time summers out!
Would this lamp cure Shellac does any one know?
No it won't as it is not a UV Lamp?
Maybe I'm thick ... MAYBE ... but I'd love someone to explain to me how this lamp can make the service time so much quicker, when the lamp has to wait for YOU to apply the gel colour??
I can see where it would be great for doing one finger for demos etc at shows, but for instance ... Shellac base coat cures in 10 seconds in the UV Lamp ..... My clients have to wait for me to apply base coat to the other hand (because I don't apply base coat to all five nails in 10 seconds). So if it takes me 2 minutes to apply colour to 5 nails, how is curing it for 10 seconds or 30 seconds going to speed up my service as the client will have to wait for me for 2 minutes anyway .. until I get to the very last coat and even then it will only speed up the service on the very last hand that I do and not both?
I would love the advantage of quick curing for demos for sure for sure, but this is life in the nail salon we are talking about. Someone explain to me where exactly this lamp with its quick curing time will benefit me financially in he nail salon? Where will it save me money or make me the money that it costs to buy it?
No it won't as it is not a UV Lamp?
Maybe I'm thick ... MAYBE ... but I'd love someone to explain to me how this lamp can make the service time so much quicker, when the lamp has to wait for YOU to apply the gel colour??
I can see where it would be great for doing one finger for demos etc at shows, but for instance ... Shellac base coat cures in 10 seconds in the UV Lamp ..... My clients have to wait for me to apply base coat to the other hand (because I don't apply base coat to all five nails in 10 seconds). So if it takes me 2 minutes to apply colour to 5 nails, how is curing it for 10 seconds or 30 seconds going to speed up my service as the client will have to wait for me for 2 minutes anyway .. until I get to the very last coat and even then it will only speed up the service on the very last hand that I do and not both?
I would love the advantage of quick curing for demos for sure for sure, but this is life in the nail salon we are talking about. Someone explain to me where exactly this lamp with its quick curing time will benefit me financially in he nail salon? Where will it save me money or make me the money that it costs to buy it?
No it won't as it is not a UV Lamp?
Maybe I'm thick ... MAYBE ... but I'd love someone to explain to me how this lamp can make the service time so much quicker, when the lamp has to wait for YOU to apply the gel colour??
I can see where it would be great for doing one finger for demos etc at shows, but for instance ... Shellac base coat cures in 10 seconds in the UV Lamp ..... My clients have to wait for me to apply base coat to the other hand (because I don't apply base coat to all five nails in 10 seconds). So if it takes me 2 minutes to apply colour to 5 nails, how is curing it for 10 seconds or 30 seconds going to speed up my service as the client will have to wait for me for 2 minutes anyway .. until I get to the very last coat and even then it will only speed up the service on the very last hand that I do and not both?
I would love the advantage of quick curing for demos for sure for sure, but this is life in the nail salon we are talking about. Someone explain to me where exactly this lamp with its quick curing time will benefit me financially in he nail salon? Where will it save me money or make me the money that it costs to buy it?
I can remember having this conversation when it was announced this lamp was to be released and the answer is the same as before.
For those of you who take a full 2 minutes to paint 5 nails then, of course, this lamp will not save you any time at all. For those of us who work faster than this then it will save us time and therefore money. We may not be able to apply colour in 30 seconds but certainly a lot faster than 2 minutes.
I have been in this industry 16 years and my bread and butter for a lot of those years has been manicures and extensions and I have always prided myself on my polish application. Some will not have as much experience so will not have that much benefit from the lamp in respect of the speed.
There is also the fact that the bulbs last for between 10,000 and 15,000 hours without replacement, when worked out into treatments this is around a lifetime of a therapist's work, they will grow tired of the lamp before the bulbs run out.
There are many reasons for this new technology.
I take it I was correct in stating that it will not cure Shellac, I wouldn't want to give out the wrong information and I am truly sorry if I have spoken out of turn. :green:
Ah thanks for the replies.
It does take me a full two mins to paint one hand while the other is curing so it won't make my service any faster. I just wish I had the new Shellac lamp so I could do a full hand at a time instead of 4 fingers then the thumbs.
I will keep holding on for the shellac lamp to be back in stock.
I have an original Brisa lamp, which does the service ok .. but my bulbs constantly flicker during curing and it makes me feel that the layers won't be fully cured. :irked: I have replaced all the bulbs and it still does in now and again.
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