Bio Sculpture gel lifting

[wheelies]

Hi there, just found Salon Geek tonight and very excited to find such a great source of information and support. I've been doing Bio Sculpture for a few months, with no previous beauty experience. I do my own nails and find they last 3 weeks, no problem, but find they don't always last so well on others. I try to be thorough with my prep, with cuticle remover and a gentle buff but some clients lose the odd gel or two, generally lifting from the free edge. I'm happy to put them back on for no charge as I'm pretty new to it and accept it's probably down to me, but am frustrated that it's happening - when it doesn't happen to mine. Any thoughts anyone???

 

[Bagpuss]

Hi.. when you say no previous experience do you mean you have had no training....?

Bio sculpture is one of the best gels i know for not lifting...it really does have great adhesion power....so if you are having lifting with it then it will be down to any lack of training. The gel has to be capped at the free edge...and then make sure that cap isn't filed off later when your refining at the end....also with Bio Sculpture its important to only use the Bio Sculpture prep.

 

[geeg]

One thought that springs to mind is that many clients are much more rough with their hands than you might be. Also a gel like Bio Sculpture is much more durable when the natural nails are strong to begin with ... less so on nails that are weak or thin.

Make sure that you fill in your profile here on the site so we can learn a little about you and your experience in the nail business. Welcome to the site.

 

[wheelies]

OO thanks for quick response. I have done the full Bio Sculpture manicure and gel training, including sculptures and have done over 100 sets of nails so far - not many for you experienced professionals, but it's a start!

I think the problem may be capping the front edge as they don't seem to lift from side or cuticle edge. It's quite hard to get the gel on the front edge of the free edge without going underneath and for clients with very short nails it's quite hard to do this without going on the skin.

Any ideas?

Also, I think i have good nails for gel, they're strong and grow well, so it's been a surprise that other people's nails aren't naturally as strong as mine. I've had clients with quite thin and bendy nails who come back with stress breaks at the sides. Should I be using a flexible gel like sealer on them or doing an s-gel sandwich to make them super tough? Sorry for barrage of queries - it's all flooding out of me! It's quite hard doing this on your own with no colleagues to ask and I don't like to ask Bio Sculpture all the time as they'll think I'm rubbish.

 

[Bagpuss]

for capping on short nails try using a nail form...this will enable you to cap without getting onto the skin.

I wouldn't worry about ringing Bio..its what they are there for.

xx

 

[gillian w]

Another thing to think about is to make sure that when worrying about capping you arn't making your gel too thick along the free edge because if the gel is too thick with colours the light cant penetrate all the way through so you will have uncured gel underneath which will lift.
If your nails are looking a bit lumpy and thick at the ends this may be what is happening.

 

[wheelies]

Its why they never lift on me that i cant explain if i do exactly the same on others as i do on myself - in fact it should b better on them as i'm not doing it on my wrong hand. i will be very careful about capping from now on and see what happens.

I can see myself getting addicted to this site - was up til 2.30am last night as i had just discovered it x