Lady_of_Pain
Well-Known Member
I had a girl come into my salon a couple of weeks ago. She was not happy where she had her gel nails done - she had problems with lifting, they fixed them, and she had lifting problems again. So she came to me for her fill.
When she came to me they were lifting pretty bad. So when I did her fill I made sure that I did a thorough prep of the nail. I made her keep her hands in front of me at all times so that I could ensure that they were not contaminated in any way. When she left, her nails looked great and she really liked them.
Yesterday (exactly 17 days after I did her fill), she came in for an appointment with me and her nails were lifting again. She said that they did not lift at all until she went on a trip to Las Vegas (or wherever DisneyLand is, in California anyway). She went on the trip about a week and a half after I had done her nails. She was on the beach, toured hollywood, etc. I am assuming it is fairly humid there as it is by the ocean (??). I live in Saskatchewan, Canada. This time of year it is fairly cold and dry - our climate gets very hot in the summer and very cold in the winter without much humidity.
I heard or read somewhere that a lot of places in the states do l&p because they work better with the climate there. I was thinking about it, and I was wondering if this could have been the cause of her lifting, as I thought that it was odd that they did not lift until she was on her trip - her nails lifted while she was there.
Also I can tell by her hands that she definitely does not abuse her nails. She is very easy on her hands. She has an office job, and I can just tell by working on her hands that she is not hard on her nails at all. That is one thing I am positive of.
When I did her fill yesterday I did a super thorough prep of her nails, I scrubbed each nail for at least 5 seconds with scrubfresh ( I use brisa gel by the way), and made double sure that she did not touch ANYTHING the whole time. I also worked in the first layer of gel as it says in the brisa faq section. I also am positive I did not flood her cuticles or anything like that as well.
So, I am wondering, could the climate change be the reason for her lifting? It sounds crazy-ish, but that is the only reason I can possibly think of that makes any sense.
If she gets lifting this time than I don't know what is wrong, I guess she would have to be in the small percentage of people that are not able to wear gel. There is no way that these nails that did yesterday should lift. I did the best prep I have ever done, and I was so careful not to do anything wrong. I told her that if there is any lifting to let me know asap, and I told her I am going to call her in 2 weeks to make sure that there isn't any lifting as well.
So let me know what you think. Geeg please let me know what you think as well if you could
When she came to me they were lifting pretty bad. So when I did her fill I made sure that I did a thorough prep of the nail. I made her keep her hands in front of me at all times so that I could ensure that they were not contaminated in any way. When she left, her nails looked great and she really liked them.
Yesterday (exactly 17 days after I did her fill), she came in for an appointment with me and her nails were lifting again. She said that they did not lift at all until she went on a trip to Las Vegas (or wherever DisneyLand is, in California anyway). She went on the trip about a week and a half after I had done her nails. She was on the beach, toured hollywood, etc. I am assuming it is fairly humid there as it is by the ocean (??). I live in Saskatchewan, Canada. This time of year it is fairly cold and dry - our climate gets very hot in the summer and very cold in the winter without much humidity.
I heard or read somewhere that a lot of places in the states do l&p because they work better with the climate there. I was thinking about it, and I was wondering if this could have been the cause of her lifting, as I thought that it was odd that they did not lift until she was on her trip - her nails lifted while she was there.
Also I can tell by her hands that she definitely does not abuse her nails. She is very easy on her hands. She has an office job, and I can just tell by working on her hands that she is not hard on her nails at all. That is one thing I am positive of.
When I did her fill yesterday I did a super thorough prep of her nails, I scrubbed each nail for at least 5 seconds with scrubfresh ( I use brisa gel by the way), and made double sure that she did not touch ANYTHING the whole time. I also worked in the first layer of gel as it says in the brisa faq section. I also am positive I did not flood her cuticles or anything like that as well.
So, I am wondering, could the climate change be the reason for her lifting? It sounds crazy-ish, but that is the only reason I can possibly think of that makes any sense.
If she gets lifting this time than I don't know what is wrong, I guess she would have to be in the small percentage of people that are not able to wear gel. There is no way that these nails that did yesterday should lift. I did the best prep I have ever done, and I was so careful not to do anything wrong. I told her that if there is any lifting to let me know asap, and I told her I am going to call her in 2 weeks to make sure that there isn't any lifting as well.
So let me know what you think. Geeg please let me know what you think as well if you could