Rebecca Sheppard
New Member
I am posting under my wife's account as it's me that does her nails (her husband).
My wife is a trained hairdresser and holds a number of nails technician qualifications, and she has guided me through the process of painting her nails for her.
About three years ago we started buying CND shellac nail stuff, and I would do my wife's nails every 2-3 weeks, using a standard Gel nail lamp. The nails would easily last around 10-14 days. However, about 10-12 month ago we started to notice that the nails were no longer lasting, they'd simply peel off completely. We purchased a standard gel LED lamp thinking the original lamp was the issue, that didn't resolve the issue. We purchased new bulbs for the original lamp we were using, and that still didn't resolve the problem. So finally we purchased a CND LED lamp, and even that isn't stopping the gel nails from peeling.
So I'm posting here for some advice, we believe that for whatever reason that my wife's nails have become too soft and bendy, and this has resulted in too much flex in her nails causing the shellac to peel off. Is there possibly a nail enhancer product that can be applied under the base coat to strengthen the nail?
Having read a number of threads about peeling shellac nails know that there's always the same responses, either you're not REALLY using CND Shellac because you're missing a vital CND branded product or tool, or because you're not CND trained and are not doing it correctly. So before posting something along these lines I'd like to point out that for 2 years we didn't have any issues and we've not changed the process.
The process I follow is;
- My wife tidies up her cuticles, trimming etc.
- Clean the nails with CND scrub fresh to remove any left over oils to aid the binding process
- Apply a thin coat of CND Shellac base coat (including sealing the edges).
- Cure under a CND LED lamp for 10 seconds
- Apply a thin CND shellac colour coat (including sealing the edges)
- Cure under a CND LED lamp for 60 seconds
- Apply a second CND shellac colour coat (including sealing the edges)
- Cure under a CND LED lamp for 60 seconds
- Apply a CND shellac top coat (sealing edges)
- Cure under a CND LED lamp for 60 seconds
- Clean up the nails using Isopropyl alcohol
- Apply and rub into the nails/cuticles CND solar oil
Any advice would be appreciated.
EDIT: My wife has tried to do her nails herself, without any help from me and we still have the same problem.
My wife is a trained hairdresser and holds a number of nails technician qualifications, and she has guided me through the process of painting her nails for her.
About three years ago we started buying CND shellac nail stuff, and I would do my wife's nails every 2-3 weeks, using a standard Gel nail lamp. The nails would easily last around 10-14 days. However, about 10-12 month ago we started to notice that the nails were no longer lasting, they'd simply peel off completely. We purchased a standard gel LED lamp thinking the original lamp was the issue, that didn't resolve the issue. We purchased new bulbs for the original lamp we were using, and that still didn't resolve the problem. So finally we purchased a CND LED lamp, and even that isn't stopping the gel nails from peeling.
So I'm posting here for some advice, we believe that for whatever reason that my wife's nails have become too soft and bendy, and this has resulted in too much flex in her nails causing the shellac to peel off. Is there possibly a nail enhancer product that can be applied under the base coat to strengthen the nail?
Having read a number of threads about peeling shellac nails know that there's always the same responses, either you're not REALLY using CND Shellac because you're missing a vital CND branded product or tool, or because you're not CND trained and are not doing it correctly. So before posting something along these lines I'd like to point out that for 2 years we didn't have any issues and we've not changed the process.
The process I follow is;
- My wife tidies up her cuticles, trimming etc.
- Clean the nails with CND scrub fresh to remove any left over oils to aid the binding process
- Apply a thin coat of CND Shellac base coat (including sealing the edges).
- Cure under a CND LED lamp for 10 seconds
- Apply a thin CND shellac colour coat (including sealing the edges)
- Cure under a CND LED lamp for 60 seconds
- Apply a second CND shellac colour coat (including sealing the edges)
- Cure under a CND LED lamp for 60 seconds
- Apply a CND shellac top coat (sealing edges)
- Cure under a CND LED lamp for 60 seconds
- Clean up the nails using Isopropyl alcohol
- Apply and rub into the nails/cuticles CND solar oil
Any advice would be appreciated.
EDIT: My wife has tried to do her nails herself, without any help from me and we still have the same problem.