poeticmelody
Member
Hello ladies,
I am new here, although I've been lurking around for quite some time. I am not a nail professional, but am genuinely interested in hearing your side of the story as to why shellac should only be done by a licensed professional. What I'm looking for is a well thought out argument, not flaming fireballs thrown at me!
I bought shellac to do myself (arriving this friday!), but before I did, I spent COUNTLESS hours researching about the product and watching videos on how to apply/remove/troubleshooting. I feel way more informed than my "licensed nail technician" who was applying shellac ALL wrong! She buffed my nail, didn't seal the free edge, didn't use a CND lamp but a no brand one, let the polish pool around the edges, didn't use a curette, cut my eponychium, didn't use the CND wraps to remove (used foil and cotton balls and only left it on for 5 min), didn't wash my hands after using CND cuticle remover, and didn't inform me about any aftercare. In short, it was a shellac disaster!
Shellac by itself doesn't seem to be harmful, especially if you use the ENTIRE system as it was intended, and to that end I did buy the whole system, meaning everything recommended by CND, including the CND lamp and the CND remover wraps. I read Doug Schoon's articles on danger of under (and over) cured nails (my technician apparently didn't though!). Shellac also looks and applies just like polish - no drilling, buffing, sculpting, etc - so it doesn't seem dangerous or overly complicated to me if you apply it at home following the directions and with the recommended products. In short, shellac, unlike a lot of other nail systems, doesn't seem to be rocket science.
Now, if people go out and buy shellac without researching it and without buying what CND says is needed (like the uv lamp) or starts mixing products and wonders why things aren't working out and starts bad mouthing shellac, then yes, they should be stoned. But should an informed consumer like me, who follows all the directions to a T, including proper aftercare, be crucified? Is the nail technician mentioned above excused just because she has a license?
Thank you in advance for thoughtfully sharing your opinions!
I am new here, although I've been lurking around for quite some time. I am not a nail professional, but am genuinely interested in hearing your side of the story as to why shellac should only be done by a licensed professional. What I'm looking for is a well thought out argument, not flaming fireballs thrown at me!
I bought shellac to do myself (arriving this friday!), but before I did, I spent COUNTLESS hours researching about the product and watching videos on how to apply/remove/troubleshooting. I feel way more informed than my "licensed nail technician" who was applying shellac ALL wrong! She buffed my nail, didn't seal the free edge, didn't use a CND lamp but a no brand one, let the polish pool around the edges, didn't use a curette, cut my eponychium, didn't use the CND wraps to remove (used foil and cotton balls and only left it on for 5 min), didn't wash my hands after using CND cuticle remover, and didn't inform me about any aftercare. In short, it was a shellac disaster!
Shellac by itself doesn't seem to be harmful, especially if you use the ENTIRE system as it was intended, and to that end I did buy the whole system, meaning everything recommended by CND, including the CND lamp and the CND remover wraps. I read Doug Schoon's articles on danger of under (and over) cured nails (my technician apparently didn't though!). Shellac also looks and applies just like polish - no drilling, buffing, sculpting, etc - so it doesn't seem dangerous or overly complicated to me if you apply it at home following the directions and with the recommended products. In short, shellac, unlike a lot of other nail systems, doesn't seem to be rocket science.
Now, if people go out and buy shellac without researching it and without buying what CND says is needed (like the uv lamp) or starts mixing products and wonders why things aren't working out and starts bad mouthing shellac, then yes, they should be stoned. But should an informed consumer like me, who follows all the directions to a T, including proper aftercare, be crucified? Is the nail technician mentioned above excused just because she has a license?
Thank you in advance for thoughtfully sharing your opinions!
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