Fake it...
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Well Geeks!
The day has finally arrived, after 17yrs in the business, X amount of pounds spent on training, the hours spent watching people like Samuel Sweet at trade shows, the months and years of clients and l&p treatments carried out, the piles of Scratch and Pro Nail Mags bought, I can safely say that it was all worthless... My education has been updated, finished off and full stopped by the new client that I had at 9am this morning.
She who "trained in acrylics" 32 yrs ago... In the local chemist... Yes, you heard me, the pharmacy, has explained the fundamentals, benefits and DANGERS of acrylics versus gels!!!
1. The gel lamp causes skin cancer as they are the same as sunbeds.
2. The acrylic that was applied to her nails 32 yrs ago is still attached to some of her nails, the ones that are free from it are the ones that break.
3. Did I realise that the fumes from the acrylic that I was using were harming my unborn baby as they are toxic?
4. Your nails only grow under gel and not acrylic (see point 2 for contradiction)
5. The eponychium isn't anything to do with your nails... You are confusing nails with hair.
6. Bluesky Shellac is by far the best... Everyone's buying it on EBay.
7. She is highly allergic to gel (confessed 1/2 way through applying l&p)
8. Nail qualifications these days aren't worth the paper that they are written on. I buy all of my stuff from Sally's and they've never once asked for my certificate.
9. Acrylic let's your nails breathe, gel doesn't.
So people, after trying to explain in depth that acrylic and gel are the same thing, that the eponychium is in fact found in the nail area and that I thought that it was her who was confusing the eponychium with cuticle which is also hair related, after reading a post from Geeg on SG regarding the whole acrylic/gel matter she replied that all of points the above "was told by a person who actually teaches nails."
It was then that I realised that I was actually fighting a loosing battle and sadly, I gave up... Feel like I've let the side down a little but please find it in your Geeky hearts to forgive me.
I normally have no qualms in championing the science behind such questions/queries, I truly am a nail geek to my very bones but I lost the will to live with this one.
I'm strangely hoping that she comes back in 3 weeks though with more insights, it's just reassuring to know that even after 17 yrs it's still possible to learn!
Have a good day Geeks, as I now know it all I sure will.
xx
The day has finally arrived, after 17yrs in the business, X amount of pounds spent on training, the hours spent watching people like Samuel Sweet at trade shows, the months and years of clients and l&p treatments carried out, the piles of Scratch and Pro Nail Mags bought, I can safely say that it was all worthless... My education has been updated, finished off and full stopped by the new client that I had at 9am this morning.
She who "trained in acrylics" 32 yrs ago... In the local chemist... Yes, you heard me, the pharmacy, has explained the fundamentals, benefits and DANGERS of acrylics versus gels!!!
1. The gel lamp causes skin cancer as they are the same as sunbeds.
2. The acrylic that was applied to her nails 32 yrs ago is still attached to some of her nails, the ones that are free from it are the ones that break.
3. Did I realise that the fumes from the acrylic that I was using were harming my unborn baby as they are toxic?
4. Your nails only grow under gel and not acrylic (see point 2 for contradiction)
5. The eponychium isn't anything to do with your nails... You are confusing nails with hair.
6. Bluesky Shellac is by far the best... Everyone's buying it on EBay.
7. She is highly allergic to gel (confessed 1/2 way through applying l&p)
8. Nail qualifications these days aren't worth the paper that they are written on. I buy all of my stuff from Sally's and they've never once asked for my certificate.
9. Acrylic let's your nails breathe, gel doesn't.
So people, after trying to explain in depth that acrylic and gel are the same thing, that the eponychium is in fact found in the nail area and that I thought that it was her who was confusing the eponychium with cuticle which is also hair related, after reading a post from Geeg on SG regarding the whole acrylic/gel matter she replied that all of points the above "was told by a person who actually teaches nails."
It was then that I realised that I was actually fighting a loosing battle and sadly, I gave up... Feel like I've let the side down a little but please find it in your Geeky hearts to forgive me.
I normally have no qualms in championing the science behind such questions/queries, I truly am a nail geek to my very bones but I lost the will to live with this one.
I'm strangely hoping that she comes back in 3 weeks though with more insights, it's just reassuring to know that even after 17 yrs it's still possible to learn!
Have a good day Geeks, as I now know it all I sure will.
xx
