Hi all - I'm having a couple of problems with Shellac French and it's knocked my confidence a fair bit.
The first French Shellac I did on a client only lasted 4 days before the whites started to lift and peel away; she is an auxillary nurse, is quite heavy handed and was using a lot of drying alcoholic gel so we thought this may have been the root cause. She was v happy with the treatment though and reassured me she loved them, just that it's unrealistic for her to have Shellac given her job.
Second French Shellac was on my sister last Thurs, her whites started peeling yesterday - she has followed the aftercare advice to the letter and we can think of nothing she's done that would have exacerbated this. When I did a Shellac colour on her, it lasted 2 weeks with no chips or peeling. She said it hasn't put her off at all just she wondered what had gone wrong.
Third Shellac was on a client (also a colleague) last Friday - I have just spoken to her this morning and she said they are ok but some have started chipping. Having inspected them they have not actually chipped as such, rather the side edge of one of the thumbs has almost worn off (it looks smudged) and there is a bit of wear at the free edge. No signs of the white lifting..yet.
Basically, the fact my sister's Shellac peeled off has really thrown me off balance. I want to remain confident in my abilities but fear I am now going to pre-empt problems before they arise.
I have searched all the threads on here about French, have watched the Fingernail Fixer troubleshooting videos which have been invaluable, and the only thing I can think is that my white was a touch too thick - but it didn't look thick and I made such a conscious effort to make sure it was a very thin layer without being streaky. At some points, I was running out of white by the time I got to the middle of the nail because i had so little on my brush. I also made sure I really shook the bottle beforehand.
After the standard Shellac PEP I did the following:
1 x base coat cure 10 secs
1 x romantique cure 2 mins
1 x cream puff cure 2 mins
1 x zillionaire cure 2 mins
1 x top coat cure 2 mins
Then removed the inhibition layer with Dsperse.
Peeling issues aside, is it normal to get wear on the free edge after only 3 days?
Considering contacting Sweet Squared to see if I can book a 121 with the ambassador I did my training with, to see how my technique can be improved. There's no point in my endlessly practising if I'm doing something fundamentally wrong ;-)
The first French Shellac I did on a client only lasted 4 days before the whites started to lift and peel away; she is an auxillary nurse, is quite heavy handed and was using a lot of drying alcoholic gel so we thought this may have been the root cause. She was v happy with the treatment though and reassured me she loved them, just that it's unrealistic for her to have Shellac given her job.
Second French Shellac was on my sister last Thurs, her whites started peeling yesterday - she has followed the aftercare advice to the letter and we can think of nothing she's done that would have exacerbated this. When I did a Shellac colour on her, it lasted 2 weeks with no chips or peeling. She said it hasn't put her off at all just she wondered what had gone wrong.
Third Shellac was on a client (also a colleague) last Friday - I have just spoken to her this morning and she said they are ok but some have started chipping. Having inspected them they have not actually chipped as such, rather the side edge of one of the thumbs has almost worn off (it looks smudged) and there is a bit of wear at the free edge. No signs of the white lifting..yet.
Basically, the fact my sister's Shellac peeled off has really thrown me off balance. I want to remain confident in my abilities but fear I am now going to pre-empt problems before they arise.
I have searched all the threads on here about French, have watched the Fingernail Fixer troubleshooting videos which have been invaluable, and the only thing I can think is that my white was a touch too thick - but it didn't look thick and I made such a conscious effort to make sure it was a very thin layer without being streaky. At some points, I was running out of white by the time I got to the middle of the nail because i had so little on my brush. I also made sure I really shook the bottle beforehand.
After the standard Shellac PEP I did the following:
1 x base coat cure 10 secs
1 x romantique cure 2 mins
1 x cream puff cure 2 mins
1 x zillionaire cure 2 mins
1 x top coat cure 2 mins
Then removed the inhibition layer with Dsperse.
Peeling issues aside, is it normal to get wear on the free edge after only 3 days?
Considering contacting Sweet Squared to see if I can book a 121 with the ambassador I did my training with, to see how my technique can be improved. There's no point in my endlessly practising if I'm doing something fundamentally wrong ;-)