there is not a higher chance for over exposure (not sure where you heard this) than any other product if handled correctly. Pinky I have tried all 3 of those lines and my advice is to do the same if you are able. I ended up not going with any of them in the end, none of them were bad but none were great in opinion, they just weren't right for me. I ended up with NSI Balance gels and I haven't had any issues thus far, I love it.
All traditional buff off gels are made with the same "base" as l&p, brisa is no different than the others, just marketed better perhaps
**hugs** and please don't get discouraged around here, you can learn tons from these ladies if you weed through all the petty nonsense that women love to startdoes not contain any of the well known allergens contained in all other gels (gluteraldehyde, formaldehyde, acrylates). It is indeed different based on L&P technology and not urethane .
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this is not entirely true, brisa does infact contain acrylate monomers and oligomers (as do all traditional gels, to my knowledge), and it IS infact a Urethane Methacrylate based product.
Pinky, I wont bother getting into the "difference" between brisa and the other products you asked about as you will just be told opposite by others even if my info is based on fact pulled directly from the MSDSs... look at the ingredients and if they are named different look up THOSE msds's and you will find they are all methacrylate monomers and oligomers
even if my info is based on fact pulled directly from the MSDSs... look at the ingredients and if they are named different look up THOSE msds's and you will find they are all methacrylate monomers and oligomers
)The information I supplied is based on the MSDS from the major gel brands - at the time I researched there were very few who had primarily used metacrylates - most use a shorter carbon chain acrylate - the shorter the chain in the acrylate family the higher the irritation factor. add to this the lack of other ingredients that are known irritants (as geeg has listed) and you have a much lower chance of irritation and allergic reaction.
Similar in terms of chemicals can be a massive difference - take alcohols for example.
Methanol - main ingredient in methylated spirits
can not be processed by the body properly and leads to blindness and death
Ethanol - One carbon molecule longer -
this is the alcohol we drink and enjoy (in moderation of course
Propanol - one more carbon molecule longer than ethanol
is primarily used as a solvent in the pharmaceutical industry
As you know, and all techs should, small changes to molecules can mean big changes to results.
i was just trying to point out that this is not unique to brisa gel, (infact all of the systems she inquired about are formulated this way) and doesnt make it any healtheir or perform better than other gel systems (not saying it doesnt perform better than others, i think its one of the best systems on the market, but in my opinion there are others quite equal to it.) If you look at the MSDS of any traditional buff off gel it is made of acrylic oligomers and monomers (and usually the same types of monomers that are used in THAT company's liquid and powder acrylics)... They are not so much a premixed version as they are a partially polymerized (cured- in nail speak) version, where instead of initiator additives in one part of the system that activate the chemical reaction when joined with the other half of the system, the system is activated as a whole by photo-initiators that stimulate the polymerization process when activated by UV light.
