josheardown
Well-Known Member
Hi there
I trained with the millenium gel system 5 months back and have been doing about 1 - 2 sets of gel nails a week since then. I mainly do french overlays on natural nails, when I've done them I'm pleased with the results and so are the clients, however some of them are lifting within a week around the sidewalls.
I've tried several different methods of application to try and overcome this, as well as trying a specific bonder product and acidless nail primer, but no joy. I then went back to my Educators (twice) for further advice to check my prep work and application is correct, but I feel like I've got no further
I've now ordered a new gel system (nubar) to see if I work better with that - it seems a thicker gel and there's some prep products which I couldn't get for the millenium system (I was trained to use acetone to dehydrate the nail, but have heard this isn't a great method)?
Any ideas what I might be doing wrong? One particular client who seems to suffer with the lifting has very very short nails with skin above the FE but insists on having french overlays on natural nails, which means I struggle to cap without getting some gel on the end of the finger, however the lifting for her is on the sidewalls too.
Please help! x
I trained with the millenium gel system 5 months back and have been doing about 1 - 2 sets of gel nails a week since then. I mainly do french overlays on natural nails, when I've done them I'm pleased with the results and so are the clients, however some of them are lifting within a week around the sidewalls.
I've tried several different methods of application to try and overcome this, as well as trying a specific bonder product and acidless nail primer, but no joy. I then went back to my Educators (twice) for further advice to check my prep work and application is correct, but I feel like I've got no further
I've now ordered a new gel system (nubar) to see if I work better with that - it seems a thicker gel and there's some prep products which I couldn't get for the millenium system (I was trained to use acetone to dehydrate the nail, but have heard this isn't a great method)?
Any ideas what I might be doing wrong? One particular client who seems to suffer with the lifting has very very short nails with skin above the FE but insists on having french overlays on natural nails, which means I struggle to cap without getting some gel on the end of the finger, however the lifting for her is on the sidewalls too.
Please help! x
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