tanyalouise
Member
Hi,
Most of my clients are liquid and powder although just recently some of them have wanted to change to Gel.
When I was trained on Gel, we were taught to file after the nail had the final coat of gel on and was wiped with a gel wipe.
The problem with this is that it removes the shiny finish of the gel and then needs a top coat. The clients all prefer the natural gel sheen.
The obvious solution seems to be to file prior to applying the final coat of gel (as presumably this stops breaking the seal as well (something I wasn't told about in training but have learnt from this site).
I have two questions:--
1. Do I use a gel wipe at this stage to remove stickiness, then file prior to the final layer of gel,
and
2. Prior to putting on the final layer of gel, what is the best way to remove the dust. Presumably if a gel wipe is used at this stage, the nail would be too shiny for the final layer to stick to.
Hope this makes sense (I'm probably making real hard work of it) and hope someone can help.
Tanya
Most of my clients are liquid and powder although just recently some of them have wanted to change to Gel.
When I was trained on Gel, we were taught to file after the nail had the final coat of gel on and was wiped with a gel wipe.
The problem with this is that it removes the shiny finish of the gel and then needs a top coat. The clients all prefer the natural gel sheen.
The obvious solution seems to be to file prior to applying the final coat of gel (as presumably this stops breaking the seal as well (something I wasn't told about in training but have learnt from this site).
I have two questions:--
1. Do I use a gel wipe at this stage to remove stickiness, then file prior to the final layer of gel,
and
2. Prior to putting on the final layer of gel, what is the best way to remove the dust. Presumably if a gel wipe is used at this stage, the nail would be too shiny for the final layer to stick to.
Hope this makes sense (I'm probably making real hard work of it) and hope someone can help.
Tanya