Becky_simon
Well-Known Member
Hi
For those of you who "kinda" know me on her, you have probably heard me going on about a similar subject before.
I know some of you have said that I shouldn't be doing her nails as she doesn't look after them, but she is good practice for me....just sucks on the wearabilty side of things.
I removed her gels for her last night (buff off, only 3 nails on each hand had gels left as the rest had come away in bits whether through wear and tear or PICKING - which can I add took several layers of nail with it).
I then tidied all her nails up and cuticles, and gave her some solor oil treatment as her skin and nails (especially nails) were sooooooooo dry. For those of you that don't know she washes up numerous times a day with no gloves, cleans in bleach with no gloves, doesn't moistorise....infact she doesn't do anything I say.
I then scrubed each nail with scrub fresh to ensure nails were squeeky clean. I then applied Lumos base coat, then 1 coat of silver chrome CND polish. Once completely dried I then used black striping tape to create an effect on her ring fingers and thumbs. I then topped all nails with Lumos top coat and included a second layer on the nail art fingers.
I have seen her today, and one of the thumbs a whole piece of tape has come away, and its beginning to come away on the other. Im sure it won't be long before the rest follows. The polish is still on though (its a flipping miricle!).
Have I done something wrong? Should I of applied the lumos top coat over the silver and whilst tacky put the tape over the top, wait to dry, and then seal off with another top coat?
I was hoping as im using good quality products that things might stay put a little longer, but is this not the case if the client simply doesn't look after them?
She wants to try Shellac, which I will do just to see if it does last......but honestly am I right in thinking it won't stand a chance?
For those of you who "kinda" know me on her, you have probably heard me going on about a similar subject before.
I know some of you have said that I shouldn't be doing her nails as she doesn't look after them, but she is good practice for me....just sucks on the wearabilty side of things.
I removed her gels for her last night (buff off, only 3 nails on each hand had gels left as the rest had come away in bits whether through wear and tear or PICKING - which can I add took several layers of nail with it).
I then tidied all her nails up and cuticles, and gave her some solor oil treatment as her skin and nails (especially nails) were sooooooooo dry. For those of you that don't know she washes up numerous times a day with no gloves, cleans in bleach with no gloves, doesn't moistorise....infact she doesn't do anything I say.
I then scrubed each nail with scrub fresh to ensure nails were squeeky clean. I then applied Lumos base coat, then 1 coat of silver chrome CND polish. Once completely dried I then used black striping tape to create an effect on her ring fingers and thumbs. I then topped all nails with Lumos top coat and included a second layer on the nail art fingers.
I have seen her today, and one of the thumbs a whole piece of tape has come away, and its beginning to come away on the other. Im sure it won't be long before the rest follows. The polish is still on though (its a flipping miricle!).
Have I done something wrong? Should I of applied the lumos top coat over the silver and whilst tacky put the tape over the top, wait to dry, and then seal off with another top coat?
I was hoping as im using good quality products that things might stay put a little longer, but is this not the case if the client simply doesn't look after them?
She wants to try Shellac, which I will do just to see if it does last......but honestly am I right in thinking it won't stand a chance?
