Whew.
Last night's BBC Watchdog segment on MMA has stirred up a poop load of activity.
I felt the segment was very good for the restraints they had on the piece (i.e. only 10 minutes for the segment). They only used a tiny sliver of the interview with myself as otherwise it would of turned into an hour long segment.
Last night we had a butt load of people visiting the site and popping into the chat room to discuss the program and MMA in general. This morning I have been inundated with telephone calls and emails regarding the same.
Some of the points I wanted to clarify are as follows:
How do I tell if my product contains MMA?
Check the MSDS for you monomer. If you find MMA or Methyl Methacrylate instead of EMA or Ethyl Methacrylate than your in trouble.
I need a "No MMA" sticker for my salon window.
There are plenty out there. Many you will find on salon windows that in fact do use MMA.
Whats this about £25 for a full set being an indication of MMA being used?
In the interview I stated that they are charging £25 for a full set and doing it in half an hour whereas the average for their area is £50 and the people are taking one and a half hours.
People charging half the cost for the area is usually an indication. If the average in your area is £25... then be weary of someone charging £12.
They gave a bad rap to drills.
Sadly, I did explain that many trained professionals may use a drill safely... but never should do so on the natural nail... did not make the final cut (like the majority of the interview).
The fact was... The client sat down, he drilled all over her natural nail... doused the nail with acidic primer... and applied product.
No proper cleaning, sanitising, or preparation took place.
To me... that is an indication for a NSS.
They had professional companies posters in the background.
Yup. I dont know of many MMA suppliers that do up posters of a mank looking set of MMA nails to put up in the salon.
What else are they going to put up?
Putting up reputable company images and posters are a way for them to legitimatize themselves to the customer. Aside from that... they may not even realise what they are doing.
Heck... there have been many instances where people were pouring MMA liquid into empty professional bottles so that it looked like the technician was using a reputable brand.
Where can I get more information on MMA?
Try reading the MMA article by clicking on the Novels link... or by clicking the word MMA.
How can I tell if a salon is using MMA?
In reality... you cant without doing expensive tests on their liquid.
In a nutshell... I would do the following.
nJoy
Last night's BBC Watchdog segment on MMA has stirred up a poop load of activity.
I felt the segment was very good for the restraints they had on the piece (i.e. only 10 minutes for the segment). They only used a tiny sliver of the interview with myself as otherwise it would of turned into an hour long segment.
Last night we had a butt load of people visiting the site and popping into the chat room to discuss the program and MMA in general. This morning I have been inundated with telephone calls and emails regarding the same.
Some of the points I wanted to clarify are as follows:
How do I tell if my product contains MMA?
Check the MSDS for you monomer. If you find MMA or Methyl Methacrylate instead of EMA or Ethyl Methacrylate than your in trouble.
I need a "No MMA" sticker for my salon window.
There are plenty out there. Many you will find on salon windows that in fact do use MMA.
Whats this about £25 for a full set being an indication of MMA being used?
In the interview I stated that they are charging £25 for a full set and doing it in half an hour whereas the average for their area is £50 and the people are taking one and a half hours.
People charging half the cost for the area is usually an indication. If the average in your area is £25... then be weary of someone charging £12.
They gave a bad rap to drills.
Sadly, I did explain that many trained professionals may use a drill safely... but never should do so on the natural nail... did not make the final cut (like the majority of the interview).
The fact was... The client sat down, he drilled all over her natural nail... doused the nail with acidic primer... and applied product.
No proper cleaning, sanitising, or preparation took place.
To me... that is an indication for a NSS.
They had professional companies posters in the background.
Yup. I dont know of many MMA suppliers that do up posters of a mank looking set of MMA nails to put up in the salon.
What else are they going to put up?
Putting up reputable company images and posters are a way for them to legitimatize themselves to the customer. Aside from that... they may not even realise what they are doing.
Heck... there have been many instances where people were pouring MMA liquid into empty professional bottles so that it looked like the technician was using a reputable brand.
Where can I get more information on MMA?
Try reading the MMA article by clicking on the Novels link... or by clicking the word MMA.
How can I tell if a salon is using MMA?
In reality... you cant without doing expensive tests on their liquid.
In a nutshell... I would do the following.
- Avoid salons where there is not plenty of certification (or licenses is the USA)
- Avoid salons that look like they use Drills on the natural nail plate.
- Avoid salons that do not practise sanitation.
- Avoid salons that do full sets in half an hour.
- Avoid salons that charge 1/3rd to 1/2 of the price of other salons in the area.
- Look for product brand names on what they are using.
nJoy