Lunaberry
Well-Known Member
Hi please Geeks can you give me any advice or suggestions. I've been having a bit of a nightmare with gel extensions.
I'm very newly qualified so not very confident in gel yet, feeling I need more practise as my applications in the past varied in length of time they lasted.
An elderly neighbour wanted me to do hers for her instead of going to the salon she normally goes to. I said I wasn't confident yet but she insisted I use her to practise on. And so the nightmare began..
1st set (Friday) she phoned me the following day and said 2 came off in bed. I redid them on Sunday along with another that had since came off. Monday night I got a phone call, 3 more off again.
They were breaking at the tip so I had a few theories. I was using soak off gel whereas she had been having file off coloured gel apparently in the salon so I thought maybe I wasn't able to build a strong enough apex with the soak off structure gel. I spoke to one of my tutors on Tues and she agreed that seemed to be the problem.
So I ordered some NSI body builder gel, double checked application on Nail Angels, did one set on my left hand (I'm left handed so thought this would take more of a beating!) to try it out. Saturday I did exactly the same process on all of her nails with the new gel as I did mine (she'd picked off the others). They looked strong, the apex seemed fine and I felt happy with them.
Well she's rang this afternoon. Apparently one came off 3hours later, and 2 more overnight. She had all sorts of theories for me as to whats going wrong eg the nails aren't long enough so they're breaking, because I used polish for colour instead of coloured gel etc!
In the end I've suggested she returns to her salon as I don't feel confident in gel yet and I don't want to risk ruining her nails.
I just feel so awful now. Maybe I'm over emotional right now, but I've been so upset about it today. At 32 I thought I was too old to cry but apparently not! I just don't know what I am doing wrong. My nails are still on and I trapped my hand yesterday and also had them in water to see if that made a difference. Feel guilty for giving up on her nails but I'm not in the best of health right now and thought it was best all round.
Any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong would be great. Thanks again
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I'm very newly qualified so not very confident in gel yet, feeling I need more practise as my applications in the past varied in length of time they lasted.
An elderly neighbour wanted me to do hers for her instead of going to the salon she normally goes to. I said I wasn't confident yet but she insisted I use her to practise on. And so the nightmare began..
1st set (Friday) she phoned me the following day and said 2 came off in bed. I redid them on Sunday along with another that had since came off. Monday night I got a phone call, 3 more off again.
They were breaking at the tip so I had a few theories. I was using soak off gel whereas she had been having file off coloured gel apparently in the salon so I thought maybe I wasn't able to build a strong enough apex with the soak off structure gel. I spoke to one of my tutors on Tues and she agreed that seemed to be the problem.
So I ordered some NSI body builder gel, double checked application on Nail Angels, did one set on my left hand (I'm left handed so thought this would take more of a beating!) to try it out. Saturday I did exactly the same process on all of her nails with the new gel as I did mine (she'd picked off the others). They looked strong, the apex seemed fine and I felt happy with them.
Well she's rang this afternoon. Apparently one came off 3hours later, and 2 more overnight. She had all sorts of theories for me as to whats going wrong eg the nails aren't long enough so they're breaking, because I used polish for colour instead of coloured gel etc!
In the end I've suggested she returns to her salon as I don't feel confident in gel yet and I don't want to risk ruining her nails.
I just feel so awful now. Maybe I'm over emotional right now, but I've been so upset about it today. At 32 I thought I was too old to cry but apparently not! I just don't know what I am doing wrong. My nails are still on and I trapped my hand yesterday and also had them in water to see if that made a difference. Feel guilty for giving up on her nails but I'm not in the best of health right now and thought it was best all round.
Any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong would be great. Thanks again
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