Hello all (I apologise for the length)
I was reading a forum about travel, and they have a beauty section. There's a prolific poster there who has a beauty salon who said yesterday (during a discussion about the Brazilian Blowout safety issue):
"Wow! It's amazing how the product industry will lie to sell products. This is one reason we decided not to use the new Shellac nail polish in our salon. The removal with acetone is too risky."
I countered this comment with
"How do you think regular acrylic and gel enhancements are removed? Using acetone in controlled amounts has been an accepted practice in the beauty industry for 50 years... why the concern now? Do you not use acetone at all in your salon? How do you remove regular nail polish? (or do you not do that either?)
Shellac requires about a 10 minute exposure to acetone to remove the product. If you use the Shellac Remover Pads, that helps keep the acetone directly on the nail where it can best do it's job, rather than placing the whole fingertip in a soaking tray full of acetone. It's a great product, and myself and so many of my clients are thrilled with it.
I have no qualms about using acetone in my nail studio, on myself or on clients. It is a very useful chemical, and can be used safely.
>> I included links and a quote from Doug Schoon about acetone and chemical safety here <<
Why the scaremongering, PosterX?"
Then two other people wrote back with essentially the same comment:
"Many of the nail tech I know refuse to use an acetone product and the Shellec product is being used with caution up here in Canada. I saw no scaremongering in what PosterX posted. She has been a valuable poster on this board
"
Okay, I guess I'm looking for backup. Or at least validation? This other board has a lot of nail chat that I've tried to be helpful with, and so far quite a few people have talked very positively about Shellac. I only said something because I felt PosterX was stirring things up about "dangerous" products and grouping Acetone and Shellac into the same group as this formadehyde-laced Brazilian hair treatment.
1) Is there some talk that I'm unaware of that people (public or nail techs?) think Shellac is unsafe?
2) I am aware of some "green" salons, but hardly thought they were a big trend. Am I right to be shocked that a beauty technician refuses to use acetone?
I wanted to confer with you here before I wrote back. I feel like I need to stand up for my industry - after that first comment, I felt attacked (like I'm happy to use just "any old crud" on my clients hands). I know I can't fight all the battles, but how should I approach this one?
(I know walking away is an option, but I don't want all the people reading it to just think I'm slinking away because I'm wrong)
Thanks
I was reading a forum about travel, and they have a beauty section. There's a prolific poster there who has a beauty salon who said yesterday (during a discussion about the Brazilian Blowout safety issue):
"Wow! It's amazing how the product industry will lie to sell products. This is one reason we decided not to use the new Shellac nail polish in our salon. The removal with acetone is too risky."
I countered this comment with
"How do you think regular acrylic and gel enhancements are removed? Using acetone in controlled amounts has been an accepted practice in the beauty industry for 50 years... why the concern now? Do you not use acetone at all in your salon? How do you remove regular nail polish? (or do you not do that either?)
Shellac requires about a 10 minute exposure to acetone to remove the product. If you use the Shellac Remover Pads, that helps keep the acetone directly on the nail where it can best do it's job, rather than placing the whole fingertip in a soaking tray full of acetone. It's a great product, and myself and so many of my clients are thrilled with it.
I have no qualms about using acetone in my nail studio, on myself or on clients. It is a very useful chemical, and can be used safely.
>> I included links and a quote from Doug Schoon about acetone and chemical safety here <<
Why the scaremongering, PosterX?"
Then two other people wrote back with essentially the same comment:
"Many of the nail tech I know refuse to use an acetone product and the Shellec product is being used with caution up here in Canada. I saw no scaremongering in what PosterX posted. She has been a valuable poster on this board
Okay, I guess I'm looking for backup. Or at least validation? This other board has a lot of nail chat that I've tried to be helpful with, and so far quite a few people have talked very positively about Shellac. I only said something because I felt PosterX was stirring things up about "dangerous" products and grouping Acetone and Shellac into the same group as this formadehyde-laced Brazilian hair treatment.
1) Is there some talk that I'm unaware of that people (public or nail techs?) think Shellac is unsafe?
2) I am aware of some "green" salons, but hardly thought they were a big trend. Am I right to be shocked that a beauty technician refuses to use acetone?
I wanted to confer with you here before I wrote back. I feel like I need to stand up for my industry - after that first comment, I felt attacked (like I'm happy to use just "any old crud" on my clients hands). I know I can't fight all the battles, but how should I approach this one?
(I know walking away is an option, but I don't want all the people reading it to just think I'm slinking away because I'm wrong)
Thanks