MMA Nails!

[Claire.1611]

Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone can give me some advice...

My friend had her nails done a few weeks ago at a NSS, the way she described the treatment suggested to me that they could be using MMA, she then went back for infills a couple of weeks later and asked if the acrylic was MMA, to which the tech replied 'oh yes, it's the bad stuff - you could build a house with this'!! To be fair to the salon, the nails look lovely, really nicely done and not too thick.

She's since asked me to soak the nails off and do a completely new set as she no longer wants them on.
I'm just wondering, would I be better off soaking cotton wool in acetone and wrapping foil around her nails or just soaking it directly in acetone? Will my files be safe to use after or will I need to dispose of them? What's your experience of soaking MMA nails off?

Any advice would be fab, thanks in advance boys and girls :hug: x

 

[sachi]

Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone can give me some advice...

My friend had her nails done a few weeks ago at a NSS, the way she described the treatment suggested to me that they could be using MMA, she then went back for infills a couple of weeks later and asked if the acrylic was MMA, to which the tech replied 'oh yes, it's the bad stuff - you could build a house with this'!! To be fair to the salon, the nails look lovely, really nicely done and not too thick.

She's since asked me to soak the nails off and do a completely new set as she no longer wants them on.
I'm just wondering, would I be better off soaking cotton wool in acetone and wrapping foil around her nails or just soaking it directly in acetone? Will my files be safe to use after or will I need to dispose of them? What's your experience of soaking MMA nails off?

Any advice would be fab, thanks in advance boys and girls :hug: x

\Your files would be fine if there was much left after you used them. Soak them and soak them again!!!! That stuff will take FOR ever to get off nd smell is nasty!!! You are both in for a long day. I would just put her hand in a bowl and wipe them every 5 min or so.

 

[lissa]

im training in acrylic and someone asked to infill her nails as im offering a cheap service to get my portfolio sorted , but after she told me where she went to get them done i refused to do them !! i can't afford to replace the files let alone spend the time to file them !!

 

[Bev Rose]

My best advice to you would be to get a new file out, and buff as much away as you can, otherwise you'll be soaking them for hours! So.... this is how you begin............
Get you foil ready, get your cotton pads ready, then start with the thumb, file off as much as poss, then soak the pad in acetone apply to the buffed product & wrap that thumb with foil, then move on to the next thumb (thumbs are the biggest nail and therefore more product is on them, so they always take longer to soak off).
Then, go to the little finger and buff & wrap each nail as you go.

By the time you get to the last pinkie on the left hand of the client, you may just take a peek at the pinkie on the right hand - open it up, scrape away as much as you can with an orangewood stick, then wrap back up if not all off. Allowing the air to get back on the product makes it start to harden again, so don't be slow in trying to scrape, if you can scrape do it & wrap it again.
Make yourself a coffee & the client, then come back & have another look.
If you don't buff off to start with, you'll be there for 3 hours or more soaking!

Once you have removed it all, beging the new application process with your prep routine etc and on you go.

You don't HAVE to soak the product off if thre's no lifting/problems. I would not bother to soak it if it was still firmly adhered to the nail bed, I would just rebalance them & let them grow off. Just advise your client that there may be a slight difference in colour where you have infilled or rebalanced. Sometimes, removing these types of nails can be painfull for the client if they have had their nail beds traumatised by the use of an e-file in the NSS.

 

[Claire.1611]

My best advice to you would be to get a new file out, and buff as much away as you can, otherwise you'll be soaking them for hours! So.... this is how you begin............
Get you foil ready, get your cotton pads ready, then start with the thumb, file off as much as poss, then soak the pad in acetone apply to the buffed product & wrap that thumb with foil, then move on to the next thumb (thumbs are the biggest nail and therefore more product is on them, so they always take longer to soak off).
Then, go to the little finger and buff & wrap each nail as you go.

By the time you get to the last pinkie on the left hand of the client, you may just take a peek at the pinkie on the right hand - open it up, scrape away as much as you can with an orangewood stick, then wrap back up if not all off. Allowing the air to get back on the product makes it start to harden again, so don't be slow in trying to scrape, if you can scrape do it & wrap it again.
Make yourself a coffee & the client, then come back & have another look.
If you don't buff off to start with, you'll be there for 3 hours or more soaking!

Once you have removed it all, beging the new application process with your prep routine etc and on you go.

You don't HAVE to soak the product off if thre's no lifting/problems. I would not bother to soak it if it was still firmly adhered to the nail bed, I would just rebalance them & let them grow off. Just advise your client that there may be a slight difference in colour where you have infilled or rebalanced. Sometimes, removing these types of nails can be painfull for the client if they have had their nail beds traumatised by the use of an e-file in the NSS.

Thanks taking the time to write this, I really appreciate it, I'm going to bookmark it :lol:
When I went round she had ripped them off! Must have taken her ages! I gave her a telling off, she said she thought she'd be doing me a favour! Luckily her nails are not too badly damaged, the acrylic seemed to have adhered to her cuticle area more than anywhere else, so I just soaked that off and buffed it.
Thanks again :hug: