Glitterbox81
Well-Known Member
I've been doing this since November (part time while I build a client base) in that time only 3 of my 10 Shellac customers have returned for a 2nd treatment. However every single one of the non returners was a confessed nail biter with super short nails and terrible picked skin around them. In fact only 2 of my customers so far HASN'T been a nail biter. The 1 who did return returned after 2 weeks with no Shellac left on and told me she'd bitten it all off one night. The 2 non biters who returned had a couple of small chips to the corners of the nails and general tip wear. My family/friends who I've done all had tip wear but no real issues.
So I'm 99% sure my application is okay, I give aftercare advice and warn the biters that if they pick and nibble at their nails their Shellac will not last the distance.
I suspect that my non returners are getting chips/peeling and are then thinking that it's not worth the money. Are chips/issues more common with nail biters or am I just being too easy on myself and doing a rubbish job? I do find it REALLY hard to get super short nails as neat as I'd like but it is improving thanks to advice from here and Fingernail Fixer's videos.
Why are so many of my customers biters? surely 8/10 is an awfully high percentage? Maybe they aren't returning because almost all of them also said it was the first time they'd ever had a treatment done so they just aren't the kind of customers who are going to book in every 2 weeks.
So I'm 99% sure my application is okay, I give aftercare advice and warn the biters that if they pick and nibble at their nails their Shellac will not last the distance.
I suspect that my non returners are getting chips/peeling and are then thinking that it's not worth the money. Are chips/issues more common with nail biters or am I just being too easy on myself and doing a rubbish job? I do find it REALLY hard to get super short nails as neat as I'd like but it is improving thanks to advice from here and Fingernail Fixer's videos.
Why are so many of my customers biters? surely 8/10 is an awfully high percentage? Maybe they aren't returning because almost all of them also said it was the first time they'd ever had a treatment done so they just aren't the kind of customers who are going to book in every 2 weeks.