annalooby
Well-Known Member
Hey everyone!
We have just been 'taught' to do nail mending at college (Beauty Therapy Diploma) when I say nail mending I mean one of those little sticky fibreglass wraps and some nail glue. Now cos I'm already a nail tech I tend to pretty much ignore what they teach us about nails (cos I know better lol!!) but this was just stooopid! The teacher got us to stick on the already-sticky fibreglass wrap with glue and then buff it till it's smooth (which removed most of the wrap!!) - she said to cut it really small so that it only just covered the break and, get this, if we didn't already have a break in our nails - to cut one with scissors.....ARRRGGGH!!! I ran for the door and had an early lunch!!! When I dared to come back in I found her telling the class that in a salon we'd be fixing badly broken natural nails with acrylic anyway.....
Now, Is it just me or was anyone else told NOT to apply acrylic to a broken nail (I'm not just talking a split in the f/e but a crack through the plate)?? Couldn't this be pretty damn dangerous - not to mention hurting like hell!! It'd be like putting monomer on a cut....just for a laugh! Also (and Ruth will no doubt be the best person on this) I've not been trained in fibreglass but would a small piece of wrap hold up with just nail glue on a broken nail????
Sometimes the info given on nail related issues really is dodgy and as we're in a small town most of the sets of nails are done by Beauty Therapists who have only learned nails at college (I'm the only one who's done it the other way around) so the standard is pretty shocking but with this sort of teaching - no wonder!! Still - I suppose I shouldn't moan as most of my clients have already had a shockin set and then go out with mine and think they've died and gone to heaven!!
Looby
We have just been 'taught' to do nail mending at college (Beauty Therapy Diploma) when I say nail mending I mean one of those little sticky fibreglass wraps and some nail glue. Now cos I'm already a nail tech I tend to pretty much ignore what they teach us about nails (cos I know better lol!!) but this was just stooopid! The teacher got us to stick on the already-sticky fibreglass wrap with glue and then buff it till it's smooth (which removed most of the wrap!!) - she said to cut it really small so that it only just covered the break and, get this, if we didn't already have a break in our nails - to cut one with scissors.....ARRRGGGH!!! I ran for the door and had an early lunch!!! When I dared to come back in I found her telling the class that in a salon we'd be fixing badly broken natural nails with acrylic anyway.....
Now, Is it just me or was anyone else told NOT to apply acrylic to a broken nail (I'm not just talking a split in the f/e but a crack through the plate)?? Couldn't this be pretty damn dangerous - not to mention hurting like hell!! It'd be like putting monomer on a cut....just for a laugh! Also (and Ruth will no doubt be the best person on this) I've not been trained in fibreglass but would a small piece of wrap hold up with just nail glue on a broken nail????
Sometimes the info given on nail related issues really is dodgy and as we're in a small town most of the sets of nails are done by Beauty Therapists who have only learned nails at college (I'm the only one who's done it the other way around) so the standard is pretty shocking but with this sort of teaching - no wonder!! Still - I suppose I shouldn't moan as most of my clients have already had a shockin set and then go out with mine and think they've died and gone to heaven!!
Looby