Hi Geeks,
(Sorry it's long.....)
I am a natural nail geek offering Shellac and I had a lady contact me yesterday and book a Shellac manicure with me. She told me on the phone yesterday that she currently has Gelish on but really wanted Shellac. I booked her for next week, but received a email from her today to say that she had a natural nail break which had been repaired with an acrylic overlay and could I please (in her words) bring something with me to repair it as the damage is very near the quick and hasn't yet grown out.
I have searched several threads and researched this before, and I have come to the conclusion that I could offer her a natural nail repair with fibreglass and then a Shellac manicure.
Obviously a couple of things came in to my head.
1. She would have had the overlay done about 2 weeks ago (going on the conversation I had with her yesterday) and I obviously cannot infill the overlay as I don't offer l&p. I would therefore need to remove the acrylic overlay.
2. When I remove the gelish I am assuming that this will affect the overlay as I am using D-Solve in wraps. Obviously this isn't a problem as I am removing the overlay anyway. To remove gelish I know that I need to gently buff off the shine, and I have been reading other threads about l&p removal. Would I therefore remove the gelish and bulk of the overlay (bearing in mind there is no enhancement just the natural nail overlay) and then soak the one finger in d-solve in a bowl as I am assuming the gel wraps would not suffice for acrylic removal. Or do I remove in 2 stages.... one being the gelish removal in wraps and two being the overlay on this one nail.
Now after reading this back I feel as if I have put together a lot of information I have gleamed from the site perhaps incorrectly, and I'm not sure if I should indeed attempt the above or just ask her to return to her previous tech to have the gelish and overlay removed and then tell her I can repair with fibreglass and continue with the Shellac application. I'm concerned as I'm not qualified in l&p and not sure if I am offering her the best solution to her breakage. I'm obviously concerned regarding the insurance implications too.
Therefore could someone kindly tell me if I should remove it for her and confirm my steps above or if I should leave well alone and ask the client to return to her previous therapist for removal as I only offer natural nails. Obviously I have no problem repair natural nail breaks, I've just stumbled because of the acrylic overlay.
Would really appreciate some advice please geeks.
Many thanks in advance.
Love n hugs
PS. If I should go ahead does anyone have any suggestion to how much I should charge for the repair bearing in mind the extra time and product.
(Sorry it's long.....)
I am a natural nail geek offering Shellac and I had a lady contact me yesterday and book a Shellac manicure with me. She told me on the phone yesterday that she currently has Gelish on but really wanted Shellac. I booked her for next week, but received a email from her today to say that she had a natural nail break which had been repaired with an acrylic overlay and could I please (in her words) bring something with me to repair it as the damage is very near the quick and hasn't yet grown out.
I have searched several threads and researched this before, and I have come to the conclusion that I could offer her a natural nail repair with fibreglass and then a Shellac manicure.
Obviously a couple of things came in to my head.
1. She would have had the overlay done about 2 weeks ago (going on the conversation I had with her yesterday) and I obviously cannot infill the overlay as I don't offer l&p. I would therefore need to remove the acrylic overlay.
2. When I remove the gelish I am assuming that this will affect the overlay as I am using D-Solve in wraps. Obviously this isn't a problem as I am removing the overlay anyway. To remove gelish I know that I need to gently buff off the shine, and I have been reading other threads about l&p removal. Would I therefore remove the gelish and bulk of the overlay (bearing in mind there is no enhancement just the natural nail overlay) and then soak the one finger in d-solve in a bowl as I am assuming the gel wraps would not suffice for acrylic removal. Or do I remove in 2 stages.... one being the gelish removal in wraps and two being the overlay on this one nail.
Now after reading this back I feel as if I have put together a lot of information I have gleamed from the site perhaps incorrectly, and I'm not sure if I should indeed attempt the above or just ask her to return to her previous tech to have the gelish and overlay removed and then tell her I can repair with fibreglass and continue with the Shellac application. I'm concerned as I'm not qualified in l&p and not sure if I am offering her the best solution to her breakage. I'm obviously concerned regarding the insurance implications too.
Therefore could someone kindly tell me if I should remove it for her and confirm my steps above or if I should leave well alone and ask the client to return to her previous therapist for removal as I only offer natural nails. Obviously I have no problem repair natural nail breaks, I've just stumbled because of the acrylic overlay.
Would really appreciate some advice please geeks.
Many thanks in advance.
Love n hugs
PS. If I should go ahead does anyone have any suggestion to how much I should charge for the repair bearing in mind the extra time and product.
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