though I can see why she has given the advice and she shouldn't be crucified for it...
I hope OP realises that she MUST do this at a professional salon
I love Persianista's advice, I think she is like the GURU when it comes to hair on here
I hate that professional products can be bought by non-trade customers BUT I am a firm believer that knowledge is power
Eg: I used Fake Bake for manual tanning, didn't realise at college that it could be bought off a normal shelf, saw it in TJ Hughes of all places and was walking round Chester with smoke coming out of my ears, a friend decided to buy it and ask me what was the best stuff to buy for her needs as a full sysytem I said look don't waste your money as you'll never be able to tan hard to reach places, I'll do it for you as I have the full sysytem at home, she was adamant even with a 25% discount, begging etc
My point: She was so set on it that a week later meekly had the balls to decline my offers and insist she wanted to buy so I took her and she bought it and now it's in my cupboard with her name on it as she cannot reach the places I mentioned so deep down I was right but was I wrong to give in? Am I a therapist that gives people a bad name as I helped her purchase it?
I do not think so, I educate ALL my clients in a way that I see fit to their treatment for preparation and aftercare only
Unfortunately, I think this does all stem from people being able to buy whatever as people see it as a cheap way of doing things
We are not powerful enough to stop it. But still no need to have a go at people
If OP was set on doing it herself, is it not better that she was given proper advice as opposed to letting client go in blind?
Same as people who insist on going to NSS salons because it's cheap no matter how many times I've had to repair the mistakes/sort out their nails and try to get rid of MMA riddled product which is so bad
I would love to slap them all into touch but how can I?
I know what is right in my industry but I have no right to to enforce my view to the point that I offend
I get so sad when people do DIY or go to a charlatan instead of listening to me because I'm not that expensive and I do genuinely care for all of my clients but it gets to a point that I think you can lead the horse to water but cannot make it drink
If OP did go it alone and had green hair/no hair then she only really would have herself to blame
I've seen people slate EBay off but I have bought certain things from there and have not had a single problem but if and when it goes wrong, which one day it probably will, then it was my own fault. Not going to find the person that told me about EBay and proceed to tell them what an embarrassment etc etc that they are...
Just saddened by some comments that I've seen over the last month across the board
TRhis site can get scary sometimes