New to Gels, need help

[wrightnails]

Hi
I originally trained 5 years ago in enchancements but didn't have the confidence to carry on doing them, a couple of weeks ago I did an NSI Gel course, the lady on teaching said I could go out straight away and charge full price.
I thought I would practise on a friend so did my first set of French gels in 2 hours yesterday she has phoned today and half the thumb has come off and she has a crack in one of them. Any ideas why.
Obviously I don't think I can start charging I want them to last more than a day.
Any ideas
Thanks
Becky

 

[geeg]

Hi
I originally trained 5 years ago in enchancements but didn't have the confidence to carry on doing them, a couple of weeks ago I did an NSI Gel course, the lady on teaching said I could go out straight away and charge full price.
I thought I would practise on a friend so did my first set of French gels in 2 hours yesterday she has phoned today and half the thumb has come off and she has a crack in one of them. Any ideas why.
Obviously I don't think I can start charging I want them to last more than a day.
Any ideas
Thanks
Becky

Well the client may not have been used to the length and cracked a nail ... it happens. Can't imagine why half a thumb nail came off but I'm sure you will appreciate that without seeing the nails it is nigh on impossible for anyone here on the site to problem solve for you.

Carry on and fix them and see how you go. Perhaps you did not make the nails strong enough for this person.

You learn through doing and seeing what happens and solving the problem.

Nails that break are weak .. make them stronger.

Clients that crack and break their nails repeatedly are wearing nails that are too long ... make them shorter next time.

 

[Bagpuss]

I can only really echo what geeg has said....its all a learning curve....for each problem that you get you learn something new...even how to deal with clients who through no fault of yours has broken a nail....we cant make nails indistructable...bashed hard enough and in just the right place and they can break.

I think when starting out a common problem is making nails too long.

Don't get disheartened....these things will happen its what you do differently next time that makes the difference...it'll be worth it....one day you will get that client come back after 3 weeks with all 10 nails on and all looking great...

 

[Prionace]

Everytime i do extensions i say to client: If you have any problem what so ever, don't hesitate to come here, i'll see what might happened, and i'll fix it for you.
I do this, when doing extensions people do not have the time to get used to the lenght as they would if they were to grow their nails out naturally, so it takes them a couple of days to get used to the new length. In the meantime, they can acidentally bump their nails or even put too much stress in them by doing unthough moves.
I find it better to fix them free of charge (usually it's just 1 or 2 nails), so that they don't discourage and lose theit faith in ehnancements...

My advice is, critisise your own work. When she comes back, really try to see, are they too thin, too thick, good apex, too close to the cuticle, did i do a good prep? Try to improve next time, everytime!

But also if you can't find the flaw don't crack your head, sometimes acidents happen.

 

[wrightnails]

Thank you for your help, will learn from the mistakes and keep smiling and not get diheartened, Thanks again