Ok, I'll start by saying that I have only recently qualified and that I don't charge people for their nails as I am not 100% confident (they just pay for the products I use).
I have been doing my friends' mums nails for about the past 2 months with hard gel overlays (with coloured hard gel) and she comes back to me every 2 weeks for infills. She came last night and I was shocked to see that she had green stains on most of her nails, especially down the sides. I was really shocked as I am OCD about hygiene and disinfecting. Also, everytime she comes back there doesn't appear to be any lifting at all, even at the sides, but then again, she does have dark coloured gel so maybe I'm not seeing it?. Anyway, I guessed that these were the "greenies" we had been told about in our training and we were told to just sanitise the nail and cover up with gel again, which I have done, including using sani, then nailfresh, then sani again. However, I am now terrified that I have done the wrong thing!. I am having sleepless nights worrying about this. Will I have made the greenies worse by reapplying gel? I did not remove all of the old gel, just thinned out and re-applied. OMG I'm scared stiff I've done something awful to her nails. I have now bought some pure tea tree oil and wondered if I need to soak her nails in that when she comes back in 2 weeks time??? Also, her next appt is before she goes away to a wedding abroad and she will defo want gels on, in fact she wanted French, will this still be possible with these horrible stains? (I do have a pink cover mask gel). She did not seem that worried about the stains as she said she is always gardening (in gloves) and thinks it may be that which caused it?. Could it be because she is constantly in gloves?, thus causing moisture??? How do I remove the greenies? If I use the tea tree oil will it make them too oily to re-appy a new set of gels immediately? Please, please can you give me any advice, What have I done????:Scared: xx
I have been doing my friends' mums nails for about the past 2 months with hard gel overlays (with coloured hard gel) and she comes back to me every 2 weeks for infills. She came last night and I was shocked to see that she had green stains on most of her nails, especially down the sides. I was really shocked as I am OCD about hygiene and disinfecting. Also, everytime she comes back there doesn't appear to be any lifting at all, even at the sides, but then again, she does have dark coloured gel so maybe I'm not seeing it?. Anyway, I guessed that these were the "greenies" we had been told about in our training and we were told to just sanitise the nail and cover up with gel again, which I have done, including using sani, then nailfresh, then sani again. However, I am now terrified that I have done the wrong thing!. I am having sleepless nights worrying about this. Will I have made the greenies worse by reapplying gel? I did not remove all of the old gel, just thinned out and re-applied. OMG I'm scared stiff I've done something awful to her nails. I have now bought some pure tea tree oil and wondered if I need to soak her nails in that when she comes back in 2 weeks time??? Also, her next appt is before she goes away to a wedding abroad and she will defo want gels on, in fact she wanted French, will this still be possible with these horrible stains? (I do have a pink cover mask gel). She did not seem that worried about the stains as she said she is always gardening (in gloves) and thinks it may be that which caused it?. Could it be because she is constantly in gloves?, thus causing moisture??? How do I remove the greenies? If I use the tea tree oil will it make them too oily to re-appy a new set of gels immediately? Please, please can you give me any advice, What have I done????:Scared: xx
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