nail angel 67
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone
I've been practising (on friends and family) with the Gelish system for quite a few months now and will also be doing my conversion course in 2 weeks time. Generally the nails are in decent condition after I have removed them and I am very careful not to force the gel off and damage the nail plate. However, I do get a bit annoyed when the person decides to take their gel off themselves and then complains that their nails are really dry. This has happened to my friend today. I've done Gelish on her nails twice now - the first time she absolutely loved them and they lasted for about a week and a half and then she took them off herself as when I knew she was desperate to take them off but I wasn't going to be able to get to her on time I told her how to remove them properly and she did just that. She said they were a little weak but they weren't too bad.
I then did another Gelish on her again and for some reason it didn't last more than a few days before it started chipping and gradually over 2 weeks they got really bad and I was going to take them off for her tomorrow and re-do them again. She decided to take them off herself instead and has told me that they are more dry than ever now and really breaking and catching on everything. She says she didn't force the gel off and did just as I'd told her too but did say she only had the acetone wraps (the foil method) on for a few minutes.
I know people may say I should be using the correct remover but I haven't really had problems so far and I've been doing them for about six months on my own nails now too and they are really strong still when the Gelish is removed.
Has anyone any ideas as to what is going wrong? I'm off to the exhibition tomorrow and buying a load of new goodies including an LED lamp and I will also invest in the Nail Harmony remover but I'm sure it can't be down to the acetone alone. These sort of situations really quite upset me to be honest as I carry out the service with such thoroughness and really look forward to doing it as a mobile technician again (after a few years out of the industry) but this sets me back and makes me lose all confidence :cry:
I've been practising (on friends and family) with the Gelish system for quite a few months now and will also be doing my conversion course in 2 weeks time. Generally the nails are in decent condition after I have removed them and I am very careful not to force the gel off and damage the nail plate. However, I do get a bit annoyed when the person decides to take their gel off themselves and then complains that their nails are really dry. This has happened to my friend today. I've done Gelish on her nails twice now - the first time she absolutely loved them and they lasted for about a week and a half and then she took them off herself as when I knew she was desperate to take them off but I wasn't going to be able to get to her on time I told her how to remove them properly and she did just that. She said they were a little weak but they weren't too bad.
I then did another Gelish on her again and for some reason it didn't last more than a few days before it started chipping and gradually over 2 weeks they got really bad and I was going to take them off for her tomorrow and re-do them again. She decided to take them off herself instead and has told me that they are more dry than ever now and really breaking and catching on everything. She says she didn't force the gel off and did just as I'd told her too but did say she only had the acetone wraps (the foil method) on for a few minutes.
I know people may say I should be using the correct remover but I haven't really had problems so far and I've been doing them for about six months on my own nails now too and they are really strong still when the Gelish is removed.
Has anyone any ideas as to what is going wrong? I'm off to the exhibition tomorrow and buying a load of new goodies including an LED lamp and I will also invest in the Nail Harmony remover but I'm sure it can't be down to the acetone alone. These sort of situations really quite upset me to be honest as I carry out the service with such thoroughness and really look forward to doing it as a mobile technician again (after a few years out of the industry) but this sets me back and makes me lose all confidence :cry: