tinksandfloris
Well-Known Member
Hi.
I've been doing shellac for almost 2 months now. I have attended the CND course and this is the line I take when doing Shellac:
1. file nail
2. cuticle away
3. Wash nail plate with soapy water
4. Scrubfresh
5. base coat (10 secs)
6. Colour coat (thin and 120 secs)
7. Same as last time
8. Top coat (120 secs)
I have had some issues with 3 clients nails lifting. Yet I have a client who is a florist who absolutely butchers her nails to bits and they stay on brilliantly!
One is a picker and a biter, - nails are fairly soft.
One is on medication for cancer. Nails are thick and crumbly (toes)
One spends a lot of time cleaning but says she uses gloves - the first time i shellac'd her, after 3 weeks she had one lift and then peeled the entire set off.) - nails have a tendency to split and peel. I re-shellac'd her after she'd peeled the first set off and she's had two lift in just over a week. I'm going back to re-do them today.
This is getting me down a bit. Am I doing something wrong? My top coat is quite gloopy and I have to apply a thicker layer of it than I would the colour otherwise it doesn't coat the nail properly - it goes sort of blotchy. Could this be an issue or is it always like that?
Any help would be greatly appreciated - I'm starting to loose heart.
I've been doing shellac for almost 2 months now. I have attended the CND course and this is the line I take when doing Shellac:
1. file nail
2. cuticle away
3. Wash nail plate with soapy water
4. Scrubfresh
5. base coat (10 secs)
6. Colour coat (thin and 120 secs)
7. Same as last time
8. Top coat (120 secs)
I have had some issues with 3 clients nails lifting. Yet I have a client who is a florist who absolutely butchers her nails to bits and they stay on brilliantly!
One is a picker and a biter, - nails are fairly soft.
One is on medication for cancer. Nails are thick and crumbly (toes)
One spends a lot of time cleaning but says she uses gloves - the first time i shellac'd her, after 3 weeks she had one lift and then peeled the entire set off.) - nails have a tendency to split and peel. I re-shellac'd her after she'd peeled the first set off and she's had two lift in just over a week. I'm going back to re-do them today.
This is getting me down a bit. Am I doing something wrong? My top coat is quite gloopy and I have to apply a thicker layer of it than I would the colour otherwise it doesn't coat the nail properly - it goes sort of blotchy. Could this be an issue or is it always like that?
Any help would be greatly appreciated - I'm starting to loose heart.