I'm terribly sorry that this thread made you uncomfortable. I do realize that there are two sides to every story, of course
Then you will understand my point of view!
But in my defense, I do not think the girl that did this to me belongs to Nail Geek and even if she is, I have not listed any names...as a matter of fact you don't even know MY real full name because I chose to keep it confidential.
She may or may not be a nail geek, we don't know do we?
Furthermore, lots of geeks only are known by their user name - not their real name.
The point here is that if there are several salons in your area, staff may be members of this site, which in turn may mean they "work out" who is who - yes I know the USA is a huge place, but here you are corresponding with people from the UK and all over the world! The world soon becomes a smaller place!
So if you think about it, if the girl that I mentioned noticed this thread and knows it is about her, then what does that tell you? That she is guilty.
But then that doesn't prove it to us does it?
And if she reads this thread, and none of this rings a bell, then of course she would be innocent right?
She may read it and it does ring a bell because she has heard/been advised that you have spoken out of term about her - she is still innocent, but her reputation has been ruined by you!
If it doesn't ring a bell, then she probably is innocent, but again it is human nature to talk about others and you can not be sure that she knows how you feel about her! She might have the same opinion of you - look at how you feel about the way this girl is alleged to have been with you? It's not nice is it?
I wasn't looking for judges, I was looking for some advice from my peers as to what to do in this situation because I was at a loss and very close to quitting the salon even though I like working there (besides this little tryst).
You got plenty of advice - some of which like I stated made me feel rather uncomfortable!
I would also like to clear something up about me mixing products. I use Tammy Taylor polymers with EZFlow Qmonomer, (and sometimes I use EZFlows polymers). Most nail techs in my area do (mix the Tammy Taylor and the EZFlow), which is why I started to do it in the first place. It creates a very strong nail which hardly ever breaks, cracks or lifts. It also used to say on their website that EZFlows Qmonomer is a versitile monomer that is designed to work with any acrylic system, but it doesn't anymore. There are a lot of nail techs that mix products successfully, but not many of them would admit it, expecially on this website because everyone is so critical of it. Qmonomer is no longer available to me locally, so I was forced to buy the EZFlow HD monomer until I got my Qmonomer in the mail. Why do I not use Tammy Taylors monomer? Because I have used it before and it doesn't work as well since you ask!
As a professional site we would never advocate mixing two different brands of polymer and monomer - some do use different brand files etc!
The products are created and designed to work together chemically, you therefore should, be able to create a beautiful enhancement with one brand!
I think that once you find something that works, you should stick with it, and this little mixture works for me.
If it works for you, then yes you go for it, but you can not expect the brand owners or professionals, to sort any problems you encounter or give advice on products which have been mixed!
I don't care about the negative responses I will probably get from admitting this either
The above sentence, says it all for me - why bother asking us for our opinions when you blatantly admit you don't care what we say? I for one won't bother helping you or reading you anymore