There was a thread here
http://www.salongeek.com/nail-geek/137057-cant-stand-fuss-created-acrylic-nail-clients.html
about people making fuss
What Im going to write about is very similar to this: http://www.salongeek.com/nail-geek/137057-cant-stand-fuss-created-acrylic-nail-clients.html#post1203176
I'm sorry, it's a bit long but I didn't want to leave out details.
I recently did a set of nails on a model (alias guinea-pig )) ), or whatever you choose to call people who let them practice something on their nails.
The agreement is that the model pays just the cost of materials.
I offer the design, length, shape (although if I want to do very long nails I ask if people agree and I usually discuss before hand what it is Im gonna do).
Since the person in question is a model its understood that she cannot complain like a client. Although I do it under the condition that I get feed-back on how the nails are doing and in case theres some problem I look at it and fix it.
So this model is a medical student but she can have nails not very long. She says she used to be a guinea-pig in a salon so she knows what its about.
I tell her I will give a short set of gels and a floral French in warm, not bright, shades. When she comes I see that the design Ive chosen will match perfectly with her style. And she is very pleased herself. During the application it turns out she is actually quite interested in the nails and cosmetic industry and considered switching.
These are the nails:
I also ask a model to wear the nails for three weeks after which I promise to take them down if she doesnt choose want to wear them further. During this time and in case somebody is interested in the nails she offers my card.
In a week she writes me this:
The nails are bad the design has rubbed off in some places and theres lifting and air pockets. Im afraid the nails will become unwearable in a few days I didnt think theyd hardly last a week! Something should be figured out about them!
The tone of the message is rather strange (shes not a client its not up to her to think but ok)
I write back:
Please, take pics of problems arrears and send them to me (when she applied to be a model she sent me pics of natural nails so that shouldnt be a problem).
Her answer:
I will try but you must understand that the lifting wont show because I dont have very fine camera (a-ha! you wish..)
It takes 2 days for her to answer.In between I call her on the phone and repeat my request. I have to press her.
She is fussing and repeats that a nail or more (dont remember already) are practically falling off and theres air underneath.
Dialogue in short:
- Did you pick them? - No. no, why sould I. - Then how do you there is air underneath? - Because I just know! Its visible. - Ok, send me the pics. Dont worry about what I will see or not.
At last she sends me the pics writing that her camera didnt catch the lifting. And that she can show me the nails personally.
Pic1
Yes, the design is rubbed off on one finger. I think I know the problem I have new bulbs that sometimes go dead (bad fit) and I check them from time to time and also ask people to tell me if they see the bulb is dark.
Pic2
Does she think Im dumb? What does she want to show with this pic? There were clear spaces between flowers from the very beginning. Some tiny dots they may have been there from the beginning Im sure they dont show at all only against the light. Besides we used a uv-sealant so the design cannot just rub off, And I see in the 3 pic that it looks just like it did on the very first day.
Yes, and the 3 pic.
Can you see any lifting or even a hint? I see that the nails grow fast (she mentioned that) but I cant see anything at all that points to lifting on the contrary. Im quite pleased with how the material adheres given the fatc that it was a new brand and I had only apllied it once before.
Maybe she took a pic of the wrong hand?
Anyway, everything that I see doesnt AT ALL match the description in her message nor does it warrant the manner in which she wrote and spoke to me!
I write to her when she is free so that I can fit her and see the rest that her camera didnt catch myself.
She writes back that she will write me later.
Later she writes this:
So, we should meet as soon and possible! Ive got a situation here. Thee nails have pinged off during this day Ive just taken them off without any effort I think we should meet tomorrow (Sunday) because I cannot wear them like this.
I write back: Ok. Come in the morning I will be waiting.
The morning comes. Im waiting. The model doesnt come. I give her a call. She says she hasnt yet seen my message.(Excuse me! If the situation that awful I would have checked and re-checked the mail, I would have called! - I keep that to myself)
I tell her that she can still come round as I dont have any plans. I dont remember exactly what she answered we agreed that she could come in the afternoon. In 2 hours she calls me and says this:
I dont think we should meet. Ive taken off some other nails, they didnt stay on so Ive taken the rest of them down myself. (What a nerve!) Ok. Just send me the pic of your nails again. She is not very willing but she agrees and says she will do it a bit later.
In about two hours I get the pics .
Tear-marks The material is neatly filed down there traces of it closer to the tips. I can even see the thin borderlines left where the material ended saying one clear thing it didnt lift!
I also cannot see a single nail-plate that looks as if the artificial nail had really pinged off it leaving it clear and as good as new. Can you?
What would YOU make of all of this
Perhaps theres something I dont see here?
http://www.salongeek.com/nail-geek/137057-cant-stand-fuss-created-acrylic-nail-clients.html
about people making fuss
What Im going to write about is very similar to this: http://www.salongeek.com/nail-geek/137057-cant-stand-fuss-created-acrylic-nail-clients.html#post1203176
I'm sorry, it's a bit long but I didn't want to leave out details.
I recently did a set of nails on a model (alias guinea-pig )) ), or whatever you choose to call people who let them practice something on their nails.
The agreement is that the model pays just the cost of materials.
I offer the design, length, shape (although if I want to do very long nails I ask if people agree and I usually discuss before hand what it is Im gonna do).
Since the person in question is a model its understood that she cannot complain like a client. Although I do it under the condition that I get feed-back on how the nails are doing and in case theres some problem I look at it and fix it.
So this model is a medical student but she can have nails not very long. She says she used to be a guinea-pig in a salon so she knows what its about.
I tell her I will give a short set of gels and a floral French in warm, not bright, shades. When she comes I see that the design Ive chosen will match perfectly with her style. And she is very pleased herself. During the application it turns out she is actually quite interested in the nails and cosmetic industry and considered switching.
These are the nails:
I also ask a model to wear the nails for three weeks after which I promise to take them down if she doesnt choose want to wear them further. During this time and in case somebody is interested in the nails she offers my card.
In a week she writes me this:
The nails are bad the design has rubbed off in some places and theres lifting and air pockets. Im afraid the nails will become unwearable in a few days I didnt think theyd hardly last a week! Something should be figured out about them!
The tone of the message is rather strange (shes not a client its not up to her to think but ok)
I write back:
Please, take pics of problems arrears and send them to me (when she applied to be a model she sent me pics of natural nails so that shouldnt be a problem).
Her answer:
I will try but you must understand that the lifting wont show because I dont have very fine camera (a-ha! you wish..)
It takes 2 days for her to answer.In between I call her on the phone and repeat my request. I have to press her.
She is fussing and repeats that a nail or more (dont remember already) are practically falling off and theres air underneath.
Dialogue in short:
- Did you pick them? - No. no, why sould I. - Then how do you there is air underneath? - Because I just know! Its visible. - Ok, send me the pics. Dont worry about what I will see or not.
At last she sends me the pics writing that her camera didnt catch the lifting. And that she can show me the nails personally.
Pic1
Yes, the design is rubbed off on one finger. I think I know the problem I have new bulbs that sometimes go dead (bad fit) and I check them from time to time and also ask people to tell me if they see the bulb is dark.
Pic2
Does she think Im dumb? What does she want to show with this pic? There were clear spaces between flowers from the very beginning. Some tiny dots they may have been there from the beginning Im sure they dont show at all only against the light. Besides we used a uv-sealant so the design cannot just rub off, And I see in the 3 pic that it looks just like it did on the very first day.
Yes, and the 3 pic.
Can you see any lifting or even a hint? I see that the nails grow fast (she mentioned that) but I cant see anything at all that points to lifting on the contrary. Im quite pleased with how the material adheres given the fatc that it was a new brand and I had only apllied it once before.
Maybe she took a pic of the wrong hand?
Anyway, everything that I see doesnt AT ALL match the description in her message nor does it warrant the manner in which she wrote and spoke to me!
I write to her when she is free so that I can fit her and see the rest that her camera didnt catch myself.
She writes back that she will write me later.
Later she writes this:
So, we should meet as soon and possible! Ive got a situation here. Thee nails have pinged off during this day Ive just taken them off without any effort I think we should meet tomorrow (Sunday) because I cannot wear them like this.
I write back: Ok. Come in the morning I will be waiting.
The morning comes. Im waiting. The model doesnt come. I give her a call. She says she hasnt yet seen my message.(Excuse me! If the situation that awful I would have checked and re-checked the mail, I would have called! - I keep that to myself)
I tell her that she can still come round as I dont have any plans. I dont remember exactly what she answered we agreed that she could come in the afternoon. In 2 hours she calls me and says this:
I dont think we should meet. Ive taken off some other nails, they didnt stay on so Ive taken the rest of them down myself. (What a nerve!) Ok. Just send me the pic of your nails again. She is not very willing but she agrees and says she will do it a bit later.
In about two hours I get the pics .
Tear-marks The material is neatly filed down there traces of it closer to the tips. I can even see the thin borderlines left where the material ended saying one clear thing it didnt lift!
I also cannot see a single nail-plate that looks as if the artificial nail had really pinged off it leaving it clear and as good as new. Can you?
What would YOU make of all of this
Perhaps theres something I dont see here?