How to Remove Gel Polish at Home
The soak-off polishes can be removed without the salon.
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LA Fresh introduces a brand new acetone-free nail polish remover that is made of a 100% biodegradable pad.
You learned a lot in school, but once you start working full time with clients you’ll see that minor mishaps with nail enhancements will occasionally pop up to frustrate and challenge you. To help you out when they do, here's some handy troubleshooting advice on fixing the more common acrylic and gel problems.
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It always happens on the worst possible day. You’ve been at the salon since the wee hours of the morning, you’re finally on your last client — and then, oops, a red polish bottle slips and spills on your white shirt (or even worse, all over your new salon uniform). Before you resort to decorating the rest of your outfit with “artsy” nail polish spills to match, consider giving one of these pieces of advice from your fellow nail techs a try.
For optimum ergonomics, efficiency, and function, the Eat My Dust nail vent from Nail Innovationz increases workspace and mobility by connecting through the underside of the desk top.
Cosmopolitan’s Beauty Q&A asks: Is acetone nail polish remover really that bad?
Sometimes a new gel client will be surprised to see damage to her natural nails after a few weeks of wearing gels. There’s no guarantee that all gel applications and removals will be done precisely to manufacturer standards, so in the event of soaking off a set of gels and looking at weakened and thinned nail plates, what is a tech to do?
With the proliferation of hybrid brush-on gel polishes, brand new nail company Famous Names LLC just launched Vamoos! Removal Wraps, which it says reduce the amount of acetone used by 50%. 240 wraps are $45. Booth #712.--Sree
LCN’s Nail Care Pens are designed to treat different parts of the manicuring process.
