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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.
Discover the Gelactic Gel Top Coat – created for Alessandro nail polish – which extends colour durability, creates a sparkling shine and can stay perfect for up to a week. Just 2 simple steps to get the perfect long-lasting manicure at home! The unique wear-boosting technology provides extra-strong double staying power between the nail, the colour and the top coat. Both textures work perfectly together, giving your nails the ultimate in shine and up to a week of flawless staying power with no chipping without an LED lamp.
As nail art and soak-off gels are becoming more trendy these days, Chris Mans, an educator for Bio Sculpture Gel, has developed a technique to create 3-D art with soak-off gel only — using no glue or acrylic.
Condition cuticles while soaking off UV gels.
Acetone isn't the only ingredient to soak off products.
Nail Labo introduces its new LED soak-off gel system, Presto. Using the latest technology in the dental industry, Presto takes just five seconds to cure, making a full set of gel nails in under 20 minutes a reality. The LED lights have an almost infinite lifetime, says the company, so techs will likely never have to change the bulbs.
Kirsty Meakin shows how to create an abstract gel-polish design over acrylic with some free hand painting.
Nailtural's Soy-Based Polish Remover moisturizes and hydrates the nail bed while safely removing polish without harsh chemicals.
Elaine Watson shows how Nailebrity's Take2 Base Coat Film eliminates the soaking off removal for any brand of gel-polish.
SpaRitual now offers Fluent Extra-Strength Conditioning Lacquer Remover in an economical liter bottle.
