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I have recently read a thread about the ‘hype’ over a BIAB (builder in a bottle) type product. I would question about the amount of information given to clients about different types of products. Let me explain. A wide variety of UV cured gels have been available to the industry for years. Thin ones, thick […]

The professional nail industry is, in many ways, no different to many other sectors in the beauty industry. But in many other ways, it is completely different! Historically, hairdresser’s are the older sector. Beautician’s and make-up artist’s have been in evidence for almost as long. Manicurist’s were connected with hairdresser’s or make-up artist’s. Beauty Therapy […]

A veces, la piel de la base del dedo, cerca de la uña, se daña y aparece "deshilachada". Esta afección puede ser dolorosa e inflamarse, aunque no siempre es así. Causas comunes del deshilachado cerca de la base de la uña de un dedo Las personas con piel naturalmente fina o delicada, o aquellas cuya piel ha sido [...]

In nail world this is a tough one and not without complications. We all know someone who has had, is having or will be having chemo therapy and if your family is like mine, it’s the #1 cause of death – although 3 of us have survived our cancer, my mother, my son and myself, […]

Between the nail plate and the nail bed is some elastic tissue called the bed epithelium – it’s kind of the same non-living tissue as the cuticle, only the cuticle is produced by the eponychium and the bed epithelium by the nail matrix. It’s as if the nail plate is sandwiched between cuticle and bed […]

Después de remojar nuestro esmalte de gel o reequilibrar nuestras mejoras, es importante inspeccionar las placas de las uñas de nuestros clientes para detectar cualquier signo de anormalidad. No queremos ver... Amarilleamiento de la placa de la uña Esto podría ser onicolisis o daño de la placa de la uña interna Efectos verdosos en o debajo de la placa de la uña Esto podría ser la [...]

Most of us love a hand or foot treatment that involves an exfoliation and so do our clients, right? We know that it speeds up, what would normally be, natural desquamation. It gets rid of the dead skin cells, allows for more penetration of subsequent treatment creams, and gives the skin a brighter and fresher […]

From this month (September ’21) it is now illegal to sell UV cured products that contain HEMA and di-HEMA in retail stores. This applies to the UK and the EU. These must be ‘for professional use only’ and we all know why! However, this has turned the consumer customer (and some uneducated professionals) into on-line […]

Following on from our recent article ‘Is nail oil contributing to the allergy crisis?’ – let us look at the implications of this. Some thought this was ‘fake news’! It most definitely wasn’t, and it caught the attention of many! What was ‘new’ about this was the fact that, something suspected by dermatologists for a […]