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The professional nail industry has evolved in leaps and bounds!! 10-12 years ago the industry was invigorated with the launch of UV gel polish! All of a sudden there was a solution for those that wanted perfect nails that were ‘dry’ instantly and would last 2 weeks+. Of course, there have always been the ‘enhancement’ […]

This image is a brilliant example of how what happens in the proximal nail fold can affect the nail plate! The PNF should be healthy and undamaged for a healthy and ‘normal’ nail plate to grow at its maximum strength and thickness. If the PNF is damaged or under ‘threat’ the human body’s protective mechanisms […]

There are SO many marketing stories on this whole ‘FREE’ issue. What are the facts? One of the first facts is that traditional nail polish has been safely used for nearly 100 years! There have been some allergic reactions but this can happen with any product. There have been plenty of ‘hypoallergenic’ ranges over the […]

Just before salons in England were allowed to reopen on 12th April 2021, BABTAC issued a statement that patch testing for relevant treatments should only be carried out 2 weeks after a vaccination. This did cause a lot of anxiety but there was a very good reason for this statement. There had already been a […]

We were asked recently for information on the topic of the removal of UV gel polish using the soaking method or e-file method. Let us address this question with fact-based information gained from experts in the topic. Firstly, the newly revised National Occupational Standards advise against using an e-file on the nail plate. It also […]

I still see lots of people still using the wrong terminology for parts of the nail unit. Also, many others are a bit confused why the ‘cuticle’ is no longer the ‘cuticle’! Has the nail unit changed? Of course not. It has always been what it is now! Why do we now have that big […]

¡Qué año tan terrible hemos tenido todos! ¡Pero nos han prometido que se hará todo lo posible para que éste sea el fin del último encierro! Esperemos. Todo el Reino Unido se está reabriendo poco a poco. Los niveles de ansiedad parecen haber sido mucho más altos esta vez pero, para nosotros, muy poco ha cambiado. [...]

Whenever there is an article or an SM post on these topics it always creates a lot of passionate responses, especially about the e-file for a manicure. It creates such a divide in the pro nail industry. There are many ‘for’ an e-file manicure, not quite so many for the more aggressive version, known as […]

Todas las pruebas científicas y una correcta educación insisten en la importancia de utilizar sistemas emparejados. Cualquier gama de productos de gel UV, ya sea un esmalte en gel, un gel UV duro o blando, o un híbrido, tiene su propia formulación. Esto significa que los fotoiniciadores de la formulación son muy específicos y necesitan [...]