Many moons ago when I owned a salon, coloured hard gels launched onto the market. At first, I thought it was a great idea but then I thought again! As hard gels they were meant to be infilled rather than removed. But that raised a big query for me: as they were opaque how could you see the condition of the natural nail? Lifting (especially pocket lifting) would be hidden. As we were about 50:50 natural manicure and enhancements, nail polish worked just fine i.e., lasted over a week on natural nails (but most manicure clients were weekly anyway) and no problem over enhancements.
Así que para nosotros la decisión fue no, no era un servicio adecuado para nosotros.
Then around 12 years ago UV gel polish launched. Now this was a game changer! It was designed to be a 2-week service (3 at a push). A lot can happen to nails in 2 weeks but, on the whole, the time frame was good to check on the health under that opaque coating.
Con el paso del tiempo, las clientas (y sus profesionales de uñas) han ido retrasando cada vez más este plazo. Esto se debe a los gastos de 2-3 citas semanales o la falta de compromiso de acuerdo con el plan de servicio (¿te acuerdas de aquellos?)
More and more products are being launched with excessive adhesion characteristics that also allows for this overlong wear time. From reading SM, many are pushing this to up to 6 weeks! Nail pros are proudly posting pictures of these outgrown coatings! This is nothing to be proud about! This is lack of education on the part of both the client and their nail pro.
We all are very aware of the allergy situation that is still on the way up! We also are aware that an allergy can take hold in a matter of days, affecting the skin, the nail bed and often the whole placa de clavos. These are often (not always) caused by the high adhesion products as they have high levels of specific monomers that are not always properly cured.
Un experimentado profesional de uñas debe ser capaz de decir si algo va mal incluso con opaco geles duros y L&P especially if they have educated their clients properly. But how many are experienced enough? How many are rigid in their service protocols and not ‘scared’ of their clients?
ALL clients must be encouraged to return every 2-3 weeks and not longer if they are wearing an opaque coating of any kind. Problems such as ‘greenies’ and the start of an allergy can be prevented. This should be an agreement made at the very first appointment and stuck to every time! If a client won’t commit to that then consider if they are a client for you as it will usually lead to problems down the line and possibly the loss of a client as they can no longer wear any coating (except nail polish), or their nails have been destroyed by a bacterial infection.
La salud y la seguridad de sus clientes son siempre la primera consideración. Si permite que sus clientas alarguen el tiempo de uso, estará poniendo en riesgo su salud ungueal y posiblemente contribuyendo a crear una situación de alergia con implicaciones mucho más amplias y un problema de salud para toda la vida.
¡Eduque a sus clientes! Además, si usted desconoce estos riesgos, edúquese para entenderlos y poder dar explicaciones profesionales a sus clientes para que ellos también lo entiendan.
Aparte del esmalte, los servicios de manicura suponen un compromiso por parte de la clienta, tanto en tiempo como en dinero. Asegúrate de que lo entienden desde el primer día.
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