Question: Why do some UV gel colors fade, while others don’t? Answer: Many colorants are affected by UV since it can cause the colorant to undergo a chemical change that alters or fades its color. Some colors are more susceptible to UV than others. Those colors at the blue end of the color spectrum are …
Question: Is calcium good for nails? Answer: I don’t know of any evidence to demonstrate that oral ingestion of calcium does anything positive for nails, at all! Nail plates do contain a very small amount of calcium, but that likely comes from the water we wash our hands with. Calcium is found only on the …
Question: The area of my school in which I perform services is not as well-lit as I need. I want to purchase a table lamp, but I realized that some of the lamps are LED. Will an LED table lamp affect LED-cured gels? What type of close lighting would you suggest? Answer: I agree that you …
Question: I use a freeze curing technique with the white UV gel. I’m removing the nail from the lamp after 30 seconds, exposing the white gel just long enough to solidify at the free edge. Then I apply clear product to the rest of the nail, and place the hand back into the UV lamp for …
Question: I was taught that the inhibition layer on many UV coatings is there because the product cures from the nail plate up and it can’t cure where oxygen is present, leaving a thin, and sticky, uncured inhibition layer. What about no cleanse gels? Why don’t they have an inhibition layer? Answer: What you were told …
The Heller Medial Nail Dystrophy broken down Heller – The first case of a paramedian ridge or split and canal formation in nail plate of one or both the thumbnails was recorded by Heller in 1928 Median – Middle, Center, Midpoint, etc. Nail – The hard, anatomical structure of bound cells protecting the distal phalanx, the nail plate Dystrophy – …
Question: Ok, before I was e-file trained I read that you shouldn’t brush dust upwards because you will fill the area you’ve just lifted with that dust. However, on my e file training… you are trained to push back the cuticle then file off the cuticle from the nail plate whilst lifting up the nail …
Question: Are UV gels better for nails than other types of enhancements? Answer: All nail enhancement products are safe for the natural nail if properly applied, maintained, and removed. No type of nail enhancement is safer or better for the natural nail than another. If nail damage occurs due to wearing enhancements, it is usually …
Question: During rebalance service (both UV gel and L&P enhancements), how much of the old product can be left (if no lifting is present)? And does the new product connect with the old product on a molecular level? Also, if there is a 3-week old product on the natural nail before rebalancing or infilling, how is …
Question: Are Hard Gels wearable by everyone? Can hard gels work for some people and not others, even though you did all you could think of to make them stay longer than 3 weeks? Answer: One system doesn’t necessarily suit all. It all depends on their nail condition and lifestyle. Having said that, nail prep …
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