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Some recent Blogs here plus some ‘Ask The Experts’ have talked about unreacted monomer left on the skin. This can come about from filing and shaping enhancements or when using a ‘builder’ UV gel. It can also happen if an uncured product touches that skin or during the removal of the inhibition layer. This applies […]

As usual, I get ideas for Blogs after reading questions or comments on SM. This one is no different. A busy UK nail pro put up a little video of her banging her dust extraction filters outside. My goodness!!! The clouds of dust were billowing!! A lot of that could have ended up in her […]

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 […]

Sometimes the skin at the base of the finger, near the nail, becomes damaged and appears ‘frayed.’ This condition can be painful and inflamed, although it is not always the case. Common Causes of Fraying Near the Base of the Finger Nail People with naturally thin or delicate skin, or those whose skin has been […]

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 […]

After soaking off our gel polish or rebalancing our enhancements it’s important to inspect our clients nail plates for any signs of abnormalities. We don’t want to see … Yellowing of the nail plate This could be onycholysis or inner nail plate damage Greenish effects on or under the nail plate This could be the […]

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 […]