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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…

What a dreadful year we’ve all had! But we have been promised that everything will be done to make sure this is the end of the last lockdown! Let’s hope! The whole of the UK is slowly reopening. Anxiety levels seem to have been much higher this time but, for us, very little has changed.…

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…

All scientific evidence and correct education makes a point of the importance of using matched systems. Any range of UV gel products, whether a gel polish, a hard or soft UV gel, or a hybrid has its own formulation. This means that the photo initiators in the formulation are very specific and need the right…