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Originally Posted by ♥MiCHiE♥
No, actually I don't. And, I never said your nail tech damaged your nails, but damage in the hands of so-called skilled and licensed techs happens every day.
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I don't know a single person who gets acrylics on a regular basis who has come into work missing a finger because of getting their nails done... Yes, thats a bit dramatic, but your making it seem like trying to do your own nails is life threatening.
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I'm saying these things because I've been there and done that. I was the hands-on student and my own guinea pig. I've done everything under the sun to my nails and thank God that I still have all 10 intact when I think of those days. |
Thats because... They grow back... If i can slam my fingers in a car door on accident and completely lose a nail(s), until it grows back, I really doubt anything in that powder/liquid is going to cause permanent long term nail damage. If anything the chemicals in most of our household cleaning products that all of us use on a regular basis are more dangerious.
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Believe me, "playing" with the product to find the right liquid-to-powder ratio is easier said than done. There are veteran techs still trying to do it, for every system is different. |
Why is it easier said then done? How hard can it really be to get a painbrush and get it wet, and grab some powder, and apply it to the plastic nail tip? You don't even have to apply the tip to your finger to practice this. So it's totally no risk, no danger way of learning how to combine the powder and liquid... If veteran techs are still trying to figure it out through trial and error (on paying customers no less), it seems as if their chances of finding the "perfect" amount is as good as someone playing with it at home. And how scientific is it really? When i watch the girls who do my nails, it's not like they are paying all the much attention to liquid/powder ratio when they dunk the brush completely into the liquid.
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All that being said, I stand behind my first post. If doing nails was so easy, the nail biz wouldn't be busting at the seams with clients in the chairs. |
Yeh but how much of that has more to do with people just not wanting to spend the time to do it themselves, then the actual difficulty of the skill. I don't even like painting my toe nails, and thats something I can do useing my right hand for all 10 toes. Could I do it, sure. Do I want to? No. Not to mention sitting in the chair takes less of my time, and you get to relax in the little whirlpool thing. Ironically, that whirlpool HAS had several reported cases of people getting flesh eating bacteria's. So maybe going to your local nail tech isn't so safe afterall!