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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…

From this month (September ’21) it is now illegal to sell UV cured products that contain HEMA and di-HEMA in retail stores. This applies to the UK and the EU. These must be ‘for professional use only’ and we all know why! However, this has turned the consumer customer (and some uneducated professionals) into on-line…

Following on from our recent article ‘Is nail oil contributing to the allergy crisis?’ – let us look at the implications of this. Some thought this was ‘fake news’! It most definitely wasn’t, and it caught the attention of many! What was ‘new’ about this was the fact that, something suspected by dermatologists for a…

We know about allergies. We know about sub-standard nail products. But this is very important information for the Nail Industry. Some very recent research has just been published (August 2021 in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology) has shown another issue that we MUST be aware of and take notice. There is a lot…

If you have any understanding of UV energy you will know that UVC is harmful to humans. Deadly to viruses and pathogens! Using UVC as a disinfectant is not a new technology. It is used in many applications, such as purifying water, disinfecting an area when no human is present and many others However, research…