UV Rays Exposure when having a Shellac Manicure

Today I had a client visit me at my beauty salon, The Ezina Sanctuary in Witney who was concerned about the UV Rays from the CND lamp and whether they were harmful, I know my ambassador of CND had told me that the lamps are harmless and that you would expose yourself more by being outside for 5minutes than you would using the lamp!! She seemed fine about it but after she left I thought I would research it further.

I did find a very interesting article which at first when reading it concerned me slightly, but I then read further at the comments underneath especially the one by Doug Schoon (an internationally-recognized scientist, author and educator with over 30 years experience in the cosmetic, beauty and personal care industry) and CND and realised  Charmaine Gillespie had not properly looked into it before posting her comment. Please click on the link below to read further:

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/product-reviews/research-institute/about-shellac-manicures

Also thank you Doug Schoon for pointing out the facts not the speculation.

An article I found - Shellac Attack

I came across these articles online the other day, very interesting, well it is if you are a nail geek like me!!
http://www.aprettylifeinthesuburbs.com/2012/01/shellac-attack.html
http://www.shape.com/blogs/girl-go/truth-about-cnd-shellac-manicure

Day 4 Wearing Shellac

Well its day 4 wearing Shellac, still no chips or peeling just perfect like day 1, I have been doing the usual, cleaning, washing up, tidying and cooking. Afterall when you have a 14 year old and a 10 year old, your work is never done. I also had a client in yesterday for a facial which was good as had to handle creams and oils!! I have got 3 clients booked in for CND Shellac at The Ezina Sanctuary in Witney over the next 3 days and as I have to scrub fresh their nails (which contains acetone) they are may peel off a bit. I will be back on Sunday and see how I have got on! It will be 8 days by then.

Day 2 of wearing Shellac and 2012 Shellac New Colours

So I am on day 2 of wearing my shellac Asphalt, so far today I have washed up, done some cleaning, been out in the freezing cold weather and my shellac is still going strong. No chips, no peeling, just perfectly manicured. Will be back later on this one.

Also I cannot wait to purchase the new CND Shellac colours coming out this year. I believe they are being launched here in the UK by Sweet Squared at Professional Beauty at Excel in March 2012. The Ezina Sanctuary from Witney will be there waiting in the long queue which I am sure there will be to purchase them so I can offer them to all of my customers in Witney, Oxfordshire. Get your appointments booked!

http://www.ezina.co.uk/

First day of my Shellac;

I have posted a picture of my Shellac nails done at The Ezina Sanctuary in Witney, I will let you know how I get on with them over the next 14 days!! Colour of shellac is Asphalt. Sorry about the quality of the photo, taken on my blackberry!!

My Experience with CND Shellac

I have decided to start a 14 day diary telling everyone how Shellac lives up to its reputation. I used to be a nail biter and back in September 2011 I decided enough was enough I was going to stop. I came across the most amazing product called Shellac which is basically a polish that goes on like a polish, wears like a gel (protecting my natural nail and stopping me from chewing) and has zero dry time so no walking out of the salon having to take extra care!!

6 months later I have beautiful long nails which I now have to file down to keep short!! Yes I actually have to use a file, this is a Kanga CND file NOT electric files (thats another story)!! And Not my teeth. The success of growing my nails is all down to CND Shellac.

I run my own beauty salon from home called The Ezina Sanctuary and well as soon as I heard about Shellac, that was it, I contacted Sweet Squared (distributor for CND in UK) and signed up on the Shellac....Bring em back course!! I have never looked back.

Tomorrow I will start my 14 day diary with my Shellac!