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nailsandinspo · 11 months

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#green #green nails #green stars #stars #star nails #melanin #beauty #nails #manicure #pretty nails #mani #nail blog #shorties #short nails #gel nails #gel polish #acrylic nails #@nailsbyxojess

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adoreaxo · 8 months

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#swirl nails #matte nails #pink nails #long nails #nail art #acrylic nails #pink acrylic #gel polish #pretty nails #adoreaxo #luxury #nails #fall nails #autumn nails

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daughterofholysaintattila · 26 days

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#attila dorn #powerwolf #nailart #art #daddy powerwolf #beast of gevaudan #gel polish

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notanothernailblog · 1 month

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Sometimes I have no idea where I’m going with a set and then other times it comes together effortlessly. I’m chuffed with this set. 🖤🤍

#nail art #rorschach test #black and white #b&w #nails #gelnailart #gel polish #art

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pbnjae · 1 year

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ig: @klawmuse

#long nails #nails #nail art #acrylic #acrylic nails #gel #gel nails #gel polish #pink y2k #pink #aura nails #y2k fashion #y2k #aesthetic

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dolleyes09 · 2 months

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Angel Dust inspired nails

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pnkemoji · 11 months

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sweetbunnytears · 9 months

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i love brown

#cute #girly #adorable #nail polish #gel polish #polish #brown #brown and pink #pink txt #text #pink text #txt post #txtpst #txt

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okicize · 1 year

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nails-by-squid · 7 months

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Nail dump!

#im not listening any of these lmao #it is beetles and opi tho #anyway been gone for a while! hope to be back more frequently #nailpolish #nail art #nails #nail design #opi #pretty nails #pink nails #beetles gel polish #gel polish #fall nails #green nails #jelly polish

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adoreaxo · 8 months

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instagram: @adoreaxo

#hibiscus nails #Hawaiian flower nails #long nails #nail art #acrylic nails #pretty nails #adoreaxo #luxury #blue french tips #pink acrylic #gel polish #nails #french manicure

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uwmspeccoll · 1 year

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Marbled Monday

For Marbled Monday this week, I’m sharing three books about Ireland that are bound in the same lovely marbled paper. They are:

Substance of the Speech of the Right Honourable Lord Sheffield: Monday, April 22, 1799; Upon the Subject of Union with Ireland

A Sketch of the State of Ireland, Past and Present by John Wilson Croker, 1822.

A Reply to a Pamphlet Entitled, Arguments For and Against an Union by Richard Jebb, Esq., 1799.

All three of these books are no longer in their original bindings, having been rebound to match one another using this marbled paper. Each book is fully bound in fantasy patterned paper that is teal, green, and pinkish red. They all have tan paper labels on the spine that are printed with the title of the book and the date of publication. And, just by coincidence, my nail polish nearly matches the pinkish red in the paper, as seen in the sixth picture shown here!

Now, I would like to note that it is not usually a good idea to wear nail polish when handling rare books and archival materials—it’s possible for the polish to transfer color to the paper and leave a mark. However, I use gel polish, which is set into a hard polymer using an LED light. Because of the curing process (and possibly the layer of clear top coat), no color transfer happens when you drag your nail across the page! Ah, the miracles of modern science.

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-- Alice, Special Collections Department Manager

#Marbled Monday #Lord Sheffield #John Wilson Croker #Richard Jebb Esquire #Richard Jebb #19th century #18th century #fantasy pattern #marbled paper #marbling #paper marbling #nail polish #gel nails #gel polish #Ireland #Irish unity

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nailsinwales · 1 year

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Dodgy Nail Products with Industry Support in 2023

I was kindly given a free subscription to a magazine that I used to ensure religiously arrived to me each month to help my career in the beauty industry.

Glorious professional nail storage company Roo Beauty had closed its internet ordering doors for the final time in 2022, and their parting gift was the magazine I would usually receive whilst working the job I once loved.

It was sad to hear that Roo were closing, they had the only decent storage solutions and their nail polish bottle rolls were something that the majority of my clients wanted in their lives.. and not just mine and their fillings every few weeks or so.

I have received four editions of Scratch mag so far, and in the last few weeks about fifteen emails regarding Scratch Stars and their nail competition themes, lovely, but what I also received was an email promoting (insert gel Polish product name here) - a product which towards the end of my old business in 2018 was quickly becoming known amongst pro nail technician’s as something that was causing clients natural nail plate and natural nails to separate away from each other on a rapid scale.

People were mentioning it constantly so I decided to trial this product myself along with another popular gel that was circulating on social media as a gorgeous looking subscription box. The latter did come across as a non pro product, I mean it was sent with little packets of fizzer sweets and pom poms, the owner tried to rip me off photography fees and lied to a magazine about her paid advertisement, but the range meant that a way cheaper alternative could be offered to clients who fancied something from their social media feeds, more affordable, and well really, bin’able, since most colours were in tiny 7ml bottles, and some not always available. Trends are just that, they pass quickly. It was a bit like the Primark of Gel Polish, only really shit with dreadful end results.

Soon after my trial, I experienced exactly what others had been reporting with the nail separation between the nail bed and the natural nail plate on my toes. I was devastated. It took almost a year to recover from it and plenty of sunshine on my feet, even though I newly wanted to keep them covered from the world.

“These products are not professional products, and not supported by the industry as so”. - that is what I thought back then. I had faith that the popularity of these social media trending products would go on to cause so much damage in a short space of time that they would be banned.

Fast forward to 2023, a chance browsing of my old nails account in youtube had the algorithm throw me up a video showing what had been happening to peoples nails, multiple snap shots with damage after using the very same products, going a couple of years back to recently. That’s between 2018, and now, 2023.. and just a small section of people out of all of the potentials in the world.

The problem here is that in the Nail Technicians world, it is similar to other trades - a poor technician might blame her tools, although in this game there is space on the market for poor quality tools today, and there are tools that harm. What is supa bad about this is that clients will be blamed, and nail technicians will be blamed, when the thing that is actually at fault is the dodgy product. The product is not being held accountable for the harm done.

If there is one thing that I enjoyed most about my job it was explaining to clients how I have products in my nail case that were well known, had been fully tested for the market and had transparent MSDS with no unknown or untested ingredients in the mix. I paid premium for training and products, and passed these on to all of the lovely people who booked me. It gave me confidence in my work and that confidence was passed on to my clients, returning to me tenfold on repeat business and word of mouth bookings. It was a beautiful thing.

If today’s nail technician can be promoted towards such a poorly performing product through trusted sources like a professional nails magazine, products that will go on to harm a clients nails, trust in the industry, and potentially leave them for life with a nail allergy (and that bit is both client and tech), then what hope does the industry even have?

For years it has been argued that Nail Technicians in the UK should be regulated. At the moment, the industry has gone down a murky road where, based on their social media clout, the introduction of some fairly nasty products has clouded what was once a fairly easy product arena to manage.

God help everybody’s nails in future, except for me. I got away lightly and will never dip my toe into the dodgy nail gel side of things ever again. I hope that anyone reading this will consider that being a nail technician is one thing, but we should never be supplied products that harm people.

If you know a product has harmed others, either through your own use or by seeing other peoples reviews, think twice before providing it on your price list. It could take you down with it.

Sending love to all, Rachel @nailsinwales

Some (but not all) trusted nail brands,

EzFlow, OPI, CND, Mavala, INM, Essie, Crystal Nails, Nail Artists Academy, Mystic Nails,

#nails #nailtechnician #professionalism #nail damage #damaged nails #gel polish #Nail industry #cosmetics #beauty industry #nail tech

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freckledsweetpea · 1 year

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