During that time an abundance of other professional brand gel polishes have come on the market some of which are listed here: (but there are too many for me to list).
I only discuss the professional use products on this post here and not the use at home stuff as I dont believe that this type of products should be used by the untrained:
- Gelish from Nail Harmony
- Shellac from CND
- Colour Gloss from Artistic
- Polish Pro by NSI
- Axxium by OPI
- Mani-q by Young Nails
- GelColour by OPI
- GeleSSe by NCO London
- Colour Lock by Kirsty Meakin
etc, etc, etc ....................
My fingers got tired of finding the most popular ones as I could go on and on and on...............
A few points to mention (in my opinion) on some of the above:- Shellac is easiest to remove and very well known. Gelish and Artistic are popular due to celebrity endorsements and marketing. GeleSSe is unique as the colours can also be used with regular polish base and top coats to enable at home removal easier, plus I have found it is the easiest to do nail art with and has great colour pigment coverage. Colour Lock by Kirsty Meakin can be used with no base coat or top coat, just the colour to give the speediest application.
So, although some are said to be the same product (Gelish and Artistic Colour Gloss as an example) and others said to be unique (Shellac from CND is the nearest to polish, where as many of the others are more Gel like) they all pretty much do a similar job in that they act as a semi permanent polish that can last 2 or 3 weeks. All gel polishes are light cured (so are dry when the treatment is finished) and can be soaked off for removal.
Some will suit other clients better than others as with my clients, one brand suits some people better than others and visa versa. So in essence I am saying that there is no one brand that suits all - lots of people will tell you that 'this brand' or 'that brand' is better, but my experience has shown that in using many of these I still cannot stay which is best as each client is different as each of these products are.
What I will say is each brand will use clever marketing methods to convince you that theirs is the best. Do your own research when deciding which one (or more) is for you, your salon and your clients.
I always recommend that which ever you decide that you at least attend a workshop (or as a minimum have a very thorough conversation with the supplier) on how to get the most out of that product as each one has little differences that can make the treatment work for your clients or not. The number of forum or facebook discussions I have seen where people have had problems and eventually worked out it was because the method they used was what they were taught as best for another brand. A 'few tweaks' later on how they should be applied or used and hey presto they were getting success!
Talk to your clients to find out what they want from a treatment as this can help you decide which products to look at in more detail. The amount of clients that have contacted me saying they want a shellac manicure but when questioned they want a semi permanent polish treatment and are open to discussion as to which is best for them!
Please feel free to contact me if you want more of my opinions on each brand (as I could go on for ever about each one) : - theresa.bloor@gmail.com
Happy reading and I look forward to your questions. x x x
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