This Glossary series contains some of the terminology associated with natural and artificial nails, procedures, and a few important product or additive definitions as I understand them. Many of these terms are confusing, difficult to pronounce and understand at first, especially the chemical and medical ones! I’m an interested Nail Technician and by no means… Continue reading Glossary: C to D
The Pantone colour of the year for 2020 has just been announced, and it's another beauty, Classic Blue. Here's a mood board showing some CND and Lecentè colours that are bang on trend! To read more about Classic Blue check out the Pantone website here: https://www.pantone.com/color-intelligence/color-of-the-year/color-of-the-year-2020
This Glossary series contains some of the terminology associated with natural and artificial nails, procedures, and a few important product or additive definitions as I understand them. Many of these terms are confusing, difficult to pronounce and understand at first, especially the chemical and medical ones! I’m an interested Nail Technician and by no means… Continue reading Glossary: A to B
:YOURS Cosmetics are a fantastic nail art supplies company that specialises in producing my absolute favourite, beautiful and simple to use Stamping plates, Silicone Stampers and now especially designed Stamping polishes. The quality of these products is truly amazing. :YOURS are based in The Netherlands and many of their wonderful stamping plates are made in… Continue reading Five by Five Introducing :YOURS Cosmetics
As well as the Game changing CREATE products, the fabulous glitter Queens at Lecentè have recruited their talented band ambassadors to offer some fantastic conversion workshops, designed to help you get the best out of the range. I attended Amanda Trivetts course in Newton Abbot and it was just fantastic. After explaining the system and… Continue reading Five by Five Review: Lecente CREATE Conversion Workshops
This year I'm loving the new Christmas nail art trends. The pages of Pinterest are buzzing with fabulous silver and white designs, cool dreamy blues and turquoise, beautiful deep rich greens, nudes with gold and of course the usual red, green, gold combos. However, I’ve noticed more contemporary designs this year, including some beautiful abstract… Continue reading Christmas 2019 Nail Trends
I’m so excited to introduce CREATE, an amazing new Gel Polish which has been lovingly created by the Queens of Glitter: Lecenté, with the help of a chemist. It was three years in the making and boy was it worth the wait! This fabulous product launched in September 2019 at the Olympia Beauty Show, with a… Continue reading Introducing Lecentè CREATE Gel Polish
💥WARNING💥 The Article Shared here contains graphic pictures. This article from the Daily Mail highlights the danger of using dip nail products. Dipping clients nails into the same product always struck me as a little unsanitary. The skin around the nail is delicate and should be treated carefully as it provides a barrier or seal… Continue reading Dip Nail Danger
When there are so many different nail services on offer, what are the differences and how do you choose? In this article I’ll try to help you to navigate those treatment menus. Let’s start with the least durable and easiest to remove: Nail Lacquer or polish. Nail polish consists of a mix of an organic… Continue reading Understanding Nail Coatings
The results are in, please read the following Facebook post by Doug Schoon. The official results are for the so-called “Burst” Removers for nail coatings. They are dangerous solvents, typically used to remove epoxy paints from bridges/buildings- of course while wearing the appropriate respirators and other safety equipment used for hazardous work. They are NOT… Continue reading UPDATE on Burst / fast gel removers
