Ellen’s Blog

The season is changing and so are we! New items, awesome sales, new staff! Some pretty incredible things are coming!

TONEi will be at this year’s CNTC networking event showcasing our new Gellen Line, Amore, E-flies and bits, as well as other assorted nail art essentials. Make sure to look out for your complimentary product and coupon in our signature purple organza pouches within the very generous CNTC goody bags that are given out to all attendees.

The CNTC is also having its first live nail competition at the London event. Ellen has been asked to judge and we would love ‎to see some of our TONEI grads compete!

CNTC event will be held Sunday November 13^th, further information included here: CNTC Nail Compitition! Please follow the link at the end of this email to find complete details about this great event and how to register to save your spot! Register for CNTC here: www.thecntc.ca

As winter quickly approaches, it’s not too late to talk about fall nail trends.

Dark colours are back after the spring trend of nude, nude and more nude nails!  The almond, pointed and coffin shapes are still popular.  On the runways nail art designs feature geometric shapes, negative space art and simple embellishments.  Light metallic colours are also very popular.

Since nail art has gone crazy and is now the focus of our fashion, where do we go from here??  With nails now anything it goes it seems from different colours on each nail or different designs on each nail with a common theme colour; but spring 2014 nail trends shows short classy French manicures with a twist.  Forget pink and white with horizontal lines, this year it is custom made colours, diagonal lines and nails with texture.  Yes texture, anything and everything adhered to the nails to add texture, colour and to finish the design.

2013 fall polish trends are metallic and glitter with every combination you can think of!

Gel polishes have also come out with many glitter and metallic collections.

THere has been much talk about UV nail lamps causing cancer.  This is completely inaccurate and when asked you should tell the client that “if you never plan to sit outside again and enjoy a cold beverage on a sunny day, then for sure never get gel nails done again!”

The fact is that clients get more exposure to UV radiation when outside for 20 minutes than they will from putting their hands in a gel lamp once or twice a month.  To read more scientific facts on this subject, check out the following link:  www.schoonscientific.com/downloads/UV-Nail-Lamp-Facts.pdf

We all know the latest trend is gel polish, and it seems like there are 100 hundreds to choose from.  Many clients are probably asking for “shellac nails”.  What do you do?

If you don’t already have a gel polish line, it is a big investment  to consider.  The first thing you must realize is that these products are not polish but gel.  They must be treated like an artificial nail.  Unfortunately they are marketed that they are safer and healthier for the nail than gel nails.  This is false!

The only client that in my opinion is right for the gel polish application is the manicure client who needs a solid two week chip proof polish.  The reason why is because she can remove fairly easily at home by herself.  However, if your client is willing to make the time and financial commitment to artificial nails then I suggest a hard gel.  If you like the colours that gel polish has to offer or you like the application style of gel polish, then I encourage you to file it off and or fill it by buffing it down and re-applying, not by soaking.  Soaking off product is not good for the skin or nails.

So if you haven’t already purchased a gel polish line, don’t go and buy every colour, and don’t bother buying the “bonding” agent, it is simply an alcohol solution like prep and post.  Also you probably don’t need to buy every base and top coat with each line if you want to buy colours from different gel polish lines you can use the base and top interchangeably, I have tested a few.