Nov 14 • Prep Chat
The great efile debate..?
This may be an unpopular opinion but…..
If you cant compete your services without an efile.. you probably shouldn’t be using an efile. There i said it. 🤷🏼♀️ but why ?
Because the fundamentals of filing are all there in hand filing. Yes efiles are amazing, they can speed up a service and refine, but what do you do when your efile breaks ? Or you have a client who prefers not to have an efile used? Or is unable to tolerate an efile?
The client in this video is experiencing issues with some of her medication and its not only causing ridges in her nails but making them incredibly sensitive at the moment, we thought they may have been sensitive from possibly being knocked so we chose to remove her old set completely to check her nails health, but after removing the set to check we found no damage, but her ridging had returned after some recent medication changes, (of which we knew could cause the ridging and sensitivity)
So i did a full builder gel removal by hand, no debulking with an efile, all hand filing to debulk and soaking, then all prep work and fresh set completed with no efile.
-There are a few situations you may find you cant use an efile, maybe it breaks and you haven’t got a spare? Maybe the client doesn’t like it, but also if you are having issues with prep, finish filing etc, it can be really good to go back to basics and file manually,
-a hand file for finish filing your gel or other enhancement will give you the most control over your surface
-an efile will roll over it but a hand file stays flat, this gives you a clear indication of any high or hollow points allowing you to check the surface and ensure a smooth finish,
Dont get me wrong i looove my efile, but i also love hand filing!
And i think its good every now and then to go back to the hand file to check in with yourself and your filing techniques, because you cannot solely rely on an efile,
XOXO
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