Comments on: Don’t Get Ripped Off By Your Nail Salon http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/07/16/don%e2%80%99t-get-ripped-off-by-your-nail-salon/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: julian http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/07/16/don%e2%80%99t-get-ripped-off-by-your-nail-salon/comment-page-2/#comment-75554 julian Sun, 02 Oct 2011 01:14:54 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/07/16/don%e2%80%99t-get-ripped-off-by-your-nail-salon/#comment-75554 That picture above is a fake. The hole you see there is actually the mouth of a lamprey, that was photoshopped on to the finger tip. Still looks disturbing lol. http://www.snopes.com/photos/gruesome/fingers.asp That picture above is a fake.
The hole you see there is actually the mouth of a lamprey, that was photoshopped on to the finger tip.
Still looks disturbing lol.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/gruesome/fingers.asp

]]> By: Bonnie http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/07/16/don%e2%80%99t-get-ripped-off-by-your-nail-salon/comment-page-2/#comment-75003 Bonnie Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:11:32 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/07/16/don%e2%80%99t-get-ripped-off-by-your-nail-salon/#comment-75003 What is the disease/condition that caused the nail dis-figuration pictured above? I am studying nail diseases & disorders but haven't come across this one as yet. Many thanks What is the disease/condition that caused the nail dis-figuration pictured above? I am studying nail diseases & disorders but haven’t come across this one as yet. Many thanks

]]> By: Laura http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/07/16/don%e2%80%99t-get-ripped-off-by-your-nail-salon/comment-page-2/#comment-72231 Laura Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:55:24 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/07/16/don%e2%80%99t-get-ripped-off-by-your-nail-salon/#comment-72231 That picture is disturbing! Was actually looking for some images of nails for a marketing thing, and oh wow..ugh! That picture is disturbing! Was actually looking for some images of nails for a marketing thing, and oh wow..ugh!

]]> By: Sara Cleary http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/07/16/don%e2%80%99t-get-ripped-off-by-your-nail-salon/comment-page-2/#comment-67988 Sara Cleary Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:27:27 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/07/16/don%e2%80%99t-get-ripped-off-by-your-nail-salon/#comment-67988 MY GOD!!! I'm all about catchy advertising, but that is the scariest photo of fingers I've ever seen. I'm a med student and I thought a serious eroding fungus was to blame here. WHEEW! Photoshop, you got me again!!! MY GOD!!! I’m all about catchy advertising, but that is the scariest photo of fingers I’ve ever seen. I’m a med student and I thought a serious eroding fungus was to blame here.
WHEEW! Photoshop, you got me again!!!

]]> By: Jo http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/07/16/don%e2%80%99t-get-ripped-off-by-your-nail-salon/comment-page-2/#comment-63803 Jo Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:58:25 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/07/16/don%e2%80%99t-get-ripped-off-by-your-nail-salon/#comment-63803 Right... There are two types of polishes there are the normal ones that you can buy in shops, and there are UV gel polishes that DO need UV light to harden. If they didn't use UV light it wouldn't dry even if you left it for a couple of days... and for someone who was on about acrylic damaging there nails, its not the acrylic that damages its the way you remove it, that would include all those people out there that pick at there artificials. It should be filed off by a nail tech or soaked off with acetone... ...and that picture isnt real... ...The exposure to UV from a nail-gel-curing lamp is equivalent to a few minutes of summer sunshine. http://www.nailsinlondon.com/page13.html Might want to read it. Right… There are two types of polishes there are the normal ones that you can buy in shops, and there are UV gel polishes that DO need UV light to harden. If they didn’t use UV light it wouldn’t dry even if you left it for a couple of days… and for someone who was on about acrylic damaging there nails, its not the acrylic that damages its the way you remove it, that would include all those people out there that pick at there artificials. It should be filed off by a nail tech or soaked off with acetone…
…and that picture isnt real…
…The exposure to UV from a nail-gel-curing lamp is equivalent to a few minutes of summer sunshine.

http://www.nailsinlondon.com/page13.html
Might want to read it.

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