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OPI is launching a new soak-off gel called OPI GelColor which should make its way down here in Australia by 2012. It is a faster-curing, thinner formula than OPI Axxium Soak-Off Gel, it comes in bottles with brush applicators like polish, and cures under light emitting diodes (LED) like those used in your TV remote control. And, says Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, Executive VP and Artistic Director of OPI, GelColor is just as strong as Axxium Soak-Off Gel.

When launched, OPI GelColor will be available in 28 shades. The formula requires just 30 seconds in an LED box to cure, and promises at least a two-week chip-free finish no thicker than nail polish. Soak-off time should be only 10 minutes.

The above sounds very similar to CND Shellac but it is actually not. CND Shellac, a gel/polish hybrid which is thinner and takes less time to soak-off than Axxium Soak-Off Gel. GelColor isn’t a hybrid, by the way — it’s 100% gel.

Lets see how this product will be like when it gets here. We can hardly wait.

For those discerning clients who are worrying about the effect of UV nail lamps on your skin, here is some study result from Creative Nail Design dispelling the myth. See report here (reproduced below for your convenience).

Scientists Speak Out – UV Nail Lamps Are Safe
From driving a car to holding a cell phone on-the-go, hands get more UV exposure from natural and artificial light than any other part of the body. Despite concerns from news sources questioning the safety of UV lamps, an independent study presents the facts. According to CND Chief Scientific Advisor, Doug Schoon, recent reports fail to properly measure UV light
rays, overestimate exposure from UV nail lamps and incorrectly attribute skin cancer. Schoon and two other nail industry scientists oversaw an in depth study of leading UV nail lamps on the market. The study measured how much UV-A and UV-B rays UV nail lamps and natural sunlight emit. The results dispel the myth that UV nail lamps put users at an increased risk of developing skin cancer.

To summarize the report:
• UV nail lamps have less UV-B light (cause of sunburn and skin cancer) output than natural sunlight. The amount of UV-B light in ten minute exposure to nail lamps is “the equivalent to an extra 30 seconds in sunlight each day of the two weeks between nail salon appointments.” UV-A exposure is equivalent to spending “an extra 1.5 to 2.7 minutes in sunlight each day between salon visits.”
Brief sun exposure = curing manicures and pedicures in UV nail lamp

• UV nail lamps use special bulbs with internal coatings that filter out most of the UV-B
light
• A client’s hand can receive more exposure to UV light while driving a car than they
would receive from UV gel and Shellac™ services.

Drying nails in a UV nail lamp is safer than glove-free driving “The cumulative amount of UV exposure from normal daily activities – driving, running errands outdoors, and sitting under fluorescent lighting – is much greater than the minimal exposure from a UV nail lamp. The anxieties of getting skin damage from a manicure are disproportionate to the truth,” explains Dr. David Valia, Director of Research and Development for CND.

CND has one of the world’s largest laboratories for professional nail research and development, and utilizes state-of-the-art equipment to analyze UV output, equipment design, health and safety. CND’s knowledge in polymer science and expertise in UV technology is unparalleled. Participation in scientific symposia including ‘RadTech,’ the largest event dedicated to the education, technical and scientific advancement of Ultra Violet (UV) and Electron Beam (EB) technologies, keeps CND at the forefront of this science. CND is dedicated to the advancement of safe and efficacious technologies, as illustrated with the recent Shellac innovation that is safe and convenient for women wanting long lasting manicures.

Here is another independent UV Lamp study.

Very cool and engaging video of Flash mob promoting Shellac colours. Posted on Youtube.




CND Shellac Nail Polish advertisement compaign on Youtube. A little long but at least it’s visual

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This new product is quite a fad in nail care and very popular currently. Here are some details/claims regarding Shellac:

• ZERO DRY TIME
• NO BUFFING OR SANDING 
• 14-DAY WEAR
• NO NAIL DAMAGE
• NO CHIPs or SMUDGES

Shellac is a “hybrid” of nail polish and gel. No other products in the market can stand up to the claim - on like polish, wears like gel, off in minutes. Give it a try at our salon on your next visit. It really is a “industry-changing” product!

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