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Merry Christmas and a safe happy new year to you and your family. Thank you for your continued support.

Please remember to take care of your beautiful nails healthy this holiday season.

Warmest wishes

Everyone at Manhattan Nails salon Northbridge

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.

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

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!

For more information visit here

Manhattan Nails salon Winter season sales offer currently on at 147 Sailors Bay Road, Northbridge.

Save Up to 30% on

From Sunday to Thursday.

Manicure & Pedicure $35

Acrylic Full Set $30

Full Brazillian Waxing $35

Don’t neglect your beauty routine during this Winter season. Visit Manhattan Nails salon in Northbridge for great discounts during this time of the year. There are plenty of saving to be have. Call us to find out more today!

Autumn is here and we are offering a further discount to our already sales offering. These special deals at our nail and waxing salon are applicable on Sunday to Wednesday only!

Manicure and Pedicure service for only $35.00

Full Brazillian Waxing service for only $35.00

Visit or call us today for your appointment!

Here are some common myths we hear now and again from nail technicians themselves and clients alike:

1) Myth: Gel nails are so easy to do, they apply just like nail polish! Anyone can do them! (Then why isn’t everybody already doing them?) The truth is that Gel nails are easy to learn, but very hard to master. Watching a true professional doing it always seem easy but it takes skills and lots of practice to do it well. Don’t be fooled at the demo stand during a beauty expo or exhibitions. Those nail artists will only pick the best looking, easy to do nails which have free edges so they can demo it easily and beautifully. It’s their job to sell their products. The professionals who work at the salons and service REAL people do not have a choice. It is our job to enhance any type of nails (be it no free-edges, no nail beds etc …) and give the client the best looking nails possible when finished!

2) Myth: Gel nails are “lumpy” because you can’t file them or do finish work. The truth is that gel nails are non-porous and completely cured, there is no reason not to file them to perfection if needed. However, if the job was done well, there should be no need to buff because it is already shiny and smooth.

3) Myth: Gel are better for you than acrylic. The truth is any enhancement is not good for you. If you have good, healthy natural nails then keep them. Regularly taking care of them by doing a self-manicure or visit a nail salon such as Manhattan Nails and get it professionally manicured. A simple analogy is when you cover your skin with a bandage! If you keep covering it for a long time, the skin beneath will be affected by the lack of circulation. it will be white since pigmentation is not being affected by sunlight etc … The similar affect will happen to your natural nail beds if you cover them with acrylic or gel enhancement. They will grow back to normal if you choose not to fill them in and let the nails grow out naturally, after the enhancement was done. DO NO REMOVE THEM YOURSELF since this will weaken your nail beds and the time it take to get back to normality may take longer.

Get your acrylic or gel enhancement only if you need to. If you you are having trouble growing your nails naturally, or you have a chronic habit of biting your nails. That’s our general advice. But of course we cannot say no to fashion trends can we? We will however inform you the potential consequences.