@shellbellexx3

1 month ago

My nail instructor called these “buff outs”. She used to say “if you have to pick up nippers or your brush, it becomes a fill” this sentence always stuck with me & helped me with offering them to my clients. These “buff-outs” used to be my bread and butter in my early years. Back then fill ins were customarily done every 2 weeks but some customers could/would go longer between fills because their nails grew slower etc but they wouldn’t want to go that long with the same design or color because back then all we had was nail lacquer/polish and no matter how perfect your polish jobs were after a couple of weeks of typing or doing life stuff, nail polish was never as shiny as when they left your chair, polish really showed wear & tear back then before we even had really good top coats (the nail market has come such a long and fantastic way❤)so I offered buff outs as a quick & cost effective way to spruce them up. A little minor shaping, buffing block, new polish /design with a shiny new top coat and voilà perfection for the grand price of $10 or $12 dollars ! Because I was also fresh out of school, this helped me hone my polishing and shaping skills, this also let me see how my client’s sets were doing & helped me catch /correct any little noob mistakes. Eventually
I could knock them out in like 20/30 mins which increased my hourly average to about $50/ $60 per hour- for a 20 year old in 1999, excellent money. I had many clients that would do a full set, a buff out and a fill faithfully. Now 25 years later, I mainly teach & only take a handful of clients but if I were to take on a full schedule again, I would absolutely offer buff outs for both gel and acrylic nails ❤
This is such a great trick for all nail people to learn, even if you are just doing your own nails, buff outs are a great addition to your skills .💅🏻

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