AboutMaggie Franklin Expertise Professional Nailcare: nail enhancement chemistry and technique, mancuring and pedicuring. I am not qualified to give medical advice or make medical diagnoses.
Experience I am a professional nail technician with 15 years experience in the professional beauty industry. I am licensed in the states of California (license #M120766) and Colorado (license #8611.) I have been an active member of the online mailing list at Beautytech.com since 1999 where I network with 100s of nail industry professionals around the world. Over the last 15 years I have accumulated several advanced training certificates, including the coveted Creative Nail Designs Master Nail Technician status, and personal training by Tammy Taylor, Tom Bachik, and Tom Holcomb. I briefly joined the competition circuit in 2002, taking first place in the second annual Strut Your Stuff Online competition in the Enhancement 2 category. I boast several contributions to articles that have appeared in both Nails and Nailpro magazines, including a brief stint as a Nails Magazine Help Desk contributor.
Organizations Beautytech.com mailing list
Publications Nails Magazine. Nailpro Magazine.
Education/Credentials CA license #M120766. CO license #8611. CND Master Nail Technician. Tom Holcomb Academy. Personal training with Tom Bachik. Two day advanced training with Tammy Taylor. AEFM certified for use of electric file.
Awards and Honors 2nd Annual Strut Your Stuff Online competition, 1st place in Enhancement 2.
Question why is it that they charge more for pink and whites than regular acrylics? i know that they're all acrylics but i don't know what you would call the normal ones that they use the powder for. anyways--for example the place i have been going to for 2 years now is very good and very reasonably priced. a full set of normal acrylics is 20 and fills are 12 but for pink and whites i believe (i could really understand her) that it's 30 for a full set and 20 for fills...why is this????
Answer Businesses charge what their customers will pay-- that's pretty much the rule of thumb for any goods or services anywhere. So if pink and whites cost more at your salon, it's because clients are willing to pay the difference.
However... I, personally, am old school. I learned to do nails in the mid-80's while I was a teenager growing up in Central CA. Tips were rarely used in salons then, acrylic nails were almost always sculpted using forms and I never saw pink and whites until 1989! I still remember the first time I saw white tips advertised in my Nails magazine in the early 90's, I asked the local beauty supply store if they had them in stock yet and they flat out told me there was no such thing! (I had to show them the ad in the magazine.)
Aside from the personal trip down memory lane, I'm telling you this to illustrate how much the nail industry has changed since I joined it. I personally charge more for pink and whites because I still sculpt. This means that doing a set of pink and white nails requires a higher skill level than a set of pink nails that will be polished at the end. I have to apply white polymer to the tips of the nails and create the smile line by hand, and I have to apply the pink polymer to the nailbed without pulling it over the white, which will muddy up my smile lines.
These days many nail salons who specialize in providing services fast and cheap try to save time by using tips instead of sculpting. So, in many cases, the only difference between a "regular" set of acrylics and a set of pink and whites is that with pink and white they use a white tip with clear or pink acrylic overlays. If you ask me, that isn't a difference in the service and it doesn't require more skill than doing a regular set. The cost for the white tips isn't any higher than regular tips (at least not at any place I have shopped!) So I don't think a higher price is warranted.
One thing you said DID stand out though, "i know that they're all acrylics but i don't know what you would call the normal ones that they use the powder for." This makes me curious; are they NOT using powder for the pink and whites? If they are using gel for pinks and whites then yes, gel is a more expensive product and also requires a different skill-set to master, which would justify a higher cost.
