About Liza Smith Expertise all natural nail and feet, and all artificial systems. educational questions and fashion based trends.
Experience salon owner for 20 yrs. educator for 5 yrs. session work for t.v, magazines and celebs, compititon winner.
Organizations team creative uk (work backstage at fashion weeks in new york, london, paris and milan)
Publications professional nails. scratch magazine. new magazine.
Education/Credentials creative nail design grand master. international educator for creative nail design. level 3 hairdresser and beauty therapist.
Awards and Honors british nail tech of the yr 2001, competitor of yr 2005. 14 tropies for nail comps.
Past/Present Clients numerous celebs. ad campaigns for levi's, wilkinson sword, O2 phones. expertise used on: britains next top model, extreme make over, 10 yrs younger, and watchdog.
Ive had ingrowing toenails for most of my life. Both toes have had the nails removed twice and my right toe for the third time more recently. On my left foot i have no nig toenail whatsoever and its looking like my right toe is now going to be the same. I long to be able to wear open toe shoes. Are you able to sculpt toe nails for me that i can wear/stick on when i want to wear open shoes?
Many thanks
Erica
Answer Hi erica
Im sorry that you had your toenails removed, as the work that I have been developing with reconstruting toenails is more sucessful if there is still some Keratin (toe nail).
We use gel to sculpt out from the existing nail (it can be a very tiny amount of nail) and we use an opaque colout so that you cannot see through it as there is usually some discolouration.
The biggest problem if there is very little or no nail present is that nothing will "bond" to skin, as skin excretes sweat and oil.
This will push off the product or worse still, a bacterial infection can occur because of the damp, dark, moist envoirment that this will produce. This will show up as a bright green stain.
The only thing I can suggest for very occaisional use is the stick-ons that you can buy in the chemist, that are made for toes.
The big warning i will give you though is regarding the bacterial infection i just mentioned. if you wear the stick ons for too long at a time, or repeatedly, the bacterial infection WILL happen.
Also, do not wear them if your going swimming.
if you do wear them, before you stick them on, make sure your toes are VERY dry, and rub them with nail polish remover to totally dehydrate them.
Good luck, let me know how you get on.
Liza
