Don't Buy MMA! Another Wish Product Review
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2021
- Hi everybody
Welcome to… The Kirsty Meakin SHOW!!!!!
Today my client is.. me! It’s a hand dolly with my tattoos painted on, how cool is THAT? We’re going to be testing a kit from Wish, it was less than a fiver and Adam bought it, because he saw an Advert. Let’s see how crap it is.
When I started doing nails you could go to the pharmacy or “drug store” and buy a kit like this to do your nails yourself but you can’t in the UK anymore.
Look at that brush? It’s definitely synthetic and it’s already got a little bend in the top because it wasn’t protected. There’s a little cheap dampen dish which should be fine, I have one for my brow and lash tint. The acrylic liquid is just called acrylic liquid, and it’s not got and ingredients list so I’m worried it might be MMA… and it is! MMA is not advised for cosmetic use because it’s not flexible and if you damage the acrylic then you’ll damage your natural nail too, it’s so bad. MMA in a powder form is fine, but in liquid form it’s really bad for the nail. The jars for the powder don’t say the colours so we just have to guess.
We’re going to do this on tips because this is going nowhere near my nails and I’m wearing gloves to protect my hands. This brush is awful, the bristles aren’t straight at all, I wouldn’t even use this on a canvas. I’m going to try for a smile line with the pink, once the acrylic is on the nail it wants to stick to the brush. The clear, or maybe the natural, is so bubbly and the brush, 3 beads in, is already separating.
I’m doing a full nail of clear to see the full clarity of the clear powder. I’m going to have to use my own files on the smile line and it already feels hard so I’m using a higher grit file that normal. This rigidness isn’t good for a nail and can cause a lot of problems. I’m going to try the white and oh my god it’s so grainy! It’s sticking to the brush and the brush is flared out and super flexible so it’s not really doing anything to the acrylic. I’m struggling with this and I have decades of experience so imagine if you’re a beginner using this kit.
The pink is fairly transparent when it dried and is super bubbly. I tried to make the brush better, but it definitely didn’t work so that’s going in the bin. My poor, poor files had a workout filing these bad boys. The thing with MMA products as well is that the technicians using them will use an file and actually file the natural nail down which makes people scared of files but really, it’s just the fools using the tools. I’m going to try an e-file on the ombre nail and you can hear it struggling to work on this super hard product.
MMA is used in hip replacements and dentures where it’s cured in a mold but if it’s curing on your nail or in your mouth it’s not good so if a product doesn’t say exactly what it is with the ingredients list and a country of origin then don’t use it on your body.
I’m dying to top coat these nails because I think it’s going to be amazing (can you hear the sarcasm?)
I’m going to be using my own Top Coat for these nails, that Kirsty Meakin Gloss Topcoat which really just highlights all of the problems with these nails. They’re so bubbly and the clear is cloudy which is just awful.
Moral of this video is: don’t buy MMA, make sure you know EXACTLY what you’re buying before you buy it. I’ll see you in the next video.
Tara Duck
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I think we need a drug store “Kiss Acrylic Kit” review done by the one and only Kirsty! Lol I haven’t used one of those kits in about 15 yrs lol but I heard the “quality” has gotten better.. but I’m sure it hasn’t lol
Oh, she’d just LOVE that brush!!! 🤦🏼♀️ Worse than the one she has there from Wish.
They haven't gotten any better!!! The KISS products, all of their nail products, gave me a horrible reaction. I even tried just using their primer with EMA liquid and I still broke out in a horrible rash on my fingers. Their products are a no go for me.
Susie from nail career education did a review on the kiss kit... All the ingredients are listed...she actually did a pretty set
definitely should do a kiss set.. they have gel and acrylic ones
Yaaaassssss!
The whole time Kirsty was using the product, it was like it hurt in her *soul*. You could just hear her horror. Her commentary the whole time had me in stitches. It was just hysterical.
This seriously terrifies me. I thought I went to “high quality” nail salons and everything that was explained/ happened in this video is what I thought was totally normal!!! I pay up $100 to 150 for a full set and my nails have become weak and brittle. My nail lady told me I should start taking more nail vitamins because I might have a deficiency… I feel so hurt and betrayed now!! I trusted her with my nails :,( I wish there is more honest people like you Kirsty Meakin. God bless you for sharing the dangers and to stay aware.
I had bought this same kit and never opened it and I’m so glad I saw this video. I’ve had it for a year and a half but was nervous and started out with gel. (As soon as I was comfortable) I was going to try acrylic and I’m so glad I didn’t open this kit!! Now with Kirsty’s help I can confidently throw it away!!
Your nails are.weak and brittle bc of your nail tech! She is filing down your nail to much during prep! Product never makes your nail weak or hurt it! It's the person that's dozing your nails! Pls get a new tech asap!! Acrylic does not ever damage nails unless the person did it wrong!
its worth the trouble to find someone more local:3✌🏻they have different ethics on what is right & wrong bc they grew up around you & prob. went to beauty school in your area where your local OSHA regulations are, well..regulated/enforced properly, & taught to us as we learn how to do nails, in a clinically clean environment.
im an ex-nail tech in the us, and i assure you, i was taught very specific procedure on safety & regulation of both my work & product. we werent allowed to use anything containing harmful chemicals including MMA or formaldehyde. the OSHA regulations are taped to the wall of every classroom & on the clinic floor.
the "classic" outsourced nail technicians didnt have the same regulations, or sanitary procedures. we have to use an autoclave, or dry heat sterilization oven for all metal instruments we use, no exceptions. & anything that can't be put in the oven, & is fully 100% sterilizable like reusable files etc, gets soaked in a very specific anti-microbial/anti-contaminate solution called barbicide.
its been a few years, but i assume the procedures are still the same. ive actually been knicked by a classic nail tech before, & she just dabbed glue onto my skin and kept going...we have VERY DIFFERENT blood spill procedures, & its not dab a bit of glue..
shopping local is worth the trouble, based on my own experience as both a nail tech & then customer myself. i promise you it will save you from staph infection, as well as everything else you might catch from unclean instruments & unsafe, unregulated chemicals. there are plenty of us, you just have to bother to look. your skin & nails are not something to be frivolous with, & wer're usually a lot more honest & cheaper.
“HOW DARE I PUT MMA INTO MY BEAUTIFUL LAMP!” I died 💀
It looks like they tried to make their labeling look like Mia Secret.
Could you do a video soaking the MMA to show people what it looks like vs what soaking EMA looks like?
I thought she would do that too as its almost impossible to get it off
Omg you're so right! I knew they looked familiar! Good catch.
This is a great idea
Soaking mma is all gummy and sticky while soaking off ema is literally should flake off
Yes, I totally would love to see this removed!
I think almost every nail salon, where I live in the States, has decanted their acrylic powders and monomer. They are all very sweet people but I don’t think there is anyone in my area that does nails at the same quality and with the same attention to detail that I’ve seen from several different UA-cam channels.
Look for a facebook group for nail techs in your area. You'll find a lot of independent techs, small salons, etc, who tend to do very good work. Make sure you check for a license if it's required in your state though, they aren't always licensed, especially if they travel or work from home.
Yeah what the lady said. I'm training to be a nail tech and I'm looking to do everything properly bit I wouldn't want to work for anyone else. Perhaps alot of people feel that way too and may have set up from home etc.
I 100% agree. I'm scared to go get my nails done cuz there are a lot of places I have been where they say they are using creative or something but it's mixed with other things. I hate doing my own, I'm a cosmetologist (retired) but I want to be pampered getting my nails done, not do my own. But too scared to go anywhere and get them done.
The key is don’t go to the walk-in nail salons in Walmart or where you can’t communicate with the nail techs. Super cheap nail prices usually mean cheap nail products with MMA. Quality nail products aren’t cheap so don’t expect inexpensive sets of nails. Most legitimate nail techs are proud to show the brands they use. There’s lots of us out there, look online. Always ask your nail techs questions if you’re unsure.
@@amandahill7540 After getting my nails butchered one too many times and getting an infection, during this BSflu I learned how to do my own nails through Kirsty and a few others to do my own. I can't afford another infection since I am a type 1 diabetic. I can't risk it. I have found using good quality products makes the job so much easier on my fingers and on my wallet. Thank you, Kirsty and others who put out great tech videos. you are lifesavers!
The brush is lovely I don’t know what you’re talking about, it’s so professional 🤣😂
It says it on the packaging 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@xxSydneyFox exactly lol
Obvs this kit was rubbish but I’d love to see some ‘blind’ product testing where Adam decants the products into different packaging and Kirsty gives her opinion on the products and ranks them without knowing the brands or pricing before the brands and pricing are revealed
Hey, stop giving me extra jobs to do lol.
Adam x
I cant believe how many UA-cam reviewers have said they absolutely Love this Rosaland bramd and they would recommend !!! Thank goodness I've said to myself I will stick to the PROFESSIONALS OPINIONS And NOT FALL TRAPPED IN their PR
It's not PR, it depends on their country and skill. Rosland DOES have good products, I am just not a fan of theeir acrylics. You will see them more in Russia and Asian based videos because that's their consumer base.
People like what is familiar to them.
Amen. Also Saviland and I actually don't trust the very popular ones Makart, Beetles, or Model Ones. All trash from countries where it is not regulated.
@@manimanibooboo I bought a Modelones acrylic set because of a reviewer said that it was absolutely Awesome' Well my opinion was IT WAS ABSOLUTE TRASH the monomer stunk so bad I gagged and the acrylic powder was horrible couldn't even make an actual bead with it super wet or etc..I was upset I wasted money on it ( my bad) so I said no more listening to DIYers just the actual professionals from here on out - LIKE Kirsty and YN and NOT POLISH
@@tammyparenteau Pss professionals have agendas too
They will do as majority are not qualified nail techs so they literally don't know what they're doing or talking about its the same with majority of UA-camrs
As Kirsty said… hip replacements…. My hubby just had two done and they use it as an adhesive or cement to the bone and parts… apparently it’ll last 10-20 years with regular wear; so imagine accidentally ripping an MMA based polymer off your nail bed by accident. 😱 I’m just hearing about using the tip to pry off the nails and it’s scaring the crap out of me! At my college nail course I remember my classmates talking about how some salons put cheap unregulated gels inside name brand bottles or pots of gel or how they convinced them that liquid powder was “new gel”. After that, I never went to a salon again and do my own nails. 😭 I wish we had the same regulations in the UK, so jelly! (In Canada). You are such a wealth of truth, Kirsty!
I can't quit laughing at that sad sad little brush 🖌️🖌️😂 Kirsty, you are amazing because look at what you can do with shitty products 🤣
Thank you for video and all the info. Hope many watch and learn to be careful about what they buy and use on themselves. Love your work with the good stuff!
The saying is true “you get what you pay for.” I love all the education and major entertainment we get ever video. I love that your testing and the information you give us.
You know SHE'S a great nail artist when she can make a sh..y brush work for her. Love you muchly!💗💗👏 I'm subscribing.
I've tried these products when I first started doing nails, the smell would give me the worst headache & I would go through nail files like crazy, then I started watching your videos and I learned proper products!
I thought I was bad at doing nails until I started using the right products. I thought it was fine to use cheap products since I'm just practicing but those products are a nightmare. One acrylic set had acrylic that would cure immediately on the brush even though I was rushing to put it on the practice hand. 😂 It's worth it to spend more and get good products
You are such a hoot! You're a pro and struggled I can't imagine any body else working with that crap! Love the info video's and testing other products. Your talent is astoundingly inspiring and I look forward to seeing what you come up with doing Fay's nail art. Congrats on launching your own line and I'm excitedly awaiting for sales in the U.S. It would be great to have Kristy Meakin products available on Amazon.
Literally how my nails looked every time I got them done as a teenager 😂😂
Hiya kirsty I absolutely love all your content, you explain things so well n your tutorials are easy to follow. Also I really like your top,I'm right into marble things atm. Thanks for another brill video, love ya lots x
God I love you. Your humor is EXACTLY what I needed just now💕
I had a salon pry my nails off with a nail tip. I did my nails myself with EMA products and decided to go to a salon after work to get them soaked off because I hate doing it my self, so I could just go straight in with a new set when I got home. I should’ve known when the pricing sign said “removal” instead of Soak off that they were gonna pop them off. The guy did it so fast and my nails weren’t even lifted!! All ten fingers were sore for weeks and he separated my natural nails from the nail bed on almost every finger! 😭😭
The same happened to me years ago…I’d been going there for a couple of years but wanted to give my nails a rest, because my fingers were all bruised from catching my nails on things and gardening. They advertised $20 to remove nails. I thought, fair enough. The used a nail tip to pry my nails off. All the top of my nails were torn off.. it was many many months before they healed. I didn’t know there was any other way in those days, I was so naive, but …Never went there again!
Buy yourself an edible and save time.
Omg that sounds so painful! 😱
Wth! I'm cringing so dam hard...
That’s how my nails got messed up to begin with. NEVER KNEW that taking off acrylics was supposed to be painless! Never knew I wasn’t supposed to get cut constantly!!
I do my own nails now.
You just keep on working. I think I would have tossed it all out. If you struggle I don’t think I could do it. Thank you for doing this review. You are so talented. Thank you again.
A Kirsty video notification pops up, I watch immediately! Love you guys!
Right I love the mornings when I get these notifications from her channel!!! Definitely one of the most Talented women on here
This is probably the product that I was using in beauty school in 1985!🤣🤣🤣
Literally THIS one lol🤣
Yep. I would get a headache every time I did a full set of acrylic nails
Guaranteed haha everyone did! It was the ONLY product available for a long time 😂🤦🏼♀️ Just like everything else, the industry never tells you something is dangerous until there’s a replacement for it (and they can therefore tell you to buy the new version and make more money) 😭😂
That BRUSH!!😱 It's like the acrylic nail equivalent of those awful, cheap plastic brushes that come with Crayola paint sets🤣🤣🤣
This film was such an eye-opener! I always thought I was just not good enough at doing nails, and now I see it wasn't me, it was the bad products and bad brushes. Coz you have all my problems :O
thank you for all these useful and important informations!!!!
Great educational video 👏🏻 here in Canada I once had the remainder of a broken nail removed at a salon with another nail tip… it’s not comfortable so I can imagine the damage it does
I bought a set that included the same products of the same brand and as soon as I smelled the monomer I threw it away 🤢
I got one too and couldn’t handle the smell. I couldn’t even take the plastic wrap off
I love that you said the sound is different ! definitely !
Wow!! Thank you for this video!! I’ve always used gel and was considering trying acrylic. I won’t be buying anything cheap and the education was excellent. I was worried when you put your head down to smell it. Eeeeep!!! I had a tech remove my nails with a tip once and it flipping hurt. Never went back and told her to don’t even try taking another nail off.
Really glad you posted this. The states are littered with salons that remove their product by sliding the tip underneath the existing acrylic. And nothing has labels or listed ingredients. It quite scary.
This makes me feel 1000% better about my first attempt at acrylic nails! The exact same thing happened to me. I want to try again, but with odorlesss/slow set monomer. I'm far too slow at applying the bead to use the fast set, LOL. Great video!
So glad you do those videos. So educational 🤟
That brush made my day : never saw an acrylic brush with such a bad hairstyle 🤣🤣🤣
I tried a kit like this starting off with and just thought I was terrible because my brush looked exactly like that! Haha glad I kept it up with better products and much better results 😅 xx
So did I… I thought it was take years to learn but so glad I learned quickly that it was just cheap products
I had the same problem with this turns out I'm better than I thought 💓
Me tooo... And I've been so discouraged and actually Haven't tried again... It has been almost a year.. And now feel motivated to try again, maybe I'm better than I thought
@@cherelsimaubi3800 yes I think you definitely will be! I'm still very much a beginner but having better products and decent brushes makes a huge difference! Good luck x
Thank you xx
Would love 2 get my nails done. It is so good watching u doing this like that, with not so good products
Thank you for the education on nail products
Highly entertaining episode, thanks! Please review Saviland next! I chose it from Amazon for its affordability and find it okay to use, but I'm a beginner and would love to see you review it!
I appreciate the educational aspect of this tutorial- ch 5 Chemistry test in 2 days!
I think your Swarovski nail bit was screaming 😱 “Noooo do make me, I don’t wanna. I’m too good for this $#**!”
I haven’t used one these kits but iv been to one of those shops when i was a kid, OMG they really messed up my nails and like u said they did course me to hVe a fear of electric foil,, they foiled my own nail till it bleed and when i said to them about it they put this blue stuff on it and carried on my fingers were so sore i never went again but the naila they put on they were rock hard , so I went and got trained properly and do my own but that was a really bad experience and i warn anyone about those nail shops glad uv done a video on this stuff x
Misty. You are sooooooooo smart. You are absolutely right. Should not cure on the body. Or in the body such as knee or hip replacement
Omg! This was literally me a million years ago! As a teenager I couldn't afford to get my nails done at a salon, so...learned to do them myself ( long long ago before UA-cam!) I have since upgraded to much much better products and much more knowledge ( thank you kirsty!) That was just painful to watch! But....thank heaven you made the sacrifice for the greater good to show people exactly what NOT to do!
I'm still diy learning, two years in so I buy the cheap shit from China, but every once in a while you just need to upgrade.
I bought one of these types of kits a few years ago to practice with and I really thought my skills were bad. I can work with gels really well but that discouraged me from working with acrylic. Now I see it wasn’t necessarily me bc ur having the same issues I was having. Definitely worth it to spend more money on a nice quality product, even to practice with.
OMG!! you can actually HEAR the difference when you're filing it compared to EMA products!!💀💀
I went to a salon a few weeks ago (I had uv gel on my nails) and the woman trying to get the gel off tried the tip/floss “trick” when I told her it needed to be filed off. Her response was “well I usually do this and it works!” Never again am I going to a nail salon 🤷🏻♀️ I’ll do them at home and watch Kirsty✨
Omg, that brush, lmao 😂 that liquid is eating it up as you use it! That shit is the only stuff ive ever seen used dripping wet, but yet it still sets up hard in seconds. And it sets up pretty smooth so thats also why they can get away with less filing and do a full set in 30-45 min.
I only use hard gel but i wanted to try acrylic about 6years ago and i brought this exact kit🤦♀️ but as soon as i opened the so called monomer i threw it out cause it stunk sooo bad i couldn't stand it! You just proved that you can give a good nail tech bad products and they can still do a good job with them!
Very educational! Thanks!!
Proves the old saying..."You get what you pay for". Love your videos...such a talented/entertaining lady you are.😊
Rosland retails for $30 on Amazon. This is a trial kit.
I knew for sure it was MMA when you went in with the hand file and it could barely file ! MMA is like concrete so bad! I did a file off one time down far enough where we could soak off this client/walk-in“mma nails” omg it took forever I was exhausted!!!! By the end; that’s not all it does not soak properly even if you warm your acetone up it still takes a long time gums up gets all funky and weird.
Thank you so much for having a go at this horrid product and explaining why it is so bad. Very educational! tnx
Another Kirsty Meakin Showw!! Great way to start off my monday 🙊😆😂💖💛🛍
Kirsty I love you!! I had a tech take my nails off with a tip as well. I also have wondered, when you go to a chain salon how can they charge you for gel when they use acrylic and only a gel top coat?
i had soo much fun watching a pro/legend work with an absolutely bonkers acrylic starter kit lololol. i must watch all of her wish videos now!
ok there are only two vids so far but i'm happy
I only get glitters, chromes, cheap stones etc from wish but for actual nail products I stick to amazon where I can buy specific brands.
I used to buy cheap top coat for my drownings on tips. But would never use it for nails
You in US? I personally wouldn't buy products from Amazon, I'm UK and we have enough professional quality products available direct from the brands available, but I know the US Amazon is different from the UK one x
@@piscesfem1969 nope, Republic of Ireland. But I'm only just starting to learn nails from watching Kirsty and sill only using polygel, no acrylics. So I buy stuff from my local beauty supply wholesaler (where I get my hair dyes) or cheap off Amazon if I'm just looking to try something new and don't want to put a lot of money into it.
@@bridgie_h_ Yeah, Polygel a little different, Amazon have some decent ones available x
Don't fool yourself. Junk on wish us sold there like this brand
Thank you Kristy for your vidéo
Honestly. I’m not a professional. I don’t have a channel but I started doing my nails in quarantine(in the U.S) so it’s been about a year and a half. This kit (I also got from wish) was the first thing I bought. I received it in the mail, had no experience, no nail knowledge but knew something wasn’t right about this kit. I’m so glad I never even opened it. Watching these kinds of videos beforehand is life changing. If I have no experience and a professional can’t work it then I know it’s bad. I would have been crushed if I used this on my first attempt and fail. So thank you for this video!! It’s empowering for a professional to give their knowledge to those who are learning or just starting out and what to use (or not to)
hi Kristy i used to use cheap acrylics on my nails like this they were a nightmare i loosed nails after 2 or 3 days they just fell off now i work on NSI acrylic system which is greate i have now my nails a month nothing even happend with them i bought your acrylics product for a giving them try hopefully im going be happy
That was very very interesting 👏👏
Kirsty Meakin and the Mutant Brush 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 awesome video
And she still manages to make them look decent!! ❤️
Oh kirsty.. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Words fail me.. Cring when you file and that brush... WELL.. 🙊🤣🤣
Good demonstration of what you don't want to buy.. X
You cracked me up! 😂 Totally epic review!
Kirsty, Are you going to be releasing a portable e-file in the near future? I ask because my current e-file is about to go kaput and I am procrastinating about buying a new one because I would rather show my support for you and Adam xx
Right! I’m waiting for the acrylic line too with acrygel and hard gels too
I’ve recently started doing nails, like a month ago, and I brought a pretty cheap kit off of Amazon just to see if it would be a hobby I wanted to do. It is so I ended up buying a lot of naio nails stuff, because I’ve been a fan of you for a couple years.
The cheap kit was really hard to work with and I used a plastic finger to experiment on luckily. Although I’m very proud of my first ever nail I wouldn’t use it again. I threw it away as soon as my new stuff arrived. I don’t know how you feel about naio nails now since you haven’t mentioned them BUT I really like the products I got from them so far.
Here i was thinking this was normal. All the salons ive been to in my country ( australia ) have decanted their products and had the smell you speak of and acted this way. I wondered why it was so damn difficult to remove. Take off the shiny surface leave my nail in acetone for 1 whole minute and it did nothing.
I tried years ago, thinking just as a tester if I like it. But had same results as you here. Now I know why. Definitely gonna try again and research before I get anything
Hello, Kirsty. Love your new line - so beautiful. Yes, I bought cheap products when I first started doing nails... What a waste of time. You actually made that crap look like decent nails - I'm talking about the shape and that is because of all your experience - but when you're new to nails, it is impossible. I was against gel (at that time) mostly because of price - I don't think there is that much difference now.
but, the point is, it made me switch to gel and I do love gel now. You did a great job with garbage but you'll never see me use that sh** ever again. HA! HA!
Love ya! Glad you are feeling better. Say "Hey!" to Adam. You guys are the best.
I have bought acrygel from Ali Express, and that was also not very good. It was when I started doing my own nails, before I went on yt to watch video’s such as yours to see which way to do it and what sort of products I need. Seeing this video and hear you talk about this cheap products made me realize i never want to use it again. I think the products became better over the years. When i was in my 20’s my mother did my nail in gel. And i always got my nails split from the tip to the nail bed. It was horrible. Now i use acrylic and since I have the right products and seen tons of video’s I manage to do it the right way and it stays on very good. So it makes al the difference if you buy cheap or expensive stuff. And you can make it as expensive as you want. There are so much products in so many prices. As long as you buy the proper stuff right. Very educational this video.
I started doing my own nails during covid, now going through training to do it professionally as I fell in love with it, and I will say I cheapened out on gel polish, but I spent good money on my acrylics, brush and monomer.
Same. For gel polish I started cheaper but I wanted reputable products so I did a ton of research before buying my acrylic powder and monomer. I haven't had any issues with the acrylic, just a few bad polishes.
I don’t use cheap gel polish or hard gels on a person, I only use them to practice! You never know what nasty crap they put in there that could burn your nails off 😱
That’s a good question. I’ve been doing my own nails for years always brought from reputable companies (acrylic) and normally a starter kit to see how I got on and a decent brush. Now looking to go the gel way and on aliexpress etc they have this brand with soft and hard gel but I don’t understand enough of what would be bad in gel and gel polishes.
@@larasharma3129 for me, I used companies that I had seen nail techs use on youtube. They're cheaper in that the formulas may not be as smooth or as pigmented, but I never questioned if they were downright hazardous because the products have been used by licensed professionals.
@@marysmith3057 yes good idea. I’ll definitely look up the brands and see what the techs think first before I buy.
Once I went to a local nail… salon and told her not to use the e file on my natural nail and please hand buff them. because they literally always hurt me with the e file doing it. Feel it through the nail plate WELL. She told me to get out. Literally told me to get out.
I’m a licensed cosmetologist and am just not good at doing it on myself, and I supported the MMA “gel set” scamming shop several times against my own knowledge, but never again. Extra charge for a “gel set” that is just acrylic and the poor customers know no different. Smh.
Love watching your videos
My husband got me a kit from b&m during lockdown and the brush in it was like a very thin detail brush 😬 he tried he really did. So glad I'm going to college to learn how to do it all properly
This truly horrifies me 😱 I know that I only use good products since they are purchased from honest websites. Nailchemy is one of my favourites. But after seeing this video I had to rush in to my studio room to check that all of my liquids and powders were EMA and not MMA... I bet the main reason why people puchase the cheap chinese kits, is because most reliable retailers only sell their product to certified nailtechs. Which they should... because an untrained person can afflict a whole lot of damage to themselves and others if they don't know what they're doing.
Awesome video Kirsty! Lots of love from Sweden 🤘🏻
It was a very education video! Thanks 👍💅
You can get a kit still from tesco quite cheap! I got one when I first tried nails, now shiver when I see it 😂
I tried years ago to learn how to do acrylics, bought some cheap stuff and hated everything about it. I’ve since educated myself and I reckon it was MMA, but I gave up on acrylic for ages because of that experience.
Years later and I use a far better product line, I love acrylic now 😂
So glad you’ve done a video on it, I think if I’d known what to look for then I’d have been better off ❤️
Love these videos
Yeah, back in '92, I had a whole nail pop off when it was hit when that MMA was used on a set that was put on back then. So she used a metal file to pry the rest of the set off. To say that I didn't have any nails left was an understatement. I told her, "If I knew you were going to rip everything off, including the nail, I could have easily smashed my hands in the truck doors and make them pop off myself instead of going through this organizing ordeal and paying $40." MMA, nasty stuff!
this is the exact thing I used when I was a teen and wanted to learn. Now I understand thats not how it should be lol the whole house would complain about the smell, my brushes were all ruined, it never came out nice. I spent hours filing and coud never get it smooth it just felt like gritty
Oh my lord, I bought a kit off Amazon and it was exactly like this. Everything was so terrible I gave up on my dreams of becoming a nail tech. I thought I just wasn’t cut out for it 😒
Don't give up on it just takes time to find quality products whether it's on the affordable side or the high end side as you also have to find what works for you for acrylic I use the naio nails acrylic system and for gel I have a few brands I use same with the gel polish since becoming qualified in acrylics 7 years ago I had to test and try a few brands before finding what worked best for me and what just worked in general
Always practice with quality products. Cheap products had me believing I would never get better. Cheap products aren't even worth using for practice or training. They belong in the trash.
"....that brush, wtf... Like what the ACTUAL.... " 🤣🤣🤣🤣I think I laughed at that brush the ENTIRE fkn video!
I can remember when I first started doing acrylic nails I bought one of these kits from Amazon, it was the worst experience of my life 😂 went straight in the bin and I started using glitterbels and nailchemy that was about 7 years ago and now I use nothing but glitterbels and the amazing kirsty meakin acrylic range ❤would never use anything but those two now, only gel polish and acrygel I use is of course the kirsty meakin range also ❤
Super helpful MMA crud vs the best EMA & why MMA is crud. THANK YOU! We all try to save where we can, save us from making pricey mistakes.
My first system was bought from wish. Now I know it wasn't me being a horrible noobie! Lol thanks for the education! Love you! Xoxo
I would like to see you do a review of "color dip" nail products. They are popular in my area of the US but what are they really? How do they perform? Would be a fun video to see :)
I have asked for one of your Bundles for Christmas........fingers crossed xxx
Horrendous products! Great educational content, hope people watch this and learn to stay away from MMA!
Amazing video, as always! Thank you guys! I know Superdrug still sells acrylic kits like that but it’s by a brand called ‘kiss’ and then boots and Asda sell gel polish kits called ‘sensationalnail’ I would just rather buy nail products that are from professional distributors/company’s as that way you get a peace of mind xx
The sensational nail system I had the starter kit while the polish itself was OK not the best for the price was not worth it I paid £50 the bottles were tiny and the lamp it comes with awful as it didn't even cure the polish but now upgraded from that and could get literally a proper kit with top coat base coat and a good few gel polishes from like bluesky and a 48 watt UV lamp for the £50 spent on the sensational nail system
I bought a cheap set on eBay, and it was AWFUL, I though I was the problem and was just crap at it, but I gave myself one more chance and bought a kit from a brand I'd seen Kirsty use, and ... WOW! Big difference, still not perfect but soooo much easier to use. Great info Kirst!
Only time I use Wish is for garden light's..Can't believe all them nails look clear ! Even when you used pink aswel ..
I really no how products like this feels as I’ve been using similar cheap products I would love to know how the difference feels unfortunately I am unable to afford to buy nice stuff being disabled and low income but I love practicing nails 💅🏻 so much it’s a dream but I do struggle as u have in this video and when I have watched products your using it looks so much better products to work with unfortunately if I don’t get the cheap stuff would be a total end of me doing my nails but great advice thanks 😊😘😘😘😘❤️❤️❤️
She is soooo great, that even with that terrible brush and products made something that I probable won´t be able to do like ever!! hahaha
We have one of those salons in the shopping complex where I work. I do my own nails; I'm certified, and I get people asking me if I get my nails done there. I try to be neutral in my "no", 😏but not really 😉. I'm glad you did this video! I'm right there with u sista!! I tell people all the time, the next time they go in to one if those, to ask what brand they are using. If the tech can't or won't answer; leave!!! Pay a little more!! Get quality products on your nails, and u won't have issues!!
It makes me very angry that these places get away with using MMA!😑
just a little bit of information, in dentistry the production of dentures, and orthodontic appliances it is used but the curing prosses is different .
or well it was when i was working/at college.
and the smell in the labs of it is definatly strong
Kirsty you should try some of same products from amazon, like there PolyGels, Acrylics and tell you what you think.
Having once had my nails done, unknowingly, with MMA, I can honestly say the smell when removing the product was like nothing I've ever smelled before. Indescribably foul. I never went back to that salon.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 the way she says 'sexual'.... I do that 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Please do a Kiss product review. I don’t care for them but I would really love to see what u could do with it. I use Valentino and CND products. Love them!! I am currently trying to get your line of gel polish. Love it!!
Rachel, do you use Valentino monomer? If so, how strong of a smell does it have?