The nerd in me loved this.

@jimmcconnell6079

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha! The nerds have to stick together (pun intended)

Great video Jim, this is such a good idea 💡 that way we can better explain to our clients that this isn’t harmful to them and hopefully be able to make them understand. Keep up the good work 💯

Great brand, great chemistry of course! Thanks for sharing this information !! ✨

Feel so smart now! 🤓

Yes! I love this idea. I've always wanted to know more about the ingredients.

YESSSSS! I've been waiting for this for years & have been having to clear things up with new clients about misleading campaigns from companies.

Love this video! Keep it coming Jim! Love your product!!

I love the idea of new episodes of Chemist Corner so we can be informed of more scientific explanations! Information is key to avoid harmful products that are out there in the market!

Thank you for saying this way better than I ever can try to explain it! I have been spreading the word about these "buzzwords" after doing a deep dive into my HEMA allergy. I can't believe how few nail techs actually understand what is in their products and have been trying to sell me on products that I am highly allergic to. Thank you and keep up with the videos, these are great!

@LightEleganceHQ

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@seestoeberLA

4 жыл бұрын

@@LightEleganceHQ I am really curious also about the Isobornyl Methacrylate. This seems to be popping up in more and more products as a HEMA alternative, however my doctor believes that I may be allergic to this as well. There is not yet a test for this ingredient specifically but my brief internet research makes me believe this could also be a "gateway allergen" as well. Would love to hear your thoughts on this!

Oh my! Great, succinct and pertinent info!! Teaching with such ‘tongue in cheek’ humour is FANTASTIC! Thankyou, LE and thankyou, Jim! I can tell your tutorials and info sessions will not only educate...but will make us smile and laugh...and that is so important and appreciated! When my clients say to me “I will only ever use ‘natural’ products” I ask them to define ‘natural’...and then I say...”Well, dog poop is natural!!” I explain that the word ‘natural’ has no real weight or significance. So, it s not so much what’s IN a product...it’s what’s NOT in it, that matters! The word SAFE trumps ‘natural’ or ‘organic’ anyday. I’m delighted to be 100% Light Elegance Hard Gels and Buttercreams etc in my salon. It pleases me greatly to offer SAFETY and PURITY. Thankyou for all you do!

@LightEleganceHQ

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great comments and investing in educating your clients. So important!

Love this idea!!!! You are AMAZING and love your knowledge!

And this is why I love LE and why it’s a superior product......... the family behind the product are passionate about it. Looking forward to the next episode. Why do you guys always make me wish my life away waiting for the next thing 🤣🤣💗

Thank you very much! I really appreciate all your hard work so I can go back and tell all my clients that your products will not harm them in any way. I love all your products.

Thank you for respecting all of us in the industry enough to provide information that we need in a way that we can all understand. Some of us have chemistry education & some of us have just a little. There is a buzz brewing worldwide and obviously, we need to know more in this area to keep ourselves & our client's safe! You have my respect!

@LightEleganceHQ

4 жыл бұрын

We are here to serve our customers and for the nail professionals in this industry. Thanks for the message!

Loved this. So informative. It was great to meet you in TN. 💖LE💖

Thanks Jim 👍🏻 look forward to #2

Great clarification. Looking forward to seeing more Jim 🙂🙂🙂

I've noticed that airbond ingredients are similar to a certain protein bond out there, but airbond has no HEMA. There are folks out there very against this ingredient and I'd like to understand how HEMA works, what it is achieving, best practice for using it. Acid vs. Non acid talk would be helpful too.

@LightEleganceHQ

5 жыл бұрын

Great questions. More on HEMA to come! The acid vs. non acid is a good topic for future information, too!

I appreciate this SO MUCH! Lookinf foward to more videos. So excited! Thank you for always going above and beyond.

Thanks so much!!!

Perfect timing for all this since I just changed my whole line to Light Elegance last week! Yay. So excited. Thank you

@LightEleganceHQ

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! More great content coming!

So im gonna be honest. I freaking love these indepth videos. And i've been doing nail for about 10years, and i know a lot about nails. But not the science behind it. And i love this so much, so much that i've actually decided to switch brands totally, to LE. I just placed an order from the Swedish distributor. This is going to be so much fun, kinda feels like a creative flame has been lightened again. I've used LE before but you know, fun to try different brands, but now im over that. Now i just want to have safe products, both for me and my clients. :) So thank you so much!

@LightEleganceHQ

Жыл бұрын

This is AMAZING to hear! Thank you so much for sharing. We are so thrilled to hear that nail pros are eager to learn more about nail chemistry and that we can spark that excitement and passion for nails again! Thank you for the kind words and for being part of the LE Family!🥰

@Light Elegance Please bring back Tennis, anyone? Hard gel! I never got to buy a jar of it, I had it in my cart and went to buy it 2 days later and it was gone😲 I found out that it was discontinued😭 I'm so so sad about it, because I wanted it for 6 months and when I finally had enough money....bam gone. Just my luck😑 Plus it's such a popular color right now.

@lyndamylos8417

5 жыл бұрын

Oh! I have this and honestly one of my favorites! The neon's of the 80's are back !!

@LightEleganceHQ

4 жыл бұрын

No promises.. but we will let our color team now :)

@jaimechrist312

4 жыл бұрын

@@LightEleganceHQ Thank you so much for doing that. I can only hope 🙏. I know there is a lot of other people that want it back too!

I really like this video, it was very informative. Looking forward to #2!

This is a fantastic idea! Thanks so much for sharing. 😊

@LightEleganceHQ

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I absolutely love this channel, Jim! I will be taking my bachelor's course in just a few months and I'm so excited!

can you create a list of ingredients that we can watch out for? It can be complicated sometimes since an ingredient can have different names that mean the same thing

@LightEleganceHQ

5 жыл бұрын

This is a great idea. We will work on it!

@TheSalonLife

5 жыл бұрын

I would just say, stick to reputable brands like Light Elegance who care about the industry and answer questions professionally. I LOVE LE for that!!

Thank you thank you this is short but very informative video... thank you

@LightEleganceHQ

5 жыл бұрын

There is lots more to come, and some of the episodes are much longer :)

@TheSalonLife

5 жыл бұрын

@@LightEleganceHQ Yesssssss! The more the better!

I am so excited you guys are doing this!!!! Thank you so much!!! I was wondering if tack can be used as a sticky primer under the base coat of other 100% gel products? I’m a huge fan of your hard gel system but I prefer other soft gel consistencies. I would love to be able to use tack as the primer for other brands as well. Thanks for all y’all do! You are amazing!

@sarahdiaz6438

5 жыл бұрын

Raina Reyes would love to know the answer too! 😊

@Aname0w

4 жыл бұрын

Essentially you shouldn't mix brands together, especially with base coats, as the inhibition layer of the base coat is technically uncured gel and brands are formulated specifically to work together, so if you mix & match you risk having product break down with the two being incompatible. The brand also can't guarantee that product as you have gone against manufacturers advice. Manicure from LE can be soaked off, it just takes longer. @light elegance nail products please correct me if i'm wrong :-)

@jimmcconnell6079

4 жыл бұрын

I agree with AJ - mixing brands is less than optimum but ... you can mix brands. If you have problems, then switch to one brand and do not mix. The Tack can be used under a lot of various products and other systems including soak-off gel polishes.

@silvanasbeautysalon5620

4 жыл бұрын

Jim McConnell I love Tack ... and use it under EVERYTHING ❤️

Love the chemistry behind this! Would you consider your products to be hypoallergenic? With the huge rise in allergies I want to use something I know won’t jeopardise my clients health

@LightEleganceHQ

5 жыл бұрын

Great question! Here is the response from the lab: The term “hypoallergenic” actually means “less likely to cause an allergic response”. This is based on the latin terminology of “hypo” - less and “allergenic” - allergic response. There has been a lot of confusion in the industry - mostly outside the USA - in that people think that something that is hypoallergenic will NOT cause an allergic response. This is not the case. Light Elegance products are formulated to be safer to use and are one of the least allergenic gels in the world. Reported allergies to LE products are nearly non-existent, far less than 1%!

@samanthapoulter105

5 жыл бұрын

Light Elegance Nail Products thank you so much for your response- I definitely think LE is the brand I want to invest in. Hopefully I shall be training with you in the near future!

Damn it Jim, when I was looking at videos from woodworkers guild of america my girlfriend asked me to help her with the purchase of a curing lamp. I wasn trilled with that but I stumbled on your videos and found myself always wanting to watch the next one🤣. You are so interesting to listen to and now my girlfriend says I m no help for her needs cause I m over qualified! I just confuse her!!! Thanks man you re a hell of a great teacher.

Here to understand what is HEMA and why it's so bad. Just starting these series in hoping to learn & understand the benefits of Gel Chemistry Fundamentals series. So excited too!

Would you mind explaining what those ingredients in 3free are and why they are a nono? Would love to know in case a client asks. LOVE this idea, really cool to work with a company that cares to educate their nailtecs!

@LightEleganceHQ

5 жыл бұрын

Added to the topic list!

I would love to see a video that goes into about 9 free in more in depth :-)

@LightEleganceHQ

4 жыл бұрын

We'll add that to the list! We've received a bunch of requests for more on 3, 6, 9, etc. products!

Maybe this question is too loaded for a video, but when are the “free” elements important and when do they become irrelevant? Sorry, Joe, but when does he hit the list (assuming he’s not toxic or radioactive)? I’ve seen 9-free so at what point do we stop being concerned? I’ve had some chemistry and physics in college way back when, so please try not to go too far out there! I’d be interested in MMA and EMA even though I’m a gel girl-curiosity killed the cat (which could be 42 free, I think). LOVE LOVE LOVE the new series!!!

Well I was hoping for carpet in my gel. I’m out!

@LightEleganceHQ

5 жыл бұрын

A carpet Glitter Gel collection could be fun... Anyone for Shag Glitter Gel?

@driv3n837

5 жыл бұрын

Ha! Orange or green?! 😂

@lyndamylos8417

5 жыл бұрын

I could use a camera man to be honest :)

Hello Jim, Thank you for starting this! I am curious, I know you manufacture LE and the acrylic products. Do the acrylic products fall into this chemistry too?

@jimmcconnell6079

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, they fall into this category as well.

In this context the term 'organic' should not be used as it is a legal labeling issue, not a 'how a chemist defines it' issue. The National Organic Program is the master agency in the United States, with each state having their own 3rd party certifiers. I feel it's very important to make this distinction to consumers, otherwise the labeling waters are further muddied. So if a nail product uses labels with the word 'organic', certifying bodies need to be able to verify that *only* certified organic ingredients have been used. I am not familiar with labeling laws for non-food products, so I don't know if the manufacturer also needs to be certified, but for food production BOTH the inputs and the farm must be certified organic by a qualifying agency in order to use that term on the label.

@jimmcconnell6079

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Marina - we do not produce food items and we are not claiming the term "Certified Organic" for our goods and therefore, we do not need third party approvals for our materials. I was just explaining what organic chemistry refers to in terms of companies claiming that their products are "organic" type of chemistry. Some companies claim or have claimed that their materials are made from natural, plant-based sources and thus claim as from organic sources. It was to these claims that I stated the definition of organic chemistry. If we ever produce food products and want to claim them as being certified organic, your input is perfect and valuable.

@aniram95665

4 жыл бұрын

@@jimmcconnell6079 I think you understand the issue, the term being used inappropriately causes confusion for consumers. These rules apply across the board with specific regard to the word 'organic' being used on labels.

@jimmcconnell6079

4 жыл бұрын

@@aniram95665 I see some companies using the word organic for their products but I haven't seen anyone use the phrase "certified organic" yet. I hope that no one uses it as it would certainly cause even more confusion. Things in our industry are confusing enough as it is, right? I just hope to help make the chemistry we work with each day a little less confusing.

Great info. Thnx. Yes a question: Do you have an influencer in Iceland bragging about your products?

Hi, thank you for these video's. Could you help me understand how the ingredient, Poly (methyl methacrylate), compares to HEMA? Thank you

Loving the sharing of information. I've heard your gel is cruelty free, is that true?

@LightEleganceHQ

5 жыл бұрын

Yes! All Light Elegance products are vegan, cruelty-free, 9-free (and a whole lot more) and HEMA-free! Learn more in episodes to come :)

@lindat1879

5 жыл бұрын

@@LightEleganceHQ excellent!😀. Ty

@TheSalonLife

5 жыл бұрын

Good to know, thanks Jim!!

How do we know if the polish has metals even if is a product made in the USA?

@Aname0w

4 жыл бұрын

You ask for the MSDS sheet which contains all of that information, but you need to know what each specific ingredient means as it's not in lamens terms.

@jimmcconnell6079

4 жыл бұрын

Many metals are fine to use in cosmetics - just not heavy metals. Heavy metals are elements such as lead and mercury which should be avoided. Silver and gold are fine for contact. They also work really well for jewelry :)

Hey, It's not related to the topic but I've been trying to contact you for a month about becoming a distributor(in the middle east). Whoever answered me on your FB page told me to resend my e-mail to sales. Still no answer. Can you please get in touch? Great video btw

@jimmcconnell6079

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Maya, what is your email address? I will have someone reach out to you

@MayaFeldmann

4 жыл бұрын

@@jimmcconnell6079 vicaferenci@gmail.com Thank you very much!

Is Lexy laughing in the background? 😂

@LightEleganceHQ

5 жыл бұрын

We film in a shared classroom area near our marketing department where Lexy works, so there could be some "noise pollution" from time to time!

@krisztiharmat

4 жыл бұрын

@@LightEleganceHQ don't get me wrong I like how Lexy laughs, so funny 😀❤️

what is HEMA, why is it an allergen? does light elegance contain HEMA? thanks

@Aname0w

4 жыл бұрын

LE is HEMA free. Essentially it's a monomer that people are exposed to have allergic reactions to.

@BajaRosie

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks I know ;) was just wanting it for one of the episodes as it’s a common question

@Aname0w

4 жыл бұрын

@@BajaRosie lol sorry

@BajaRosie

4 жыл бұрын

@@Aname0w i always thought their products did contain HEMA? they are hema free?

@Aname0w

4 жыл бұрын

@@BajaRosie Yes, LE is HEMA free, cruelty free, 9 free, among others. They use other types of oligomers in their bonding products instead of HEMA.