I had never heard of this product line before when I was accosted by one of
their sales people at a mall kiosk today, although she said "You've probaby
seen our products for sale on tv".

Does anybody know anything about them? They have a mail care kit which
contains a 3-sided smoother/buffer - the results of use are nothing short
of amazing. You start with a side which she said was diamond dust, to
smooth your nails (both does it), then you go to a side which I have no
idea what it is, which is to "stimulate and further smooth your nails", and
then you buff with the 3rd side, which she said was silk. All I know is
that when you finish the 3rd buffing, your nails shine like glass. It was
amazing.

But I worry about how much of a layer of your nail you are taking
off...after the 2nd side there was plenty of 'nail dust' evident. Well, I
think it was - the 2nd buffer is white, so maybe it's from the buffer, but
my best is on it being nail dust.

Anyways, anybody familiar with this? I sure like the results! And she
said you only need to do it once a month, although the directions say every
two weeks (yes, I bought it, and one for my daughter).

Anne

"Anne P. Mitchell, Esq." <shedevil@stop.mail-abuse.org> wrote in message
news:93FDD1400shedevilstopmailabus@204.152.184.108 ...
I love buffing my nails and it works wonderfully especially on ridges. It
isn't harmful to your nails in any way however it does "thin" out your nail
so they are more fragile and likely to break more easily at the tips. It is
best to keep your nails pretty short if you buff often or use a nail
strengtheners on the tips.

Buffing is also much more natural than nailpolish and lets your nails
breathe.

I also find buffing kind of meditative. You can sit there and completely
lose yourself in the process.

Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. wrote:
Aren't these insanely expensive? You can buy a buffer that works
the same way just about anywhere that sells nail polish for $1 and up.

Lynn

"Anne P. Mitchell, Esq." wrote:

CAUTION! I bought that, or a similar, package at about this time last
year. I followed the directions, never doing it more often than
instructed, and it trashed my nails. They started splitting down the
length of the nail! I ended up having to get an acrylic on my thumb
twice to keep it from tearing further. At the time, they had kiosks in
every mall in town. When one young man accosted me at another mall, I
complained about the problems their device had created. His response was
that I shouldn't have used the courser side and that the first sales
lady should have told me that because I was only supposed to use it on
toenails. That's not what the instructions said; they very definitely
said to use that side, but this guy shrugged and said the instructions
were wrong.

That's a bummer, because I really did like the results from the buffing.
A manicurist later told me that she thought the device was actually
pretty decent (though not their instructions!) but that it should only
be used in the direction of nail growth, not across the nail. I'd like
to try it again (it'd definitely be cheaper than manicures) but I'm
really hesitant.

You might want to google the newsgroup.; there was a thread just about
this time last year. Look for "buffing nails"


Lee

PS - yes, I fell for the cheaper for two ploy and bought one that I gave
to my SIL.