There is a word in the ticker on our homepage that most people read straight past: HEMA-free on request. It is worth stopping at.
What HEMA is
HEMA is short for 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, an ingredient found in many gels and gel polishes. In cosmetics it is known as a contact allergen — a substance, in other words, that can trigger a contact allergy.
When we work HEMA-free
Our supplier HeyLove carries gel and polish without HEMA. We use them when you ask for them — and always when you tell us about an allergy.
What this does not mean
This is a decision about our materials. It is not a statement about your skin.
We will not tell you what you tolerate and what you do not. Nobody in a nail studio can or may judge that. If you have reacted to nail products before, please speak to a doctor — and tell us at the start of your appointment, before we begin. Then we go through what we use together.
Gel and polish for home
The gel and polish we work with are available for home in our own shop. The shop is not someone else’s platform; it belongs to the same business.
The instruments are part of the materials too: they are by Staleks, and how we reprocess them has its own piece here in the journal. What else we work with, and who we are, is on the studio page.