Bee Beautiful with Simone

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Double French, with a crystal 🩷🤍

When you get emailed this.. its so, so sad.
I really feel for those who have had to close their doors on the job that they love the most.
I'd be heartbroken if I had to stop doing my job.
Unfortunately this is the reality, stock/tools/equipment/shipping costs soaring in price and there's only so much of it you can absorb.
I really hate having to put up prices, I hate the difficult conversations that come with it and if I could afford to do it all for free, I would.. but there will be a point where prices will have to increase. I'm holding on for as long as I can, but it will happen at some point. 💔

Tangled- Spring vibes 🌸🌼

Long post, but worth a read!
Why do scientific UV experts say UV nail lamps do NOT cause skin cancer? Their in-depth research concluded that nail lamps were safe! One reason is, according to these PhD scientists- world-renown photobiologist's studying the effects of UV on humans, “The dorsum of the hand is naturally the most UV acclimatized, photo adapted, UV-resistant body site. To produce similar sunburn, the back of the hand requires about four times more UV exposure than the cheeks, chest or abdomen and about double the exposure to the dorsal arm or ventral forearm.”
Dr. John Dowdy and Dr. Robert Sayre
Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2013, 89: 961-967
There is no credible evidence that the low levels of UV exposure from twice per month nail services present any risk of causing skin cancer. The facts below explain why UV nail lamps are safe when used as directed.
1. Dr. Robert Sayre, independent scientific expert on the effects of UV on the skin has stated that the UV exposure risks from UV nail lamps are “trivial”.
2. The back of the hand is the MOST UV resistant part of the body.
3. Nail plates have a naturally high resistance to UV pe*******on, so very little UV can reach the nail bed.
4. Clients are exposed to far more UV from natural sunlight exposure.
5. Studies show that UV nail lamps are at least 11 times safer than exposure to overhead sunlight.
6. Exposures are far below internationally accepted standards for daily workplace exposure to UV.
7. Fifteen minutes of exposure EVERY day to a nail lamp would not exceed internationally accepted workplace standards for daily UV exposure.
8. Typical exposure produces 1/30th of the UV needed to redden the hands.
9. Medical UV psoriasis treatment skin exposure is equal to 250 years of weekly usage of nail lamps.
10. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says… the FDA views nail curing lamps as low risk when used as directed by the label. To date, the FDA has not received any reports of burns or skin cancer attributable to the lamps.

Finally, any small risk can be further reduced by wearing SPF sun. Please feel free to share an use this information to educate the facts.

Don't you wish you could just steal someone's hands for a little while.
I'm so jealous I don't have this set on my fingers 😫
Happy Easter! 🤍

Colour of the week.. Khaki is quite popular at the moment. I'm here for it 🙋🏻‍♀️

French Twist 💜

Welcome, Spring. A time for new beginnings and growth. 🤍

Just over 9 weeks growth! Look at that gap!!
Don't you just feel so much better after a fresh set 😌

It's slowly getting warmer, so the brighter colours are making an appearance 🩷

"Flight of the Bumblebee" was playing in my head the WHOLE time I was painting these. How CUTE! 🐝