Have you ever put your hand inside the nail lamp and suddenly felt like your nails were on fire?

Have you ever put your hand inside the nail lamp and suddenly felt like your nails were on fire? That's called a heat spike, and there's actually a reason why it happens. Let's nail it, Supreme style. When we put gel into a UV or LED lamp, we're starting a chemical reaction called polymerization. Basically, the light activates ingredients in the gel called photo initiators, which starts the curing process and turns that gel from a liquid into a solid. And during that process, heat is released. Usually, you might just feel a little warmth, but if a lot of that reaction happens really quickly, you can get that sudden burning sensation that we call a heat spike. And this can happen with builder gel, the gel we use for Gel-X, and even base gels. You're also more likely to notice it when there's more product curing at once, like a thick layer of builder gel. And the tea is, clients with thin or over-filed nails may feel that heat even more intensely because there's less nail plate between the product and that sensitive nail bed underneath. So if your client says it's burning, don't tell them to just keep their hand in there. Let them take their hands out, allow the heat to calm down, and then continue curing. So next time your client says it's burning, listen to them. They're not being dramatic. It's simply just chemistry, period.