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IKON.iQ Nails develops award-winning hypoallergenic professional nail products
28/09/2026
Now available on Amazon.
The full chemistry of the products at your nail table, written for the technician who uses them.
Every gel and acrylic you work with is built from small reactive molecules. What they are, how completely they join the chain, and how many are left free to reach skin decides how your work wears and whether you or your client ends up allergic. This book explains that chemistry from the bottle up, in plain English, with the evidence cited.
Inside:
Polymerisation, cross-linking and molecular weight, and why they matter at the desk
The four systems, ingredient by ingredient: acrylic (L&P), hard gel, soak-off builder gel and gel polish
Dehydrators, bonders and primers: what each one actually does to the nail plate
UV lamps: photoinitiators, wavelength, irradiance, and why a cure spec does not transfer between brands
Whether anything passes through the nail plate, and what has actually been measured
Why methacrylate allergy is rising, cross-reactivity, and the EU rules on HEMA and TPO
File dust, vapour and salon air: what the law requires in the UK, EU, US and Australia, with the limit values
When a client reacts: allergic or irritant, what to do, what to say
Reading a Safety Data Sheet and an ingredient list, mixing systems, storage, and troubleshooting from the chemistry
Bringing a product to market in the UK, EU and USA
Six appendices: 111 cited sources, an allergen quick table, a decision tree for choosing a system, the UV-LED specifications that matter, a lexicon for nail technicians, and nine real Safety Data Sheets read line by line.
The companion to Nail Chemistry Essentials, the one-hour edition. Written by Robert Giblett BSc.Eng and published by IKON.IQ.
25/09/2026
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Nail Allergies - Essentials: A quick fact-based guide.
Spot it, stop it, handle it - read the whole thing before your next client.
Nail product allergies are the fastest-growing occupational risk in this trade. This book explains, in about an hour, how they start, how to recognise them, and what to do.
No opinions, no brand wars - just what actually happens in the skin, drawn from published research, with the sources given.
What you will learn:
- The difference between irritation and a true allergy, and why almost everyone confuses them
- Which substances sensitise, and why "HEMA-free" is not a guarantee
- The five ways uncured product reaches the skin
- Why under-curing costs you twice
- What to say - and what not to say - to a client who is reacting
- When to refer to a doctor, and what a dermatologist does with patch tests
With colour illustrations
This edition is printed in colour. The gallery shows reactions as they present at the table - eyelids, neck, nail folds, blisters, onycholysis - so you know what you are looking at before you see it on a client.
Written for nail technicians, by an engineer who has been in the industry since 2006 and who founded a brand in 2009 aimed at reducing allergy risk.
Available on Amazon now:
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