Reviews
Simply the best nail care and polish I’ve ever had. Lasts like nothing else and my nails feel healthy after removal. I’d never go anywhere else.
Emma Ford
First at home nails session with Carina today and it was brilliant! Same great service and treatments but without leaving home - pure heaven! Thank you X
Joanna Spragg
Simply the best manicure and care. My nails last ages, will never go anywhere else!
Helen Allen
About
Hello. I am Carina, a Farnham-based mobile manicurist specialising in nail health and gel polish for natural nails. Book me at your place or mine. Bookings at mine will receive a 10% discount.
I offer a relaxed and friendly environment and commit to the highest of standards. I research and source the best products and tools on my clients and these will be bespoke to your nail condition, skin type and personal requirement. Please note gel.AF manicures are careful and thorough and do take the allocated time so please do allow it.
For this reason please make sure you book any nail art you think you might like so I can account for this time in my schedule.
IMPORTANT Consultation Forms Once your booking has been approved you will receive a confirmation email with the consultation form attached and a deposit request. The form is for your safety and the safety of my business. It must be completed within 48 hrs of your appointment or your appointment will be cancelled.
Treatments
The gel.AF signature gel manicure. A long-lasting bespoke gel manicure for natural nails. Includes full cuticle work, nail prep using combination method, a coat of flexible base and an additional structure gel base to create uniformity and strength to the gel colour application. Finished with cuticle nourish oil and a spritz of dry oil.
Choose from over 100 colour choices.
Add a builder or hard gel base, art, a luxury hot towel scrub via the ADDONS Tab
please ensure you book REMOVE IT GEL when having your manicure reapplied.
Add a builder gel for structure and enhanced strength. Builder gel is used as an overlay to provide shape to the nail and support growth. I apply builder gel individually to each nail and in thinner than average laters to achieve a natural aesthetic and ensure complete curing of gel.
Builder gel should take your manicure beyond 3 weeks but it is advised that your manicure is rebalanced (infilled or soaked) every 4 weeks and completely removed every 3rd application.
Select a Hard Gel base to your gel manicure or wear it as it comes for a glossy sheer gel look (50% off the Hard gel price)
Hard gel is a less flexible highly robust gel that adds strength to long nails. Please note this product cannot be soaked off with acetone and must be removed professionally and by me at all times.
10% discount for non-mobile appointments
Add toes to your gel.AF manicure appointment. Includes UVA P 5 star & 50+ protection, sanitise with LABOLOGY3 cleansing water, cuticle work, file and shape, gel polish, UV protective topcoat and finished with a Ouai sugar scrub and hot cloth cleanse.
Dry instantly, no need to wear flip flops although you’ll want to…. Choose from a selection of over 100 colours. Add art if you like… just make sure you add it at booking so I can allow the time.
My gel toes last until they grow out!
Your treatment will include a cleanse with LABOLOGY3 cleansing water, UVP with Eucerin Gel SPF50+ close cuticle work, file and shape, structure polish to any imperfections/ridges and 2-3 coats of gel polish, UV resistant diamond topcoat and finished with a OUAI sugar scrub and hot cloth cleanse. Dry instantly, no need to wear flip flops although you’ll want to…. Choose from a selection of more than 100 colours. Add art if you like… just make sure you add it at booking so I can allow the time.
Please note I don’t remove gel polish from other salons.
Careful removal of gel.AF polish without damaging the nails. Includes removal of gel polish on either your hands or your feet and finished with moisture balm, CND keratin treatment and vitamin E enriched cuticle oil. Please note this does not include a manicure (cuticle work and nail shaping and tidy). This will be £5 supplement.
**unless discussed ahead of time this is not a mobile service
Please select gel.AF removal for consecutive appointments. Safe removal of gel colour ready for reapplication.
! Please note this is for rebookings only !
Kit Contents
- 180 grit buffer (multi-use)
- Sweet Almond Cuticle Oil (enough for 2-3 removals)
- Magpie Beauty Nourish Gel Remover (enough for 2-3 removals)
- 10x Foil Wraps
- 2x plastic heat up gloves (multi-use)
- Wooden Orange Stick (multi-use)
Instructions Please also see video on my Insta
Using the buffer Get most of the top Coat and shine off (avoiding your natural nail as much as you can). When the colour starts coming away that means you’ve gone through the topcoat so that’s great.
- Put a drop of oil on the cuticle and soak the cotton on the foil in acetone and wrap round the nail The little fold on the foil goes on the bottom of the wrap to catch any drips of acetone.
- Do all 5 fingers of one hand and pop it in the plastic glove.
Set timer for 15 mins: If the gel isn’t curling away after 15 mins reapply the wrap for 5 more mins
Add a drop of oil again on the curling/wrinkling polish and use the orange stick to gentle push off the gel. Try not to wrench the gel off. Just put the wrap back on if it needs a bit more time. Sometimes the gel will curl off, sometimes it will need scraping off like butter. It depends on the client.
Repeat on the next hand.
Wash hands and re-apply cuticle oil
Please note I don’t remove all products from other salons.
Careful removal of builder gel without damaging the nails. Includes removal of product with debulking techniques, acetone soak and finished with nail buff, moisture balm, CND keratin treatment and vitamin E enriched cuticle oil. **unless discussed ahead of time this is not a mobile service
Add-on £12 Let those little fingers have a pamper. Gentle Cuticle push, nail shape followed by peel off/regular BarryM(TM) lacquer polish with glitter, stickers or handpainted dots, hearts, stripes etc. On fingers or toes. And finished with a quick dry topcoat and MAGIC SPRAY (as my kids call it).
NOT JUST FOR GIRLS. Book with any gel.AF appointment.
QUOTE TBC (£1 per mile) Please select this option if you are outside of Fleet or Farnham or Frensham. Quote TBC
Made with 100% organic cold pressed Golden Jojoba oil. With a drop of Rose Geranium Essential Oil. No toxics, no added water.
Cold pressed Jojoba is full of natural Vitamin E and B, as well as antioxidants chromium, copper, and zinc, which all nourish and protect skin. It’s close to your skins own oil so it’s non-greasy. Rose Germanium encourages nail growth and has strong anti-microbial, bacterial and fungal properties keeping your nails clean.
Apply twice daily to ensure cuticles are supple and mouisturised. Daily cuticle oil will ensure maximum longevity of gel polish and will also condition nails for growth and strength.
Dots, hearts, lines, 2 block nail colours
From £1 per nail Only select once on booking.
Animal print, torties, full glitter, multi-colour designs, and custom-mixed colours.
From £1.50 per nail. Only select once on booking
L3 art includes hand painted designs with multiple colours, hand painted Frenchies, Chrome, or additional embellishments such as gold leaf, dried flowers etc
Please book one per booking. Time is approximate and maximum
I offer a free patch test for those with allergy concerns.
If you have had an allergy to gel polish in the past it is likely to be an allergy to HEMA. I offer HEMA free polish by MAGPIE BEAUTY.
The patch test consists of 3 coats of clear formula.
- Get a grip base coat
- Give me strength
- Like a Diamond top coat.
Monitor this for 72 hours. If there is any itching or redness get in touch for immediate removal.
