Two to three weeks, and here is why
Why a fill is not a new set
A fill is a rebalance of the set you already have, and the reason it is booked at two to three weeks is mechanical rather than commercial.
Where the strength of an extension actually is
Not at the tip and not at the base — in the apex, the slightly thicker area about a third of the way up the nail. That is the point the whole nail flexes around, and it is put in a particular place for a reason. Everything a fill does follows from that.
What three weeks of growth does to it
Your nail grows out from the base, and it takes the whole set with it. The apex that was in the right place three weeks ago is now a third of the way further out, past the end of your finger, and the point of maximum stress has moved with it. That is why nails start breaking at the side walls in week four — not because the acrylic got weaker, but because it is now in the wrong place.
So a fill is not filling a gap
It reduces the existing product, fills the new growth and rebuilds the apex where it belongs. That is most of the appointment. If it were just a matter of putting product in the gap at the cuticle it would take fifteen minutes and cost about a quarter of what it does.
Past about five weeks
The set has usually travelled far enough, and lost enough nails, that starting again is both quicker and better. We will tell you that when we look, with the price difference, and it is your call. What we will not do is charge you for a fill and hand you back a set that is going to fail in a week.
Why the cadence is on the price list
Because it is a property of the service rather than a sales tactic. Every line on the price list says when that service typically wants seeing again, and the ones that do not want seeing again say nothing at all.
Everything here has a cadence. Most services have a cadence — a gel manicure at two to three weeks, a fill at two to three, a pedicure at four. We will offer you the date before you leave, and if you would rather not take one then, the reminder comes by e-mail when it is due.
The length is worked out, not assumed. Every service on this site has a length against it, and every add-on adds its own minutes. The calendar adds them up before it looks for a slot, so the time you are offered is a time that actually fits what you asked for.
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Pick the service and any add-ons and the calendar adds up the minutes before it looks for a slot, so the times you are offered are times that actually fit what you asked for. A pedicure also needs one of the three chairs, and if none is free at four o'clock on a Saturday it will say so rather than book you in and hope.