Marian and Doug or officially Marian Newman and Doug Schoon are two giants in the nail game. These two top level professionals are industry front runners for knowledge / myth busting and regulations.

They are striving for an industry filled with educated professionals. Encouraging the expansion of our product knowledge far beyond colour choices and nail art.

Firstly, whilst your nail professional is learning, you’re learning. We all want to make informed decisions when using or purchasing products. With the type of knowledge Marian and Doug have even the client will know what to look for in home nail supplies.

Marian

Marian Newman BEM has been creating educational textbooks since 1990. The title of the book is no lie – “The Complete Nail Technician”. This book must be alongside any nail course. If you want to be a good, knowledgeable nail professional then do NOT overlook this book!

As discussed, key points with regards to knowledge is power, there are explanations of marketing ploys that confuse nail professionals. Such as, the words “chemical free”. This is a simple but ridiculous inaccuracy because everything is made of chemicals.

In comparison, the nail product fear bubble also has words like formaldehyde free. Even humans are not formaldehyde free. We produce it in our bodies at the amount of 0.0005%.

Misinformation and misuse of words cause confusion. Additionally, creating an inaccurate understanding of the industry and our products.

Doug

Doug has 3 volumes of mind-blowing nail science. He also says beautifully complimentary things about nail professionals like:-

They regularly work with the most technologically advanced products in the beauty industry

Doug is also addressing some of the frequent questions asked.

Do nails need to breathe?

No, nails don’t need to breathe. Nail plates do not absorb any oxygen and can thrive in a completely air free environment. Our nail plates get everything they need delivered and filtered via the blood stream from the nail matrix. FYI, the nail matrix is where the nail is created, behind the cuticle area. When wearing a nail coating moisture and oil content still passes through the nail plate to keep it supple. This may slow down ever so slightly but that is all!

Have you heard of nail polish that is 3-free / 4-free / 5-free even as far as 6-free!?

This is normally related to chemicals that are no longer in polishes anyway. Original nail polishes contained products such as fish scales for shimmer, Carmine for red shades and tallow for thickening. These are animal byproducts that are no longer used. Therefore, you may find polishes claiming they are vegan.

Lastly, one of the most important talking points of gel polish is the misinformation about nail lamps. Here is the real intelligence from Marian and Doug with the help of years of industry discussions.

Conclusion

Rhi Rhi Nails It has completed a course with Marian before, check it out if you want to read how badly we sucked at that one. More importantly, Marian and Doug and a selection of other specialist professionals have now created the Nail Knowledge Diploma course. We are enrolled and ready to absorb more A* knowledge.