Hit 500 foils in one day last week and my hands still hurt

I was booked solid and didn't realize until I counted my foils that I did exactly 500 in one shift (a new record for me). My fingers were cramping by hour 6 but I kept going because the client wanted full highlights with a shadow root. It made me wonder if my method is too slow or if I'm just pushing too hard. Has anyone else tracked their foil count and found a number that worked better?

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tessa_rivera14d ago

I wonder if you'd get less hand pain by swapping to a different brand of foil that's softer or pre-cut, that's what a few of my coworkers did when their fingers started locking up. Maybe it's not your speed, just the physical toll of 500 of anything in one day.

claire99914d ago

One of my friends hit 600 foils in a day and her hands cramped so bad she had to take three days off. She switched to pre-cut foils and dropped down to 400 a day max. Said her hands stopped locking up completely after that.