The chemistry, published

IKON.IQ formulates professional UV gel systems for technicians across Europe. This Academy is where we set out the science behind them — and the regulation that governs them — in a form a working technician can actually use.

Written for the desk

Every idea is tied to something you do in a service: why a product lifts, why a cure fails, why a client reacts. No theory for its own sake.

Figures, not just words

Diagrams drawn for the course, tables you can scan between clients, and a self-assessment at the end of every module.

Traceable claims

Every chemistry and regulatory statement is sourced to the SCCS opinion, ECHA entry or dermatology series it came from — cited, so you can check it yourself.

Our position, plainly

Most nail brands sell shades and leave the chemistry to you. We start from the chemistry — including the parts that complicate our own marketing — because a technician who understands the product is a technician whose career survives it.

Robert Giblett

BSc.Eng · Founder, IKON.IQ

Robert founded IKON.IQ in 2009, after several friends in the industry developed career-ending contact dermatitis from acrylic and gel products. The purpose was to build professional nail products that were both the safest and the best performing — not one at the expense of the other.

In 2015 he founded the first Facebook group giving fact-based advice on nail product allergies. He has written over 60 articles for the international trade press, is an invited guest speaker at international events, and lives and works in Aachen, Germany.

INDUSTRY FIRSTS — 2011 the EU's first hypoallergenic builder gel · 2018 the first one-coat colour hypoallergenic gel polish · 2023 the first hypoallergenic bottle builder gel

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