emendeeinformation
The BAD
Nail dust is DANGEROUS
There are two major reasons why nail dust is the number one danger to your health in the industry today.
Nail dust is sharp.
Inhaled, it cuts away at the soft tissues in our bodies and this produces mucus giving us drippy noses, watery eyes and throat tickles. Ingested (ie: with a cup of coffee) it is now cutting into the softest tissues in our body. Externally it cuts away at our biggest organ, our skin, with every movement.
Nail dust is 100% product.
Everything that you have applied and everything any other nail technician has applied before you, you have now inhaled. Read your MSDS's - the effects of these products are the direct result of you inhaling nail dust.
This is NOT what you want inside you.
If you are working from home you have now exposed your loved ones to these same dangers. With every inhalation the chemicals in nail dust supress your immune system. Doctors are calling the inhalation of this dust the 'next asbestosis'.
This report has been done by an independent testing facility in a working salon. This shows the actual amount of dust inhaled by a nail technician doing one hand of nails without a dust extraction workstation.
You will notice a spike during polish. This was because the technician bumped a towel and re-released the dust into the air, inhaling it again.
emendeeworkstations are towel-less
The GOOD
Why no dust is no fuss!
emendeeworkstations have been specifically invented, innovated and designed to increase the workplace health and safety of the nail technician.
Salon owners and nail technicians under the OH&S act (96-i) are responsible for the clean air of their employees and clients.
This means you are liable for litigation.
All emendeeworkstations and emendeesnus come with a full dust report, done in-salon under normal working conditions by an independent testing facility. This report proves a greater than 99% dust removal and better than 68% odour removal from the salon. This is of course important for your health but also for the health of your business.
The dust report is positive proof that you are at the leading edge in caring for the clean air of your employees and clients.
This helps to keep your business safe.
On top of this, the emendeeworkstations are 100% tax deductable when rented or purchased. No nail technician can afford to work without an emendee.
Think about your health.
Think about their health.
What are you waiting for?
Artificial nail products are DANGEROUS
All information is directly sourced from the United States Department of Labour (updated Oct. 2013)
The products you use:
- Nail polish
- Nail polish remover
- Nail primer
- Nail glue
- Nail glue remover
- Nail hardener
- Artificial nail liquid
- Disinfectants
What's in them:
- Acetone
- Acetonitrile
- Butyl acetate
- Dibutyl phthalate (DBP)
- Ehtyl acetate
- Ethyl methacrylate (EMA)
- Toluene
- Formaldehyde
- Isopropyl acetate
- Methacrylic acid
- Methyl methacrilate (MMA) - this product is ILLEGAL
- Quaternary ammonium compounds
What they do to you:
- Headaches
- Irritated skin, eyes, nose, mouth & throat
- Nausea
- High levels can cause fainting
- Dizziness
- Numbness
- Damage to liver, lungs & kidneys
- Cancer
- Asthma
- Allergic reactions
- Difficulty breathing
- Coughing
- Wheezing
- Sleepiness
- Skin burns
- Exposure while pregnant can harm your unborn child
- Difficulty concentrating
- Loss of smell
- Vomiting
- Weakness
- Exhaustion
- & other serious effects after prolonged exposure
The emendee tm 12 mth ltd warranty
Summary of Warranty by Product Category
emendee Pty Ltd will guarantee the following product groups from the date of purchase against faulty workmanship or materials as stated below and subject to the Terms and Conditions following. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, emendee Pty Ltd provides this limited warranty for its products only to the person or entity that originally purchased the product from emendee Pty Ltd or its authorized reseller or distributor.
Product
- Workstations
- Separate Nail Units
- Secondary Filter Packs
- Gel Wrist Rests
Structural Warranty
- 12 months
- 12 months
- 3 months
- 3 months
Electrical Warranty
- 12 months
- 12 months
- N/A
- N/A
Terms and Conditions
- All warranty claims are subject to manufacturer’s review and acceptance
- All warranty is ‘back to base’. The unit needs to be returned to emendee Pty Ltd, PO Box 488, Beaudesert Qld 4285
- Emendee Pty Ltd warrants that it uses reasonable care and skill to ensure that all its products are of reasonable quality. Emendee Pty Ltd will at its cos and in its sole discretion:
- a. Remedy any defect or fault in any product purchased or
- b. Replace any product in respect of which there is a defect or fault during, during the warranty period, provided that written notice is given by the purchaser to emendee Pty Ltd of any such defect or fault in the product as soon as the Purchaser becomes aware of that fault or defect. All warranty claims must be returned to emendee Pty Ltd for assessment with a receipt or other proof of payment. No warranty is given in respect of any glass contained in any product.
- All warranty shall be void if the sealed unit of the emendee Pty Ltd nail unit has been opened or tampered with in any way
- Emendee Pty Ltd has no liability to remedy any defect in a product or replace a product where the defect or fault is caused or contributed to by:
- a. The failure of the Purchaser to install the product according to specific installation instructions either supplied within each product box or carton or available on the emendee Pty Ltd website or through the distributor or emendee Pty Ltd representative or
- b. Use of the product in a manner or for a purpose for which it was not designed
- All the site application or installation must reflect these procedures otherwise the product warranty will be considered void or will not take effect
- Except as provided for in this warranty and to the extent allowed by law, emendee Pty Ltd liability in respect of the product under the law of any State or Territory is excluded. Where liability may be limited but not excluded by any applicable State or Territory law, liability is limited to $1,000.oo.
- Clause 6 of the warranty will only apply in Australia to the extent to which the provisions of the Commonwealth Trade Practices Act 1974 (the ‘Act’) apply to contracts entered into by emendee Pty Ltd for the provision of goods and services in all other countries the local equivalent Trade Practices legislation shall apply and emendee Pty Ltd exercises all of its rights to limit its liability to the full extent allowed Pursuant to section 68A of the Act, this Clause 6 applies in respect of the goods or services supplied by emendee Pty Ltd which are not of the kind ordinarily acquired for personal, domestic or household use or consumption provided that this Clause 6 will apply if the Purchaser establishes that reliance on it would not be fair and reasonable. Liability for a breach of a condition or warranty implied by the Act is limited to any one of the following as determined by emendee Pty Ltd in its sole discretion:
- a. the replacement of the goods or the supply of equivalent goods
- b. the repair of the goods
- All installations shall be performed in accordance with the local, state and country electrical code. Appropriate regulatory authorities should be consulted where required
- Power tools shall not be used to tighten or assemble products. Any damage claim or product failure associated to this matter will be promptly dismissed or rejected
- Emendee Pty Ltd products have been factory tested, documented in the manual and/or listed by governing safety bodies or public safety agencies to comply with rules and regulations in effect at the time of registration. Product must therefore be used within these parameters described in the manual
- All items must be property grounded and all installations should be performed by a duly licensed contractor carrying proper liability insurance
- All information supplied by emendee Pty Ltd representative shall be reflected in the catalogue or verified with emendee Pty Ltd directly if it deviates from the primary intended use of a specific product or the product limitations
- All installation matters and failures related to installation matters will be the installer’s responsibility and will remain so throughout the life of the product
- Emendee Pty Ltd accepts ono responsibility for damage to any ancillary equipment or inconvenience caused by the failure of our products
- Emendee Pty Ltd reserves the right to alter fittings or specifications at any time
What is Not Covered
This limited warranty provided by emendee Pty Ltd does not cover: Products if in emendee Pty Ltd judgement, have been subjected to abuse, accident, alteration, modification, tampering, negligence, misuse, faulty installation, lack of reasonable care, repair or service in any way that is not contemplated in the documentation for the product or if the model or serial number has been altered, tampered with, defaced or removed, Initial installation, installation and removal of the product for repair and shipping costs. Operational adjustments covered in the operating manual for the product and normal maintenance. Damage that occurs in shipment, due to act of god, failures due to power surge and cosmetic damage. Any hardware or other products or services provided by anyone other than emendee Pty Ltd. Products that have been purchased from inventory clearance or liquidation sales or other sales in which emendee Pty Ltd the sellers or the liquidators expressly disclaim their warranty obligation pertaining to the product. Repair by anyone other than emendee Pty Ltd will void this Warranty.
emendee is listening
We listened when we heard that you were getting sick and went to work to find out what was making this happen. This is when the emendee dust and vapour extraction stations were born.
We listened when you told us you were getting arm pain and so the long technician gel packs were born.
We listened when we heard that you were getting shoulder pain from having to pull your clients towards you and so the emendee client gel pack was born.
We listened when you were suffering carpal tunnel syndrome and worked with the trainers and teachers to educate you on the ergonomics and how to prevent it. So emendee training was born.
We listened when you told us that you had workstations in place and wanted to retro fit the units and so the emendee snu was born.
We have also been listening when you told us you want to customise the look of your workstations. emendeeskins were born and are releasing soon.
We have also been listening to many of you who are working in mobile situations and we are working on the new emendee portable units. Their birth date is close.
emendee is listening. We are here to help you but first you need to tell us what is happening to you.
Email us to help develop even more to keep you safe.
At emendee we do our best to make sure our products are affordable so that you can be as safe as possible while you work. That's why we've developed our rental system! To help your business cash flow, keep your equipment updated and in style - and best of all, it's 100% tax deductible!
However, we do realise that some people prefer to purchase outright and that's all right too! To help you decide which is the best option for you, we've drawn up these two easy-access lists outlining everything you need to know about renting and buying with emendee.
emendeerenting
- No large initial outlay (just a $200 damage waiver)
- 100% tax deductible
- Good for cash flow, with a consistent rental price
- Less than a refill per week to give you clean air
- Your rental price never changes!
- All freight to and from is included in the rental price for Australian customers
- 100% replacement guarantee - if your SNU isn't working, we'll replace it!
- emendee is a company of innovation, that's why all of our upgrades are immediately applied to all our workstations as soon as they're ready to go. This means that every workstation we produce is always at the cutting edge of dust & vapour extraction technology - and don't worry if you're renting, you'll automatically get all of our upgrades at your next 2 year change over!
- Every 12 months we send you a surprise gift!
- Every 2 years you receive a brand new workstation to keep you working on the latest emendee technology - and to keep your style on trend!
emendeebuying
- 1/3 payment required on confirmation of order and then the balance prior to dispatch
- Your own workstation outright - no rental fees
- 12 months back to base warranty on parts and manufacturer's faults
- 100% tax deductible as a capital expense
- You must purchase all updates, if required
- All freight is customer's cost out of warranty
Remember:
Although emendee motors are fully sealed, the dust produced is so fine that eventually it can go down the shaft and start to slow the air draw. Through thorough testing we know that the motors are great for 2 years in a busy salon, but after that a vane anemometer check is required to make sure the unit is working optimally. If not working optimally, a replacement SNU will need to be purchased and installed for the health of you and your clients.
So, you want an emendee? Great! There's a few things you need to get the process started.
Information About You
- Your best contact details & home address
- Business Name (the name you will be trading under)
- ABN (if registered)
- Delivery Address
NOTE: Please include any weekday that is unsuitable for delivery - Bank Details for Direct Debits (Account number & BSB) OR Credit card details
- Photocopy/Scans/Clear Photos of both sides of your drivers license
NOTE: We MUST have this or your order cannot be processed
Information About Your Workstation
- What style of workstation you want
- What colour/pattern you want
- Whether you want curved or square corners (where available)
- Black or White edging
- Colour of the legs
- When seated at your workstation which side has the closest power outlet?
- Any extras or enhancements?
torent
- Contact a distributor or us and ask for an original order form
- Fill in the form and return in reply paid envelope provided
- Your Damage Waiver will be processed when we receive your signed form (either emailed or posted to us) and when the payment is cleared your order will become live
- Your emendeeworkstation is built for you
NOTE: Dispatch of your workstation will happen only upon receipt of the hard copy signed form posted to us - Your emendeeworkstation is delivered to you 3 - 5 weeks from your order becoming live
- On the 1st or 15th (whichever is first) after you receive your emendeeworkstation the first monthly charge will be applied
NOTE: The time between delivery and the first payment date is free and will remain free on subsequent workstation changeovers. - Every 23 months while you rent we send you an order form and colour chart so you can choose the style for your new emendeeworkstation
- On the completion of your rental*, when the unit is returned to us and found to be in reasonable working order (barring normal wear and tear), your $200.00 Damage Waiver is returned to you.
*rental periods are in 12 months blocks unless you have ordered a custom station or are outside of Australia, then rentals are in 24 month blocks
tobuy
- Contact a distributor or us and ask for an original order form
- Fill in the form and return in reply paid envelope provided
- 1/3 of your purchase price will be processed and when the payment clears your order will become live
- Your emendeeworkstation is built for you
NOTE: Dispatch of your workstation will happen only upon receipt of the hard copy signed form posted to us - The remaining 2/3 of your payment is processed and on clearance your emendeeworkstation is delivered to you 3 - 5 weeks from your order becoming live
Australian Distributors
Professional Salon Supplies
5 Distribution Ave
Molendinar, QLD, 4214
John Restaino
Phone: 07 5564 6977
Young Nails
Unit 6 / 6 Enterprise St
Ashmore, QLD, 4214
Kris Sulman
Phone: 1300 766 121
Mobile: 0408 678 501
Salon Supplies
Unit 3 / 3 Gunn St
Underwood, QLD, 4119
Carlie Draeger
Phone: 07 3423 2040
Eye Candy by Candice
36 Phoenix Street
White Rock, QLD, 4868
Candice Davies
Mobile: 0421 451 657
Lish Nail Creations
6/12 Leda Boulevard
Morayfield, QLD, 4506
Katrina Gilligan
Phone: 1300 651 439
Hayley Woolford
10 Baroona Rd
Bray Park, QLD, 4500
Hayley Woolford
Indigo Nails QLD
25 St Mary's Road
Pioneer Rest, QLD, 4650
Jacqueline Zampech
Mobile: 0423 740 660
Email: indigonailsqld@yahoo.com
INM Australia
PO Box 1706
Burleigh Heads, QLD, 4220
Andrew Webb
Phone: 1300 135 651
Vanessa Zuj
28 Highbury Drive
Crestmead QLD 4132
Vanessa Zuj
Phone: 07 3133 1159
National Salon Supplies - North Lakes
1/25 Discovery Drive
NORTH LAKES QLD 4509
Wesley Pawlowski
Phone: 07 3480 5733
Email: accounts@nationalsalonsupplies.com.au
Nail Candy Nail & Beauty Boutique
Shop 2, 66 Addison Ave
LAKE ILLAWARRA NSW 2538
Laura McGoldrick
Phone: 0404 114 428
Lish Nail Creations
Shop 12, 99 Dora St
Morisset, NSW, 2264
Alex Freeland
Phone: 02 4973 6175
Mobile: 0411 241 494
Nailed It! Nails & Supplies
13 Timbertown Crescent
Wauchope, NSW, 2446
Tenille Jones
Mobile: 0412 332 712
EFB Salon Supplies
112 Northgate Rd
Thomastown, VIC, 3074
Jai Harvey / Yin Anthony
Phone: 03 9464 4466
Fax: 03 9464 4467
Vivid Nail & Beaute
10 Pastoral Place
Sydenham, VIC, 3037
Viv Simmonds
Phone: 03 9338 1444
Salonquip
16 Kitchen Rd
Dandenong South, VIC, 3175
Morea Reid
Phone: 03 9767 2777
Fax: 03 9767 2700
Nail Ink
Shop 1, 326 Balcombe Rd
Beaumaris, VIC, 3193
Chelsea Raselli
Mobile: 0410 492 515
Body & Varnish
4 Coorabong Ave
Rosebud, VIC, 3939
Tess Hellier
Mobile: 0422 620 367
Spiros Depis
15 Coquette St
Geelong West, VIC, 3218
Spiros Depis
Mobile: 0419 890 924
Get Buffed Nails
Sarah Elmaz
Canberra Beauty Supplies
9-11 Altree Ct
Phillips, ACT, 2606
Christine Kazias
Phone: 02 6281 3441
Fax: 02 6281 3448
SA Beauty Supplies
Unit 1, 84-88 Richmond Rd
Keswick, SA, 5035
Sharon Mazzeo
Phone: 08 8297 8171
Phone: 1800 066 260
Hair & Beauty Warehouse
14 Elm St
Hampstead Gardens, SA, 5086
Jenny & Bruce Gisbone
Phone: 08 8266 5555
National Salon Supplies - Norwood
2 Elizabeth Street
NORWOOD SA 5067
Wesley Pawlowski
Phone: 08 8363 4966
Email: accounts@nationalsalonsupplies.com.au
Pronail Essentials
Unit 9 / 18 Hines Rd
O'Connor, WA, 6163
Alison Chow
Phone: 08 9314 5611
Divine Hair & Beauty Supplies
Unite 1 / 15 Vanden Way
Joondalup, WA, 6027
Mikki Vernon
Phone: 08 9301 0728
All Ceezens Hair Salon
57 Acacia Way
Port Hedland, WA, 6722
Coleen Hindmarsh
Phone: 0439 495 135
Tasmanian Beauty Supplies
33 Smith Street
North Hobart, TAS, 7000
Andrew Sulman
Phone: 03 6231 0122
Email: sales@tasbeauty.com.au
Kylie Clare
11 Wenlock Way
Prospectvale, TAS, 7250
Mobile: 0418 145 572
Email: curls1@me.com
YN Salon Supplies
33 Smith St
North Hobart, TAS, 7002
Andrew Sulman
Mobile: 0419 116 299
Beauty Plus Salon Supplies
Unit 1 / 403 West Tamar HWY
Riverside, TAS, 7250
Michelle Cario
Phone: 03 6327 3122
International Distributors
Young Nails New Zealand
115 Tongariro St
Taupo, 3330
NEW ZEALAND
Darrell Harriss
Phone: 0011 64 737 844 77

Once upon a time there was an amazing man. He was a civil and mechanical engineer but also an inventor his whole life. Around 1998 his youngest daughter became aware that a friend of hers in the nail industry was becoming sick from the dust and asked her Dad if there was anything that he might be able to do to help her friend. His second youngest daughter agreed that she also had a friend who had had to leave that same industry due to illness and having to have a third nasal scrape to remove the dust from the products from her nose. Within that same conversation the thought that maybe this was happening to others in the industry was discussed and so the investigations started. The man went back home to invent, the daughters started the investigation into the industry.
All the following year the man worked hard after hours to come up with and make something to help the people in the nail industry.
Meanwhile the daughters had discovered that it was indeed a problem in the industry. The dust was not only sharp, so therefore cutting away at the tissues of the body but was also 100% product and contained things like methyl methacrylate and ethyl methacrylate which once inhaled into the body our body has no way to expend. We continuously increase the toxic levels in our body with every dust laden breath. The technicians were also in danger as they thought that the masks that they were wearing were helping them but if you can breathe through the mask you are still inhaling the dust, it is that fine!
At Christmas a call came from the man to his daughters to say that he might have something interesting for them to look at if they could come over. This they did and found that it was Big and it was Black and it was made from Metal, but it worked! And so the emendee was born. The first of its kind in the world. Invented, innovated and manufactured right here in Australia.
Many years of development and design and trialling in nail salons followed. This being one of the things that sets emendee apart is that they involve the nail industry into the process to discover what is actually needed in the industry and not just what a company wants to make.
So in early 2002 we started to put the units out into the nail salons for trialling for 3 days at a time. We had 5 units and so we set up 15 appointments. Set the units up for 5 salons and then leave them for 3 days and move them to the next 5 salons and then the next so that we could get the feedback from the people in the industry who didn't even know us. A funny thing happened when we went back to remove the workstations. The technicians refused to release them until the one they ordered arrived! We had to cancel the next 10 appointments and get to work! We then also knew we needed the distributors to have a look and tell us what they thought so we made some appointments and headed out to meet them. When we got to the first distributor and explained what we had, she asked if we were going to the Sydney International Beauty Show. Sure, we said, we were going down to have a look but not take a unit this time. She said, No, it wasn't a question. She was giving us room on her stand to make sure that we would be there. The business had begun.
It was after this momentous start that we received the first testing back from an independent air quality company about the amount of dust and odours/fumes that the emendee removes from the area of the nail technician. The company director told us that he thought his machine was broken because he could only get a reading when the machine was off. He retested again to make sure. The emendee was proven to remove better than 99% of all dust from the workarea of the nail technician.
We now address all sorts of areas such as training in occupational health and safety, occupational health and safety products to help with carpal tunnel, neck pain, shoulder pain, elbow pain etc. Lobbying the government on the behalf of the nail industry to get better laws and workplace safety in place for the Nail industry.
The man that started this phenomenon was our father Don McLean with the unending support of our mother Val McLean. We Maureen and Trish are the daughters who now carry on the business for the benefit of all nail technicians working in the industry. We are dedicated to making the workplace of the nail technician safer.

This is our unfinished story, we would love to hear yours.