September 15, 2008
| News
The International Nail Technicians (INTA) has appointed of Doug Schoon to serve as its chief scientific advisor.
Keywords: associations Doug Schoon International Nail Technicians Association nail chemistry
July 1, 2008
| Article
The California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology doesn’t allow liners to be used in place of performing the required cleaning procedures.
Keywords: California state regulations disinfecting foot spas disinfection salon inspections
June 1, 2008
| Article
What you need to know about your Material Safety Data Sheets.
Keywords: educational materials product safety
February 19, 2008
| News
Since the California State Board of Barbering & Cosmetology began enforcing new law AB 409 on Feb. 15, 10 nail salons have already been placed on immediate probation for pedicure stations that don't meet sanitation requirements.
Keywords: California state regulations legislation pedicure sanitation sanitation
February 6, 2008
| News
Effective March 1, the California Board of Barbering & Cosmetology is raising its renewal fee to $50 for all manicurists, cosmetologists, estheticians, electrologists, and barbers.
Keywords: California state regulations licensing state boards
February 1, 2008
| Article
Houston's Victorian Beauty College was fined and permanently closed for allowing individuals to pay for a cosmetology license without attending the required school training.
Keywords: licensing
January 1, 2008
| Article
Here are some links to articles and resources relating to the Vietnamese nail industry in the U.S.
Keywords: trends Vietnamese salon industry VietSALON
December 12, 2007
| News
The Tennessee State Board of Cosmetology recently put into effect an amendment that allows licensed estheticians and nail manicurists to enroll in instructor courses.
Keywords: licensing state boards
November 26, 2007
| News
After a four-day trial in October, a federal jury awarded $182,000 in back wages, overtime pay, and damages to Susan Kim, a Korean immigrant nail salon worker who worked for seventeen years at 167 Nail Salon Plaza and was fired in March 2005 after demanding regular breaks.
Keywords: legislation working safely
November 26, 2007
| News
Houston’s Victorian Beauty College was fined a record $250,000 and permanently closed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. The school was known across the country as a place where an individual could purchase a Texas cosmetology license without attending the required school training.
Keywords: licensing state boards
October 1, 2007
| News
In a major victory for the Professional Beauty Administration (PBA) and the salon industry, the Small Business Administration (SBA) recently issued a ruling that preserves the small business designation for hundreds of salon/spa businesses nationwide.
Keywords: business Professional Beauty Association taxes
August 3, 2007
| News
A new Texas legislature signed into law states that if Texas state health officials witness flagrant violations of sanitation standards in salons, they now have the jurisdiction to immediately close the salon.
Keywords: inspections legislation salon sanitation state boards
June 22, 2007
| News
In June, the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) relaxed the autoclaving requirement it had passed in 2006, but never fully enforced.
Keywords: autoclaves legislation salon sanitation state boards
May 11, 2007
| News
Plaintiff Cheryl Reader is suing Diamond Nails in Wood River, Ill. alleging that during a pedicure, a technician scraped the bottom of her foot pro-ducing an open wound and bleeding.
Keywords: lawsuits pedicures
