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11 Doable New Year’s Resolutions for Nail Techs
No matter your goals for 2018, NAILS can help you take your game to the next level.
by Staff
January 8, 2018
1 min to read
1. Learn a new technique:
Color Club's Robert Nguyen demonstrates how to stamp a design properly.
Ann Chang shows how to file and shape nails using an e-file to speed up your services.
Pamper clients with reflexology foot massage.
2. Banish lifting:
Troubleshoot the causes of lifting acrylic.
Best practices to avoid lifting.
3. Grow your social media channels:
4. Improve your photography skills:
Take great-looking nail photos with your phone.
Take professional-quality photos of your salon’s interior.
5. Increase your service income.
6. Learn to be an editorial manicurist.
7. Enter a nail contest.
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8. Become an educator.
Quiz: Do you have what it takes to be a great manufacturer’s educator?
Quiz: Are you ready to step up to teaching?
9. Lessen your stress:
10. Be kinder to your body:
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