
Adapt Or Perish; It's The Way Of Business
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Nail technicians' earning power is up 17%. Perhaps the staff shortages the industry is facing is having an impact on the salaries and prices that skilled nail techs can demand. Our biannual compensation studies will help you understand how your earnings compare to the industry and provide some simple ways to increase your earning potential.

I think the balance of scoring should be even between shaping and product control.



On the one hand, Chanel's Vamp polish did wonders for nails by getting everybody talking about it and by getting people looking at nails and wearing color. On the other hand, it should have come from one of our own professional manufacturers first.

Instead of expecting clients to supplement the nail professional's earnings, nail salons would price their services at a level that allows workers to earn a living wage. Salons could even make it a salon policy and notify clients that tips are no longer accepted at the salon.

I’ve been talking to several editors at the big consumer beauty magazines. They all seem to ask the same questions, like "What should someone look for in a good nail salon?"

What is the most important requirement in being successful in the nail industry?

Keeping your clients happy is crucial but don't forget about your novice nail technicians.

You’ve come to know my face on this page over the past five years — now there are some other people whom I would like you to meet. You probably know their names, and if you get to our tradeshows, you may know some of their faces.

This salon owner was so intent on bringing in NEW clients that she didn't realize she was losing customers like me who felt ignored.

There may be some confusion between ethyl methacrylate (a monomer used widely in acrylic systems today) and methyl methacrylate (a monomer formerly used in acrylic systems but banned for use today).

As this group of women (and men, too) aged, they would spend millions of their considerable disposable income on beauty products and services in an effort to hang on to their youth.

Ideas on how to protect and support the nail technicians.


If nail technicians are only interested in the price of products, how do you explain that the top companies in the nail industry have built their business on quality products and education?