
Goodbye to a Dear Friend: Helen Vanegas
The industry, and I personally, lost a dear friend recently when NAILS sales rep Helen Vanegas died.
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The industry, and I personally, lost a dear friend recently when NAILS sales rep Helen Vanegas died.

Can nail salons remain successful if they only offer nails?

I asked my mother to bring my makeup bag to the hospital. Hearing my request, my doctor said, "She'll be out of here in a week," knowing that when a woman is ready to look her best she's on the road to recovery.

Even though it may seem like a client doesn't ever want to change, she usually likes to know that you haven't given up on her.

Instead of getting caught up in what's wrong with salons, let's focus on showing them how to be right.


Like one of those uncles who drives you crazy retelling a story, my old boss Denis Hand used to tell everyone we met that he gave me my start in the business, and indeed he did.

By the time you read this, six weeks will have passed since September 11, 2001. Collectively, we will likely be past the initial stages of grief and shock, having moved on to the well-understood stage of grief known as acceptance.

So what does make a state progressive? We targeted 25 different areas, everything from licensing and continuing education, growth in licenses and salons, to community involvement, and the state’s inspector-to-salon ratio.

Far be it for me (as a member of the media) to criticize the rest of the media, but you have to wonder why the news picked up on this story six months after it happened, and is now blowing the story out of the water without doing much follow-up.

We want to inspire you to think about yourself, your health, and feeling good. We want you to go on a diet and start exercising . . . with us.

New competition opportunity has global vision.

Educate clients constantly about the products you use. Wouldn’t clients be more interested in trying items that they knew a lot about?

Instead of giving you my resolutions for the new year, the song from “The Sound of Music” brings to mind an idea to talk about what’s great about the nail industry instead of what needs improvement.

Midwestern nail technician Kathy Italia says, When you do a pedicure on someone, they looooove you."

How come the license that has become a symbol for professionalism halfway across the globe doesn’t hold the same cachet in this country?