Become skilled with one product before moving on to the next great thing.
Recently Sharon Lacktin, a nail professional in Canada, sent me a wonderful idea for a blog post. Thanks to her for the inspiration that became this blog, which will hopefully in turn inspire the rest of you!
Sometimes as nail professionals we all need to slow down and improve ourselves before moving onto more and more products. How many products do you have sitting around in drawers or on shelves that were really exciting when you bought them, then maybe you used them once or twice before setting them aside for the next newest greatest thing?
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This falls right into something I frequently talk about in #naileyes classes. You ought to feature an art medium for two-to-four weeks, making your way through all of the items you've gotten along the way. This will allow you to get good at each of them because you're practicing on most clients, while also allowing you to earn back what you spent.
Focusing more on your own skills and improvements over what is the next best thing will also help keep you grounded and focused.
How much more exciting will the new things be when you are confident they will provide an excellent return on investment because you've learned how to take advantage of what you have?
Here I am sharing a very comprehensive and well-rounded almost back to work package of information for you from Virox (Rejuvenate) that is the complete set of materials to help you feel confident that everything is in place and ready to go, even if you are already back at work!
If your salon has re-opened, you may have found some challenges with wearing a face shield while working. If not, here are some tips that could help save you some headaches when you do get back.
This video is a really awesome resource for figuring out a reasonable hourly rate for yourself in addition to seeing the average your area can bear in service prices in some ways.
Have you ever heard of the stages of grief? With everything going on, we are grieving our “normal”. That means you should give yourself permission to feel the way you feel.
Has all this PPE business got you down? Does it feel like it cramps your style? One way to help it cheer you up which will in turn cheer up your clients is to add some sparkle.
For those of you that like a little data with your info, here is some really interesting information from salon owner Michele Baker in Georgia. Being one of the first states to open left the salon owners to scramble to learn a lot of things on their own and many have been generous in sharing things they have figured out to help make operating in the COVID-19 world more systematic and understandable.
It has been quite a while since I made a video for the e-file chronicles so an update to that seemed in order. The latest installment is removing gel-polish from an enhancement.