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NAILS editors blog weekly about the nail biz, products, events, and anything and everything nail-related. Join the conversation with your comments.

Erika Kotite

Katherine Fleming

Nancy Kirk

On My Mind: A Little Something Extra

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Nails are your bread and butter. And whether your specialty is painstakingly perfect pink-and-whites, gorgeous gels, or pampering pedicures, you’re making your living doing nails. If you’re like many other readers, you may have already added

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Seen & Heard

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Here’s the latest in nail and beauty biz-related celeb and PR news. Huntington Beach, Calif.-based Skin Deep—The Body Spa was the Orange County winner in the “best facial” category on MyFoxLA’s HotList.

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Looking to Waste Some Time?

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I was on Google today looking for something nail-related (of course as soon as I saw this little time-waster, I completely forgot what I was originally looking for...) and I ran across this funny online game

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Absolutely Essential for Work-Life Balance

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By and large nail techs score pretty well in the work-life balance department. You consistently cite flexible scheduling as one of the best perks of the profession and according to our last Big Big Book survey,

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NAILS Offers New Online Channels

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Hello out there in the NAILS blogosphere. Hope everyone had a nice Labor Day weekend (hopefully you didn’t have to work all weekend and everyone stayed away from Hurricane Gustav). We’ve been busy over here at

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Avon: “It’s Easy Money”

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Nail techs are notoriously shy about selling retail, but not Brenda Bollard, the owner of Bren’s Nails in Conroe, Texas. According to Brenda, selling Avon products is “easy money.” She simply keeps a brochure on her

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Online Information

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The Nail Manufacturers Council (NMC) is a group of nail manufacturers that have come together to help educate techs and salon owners about different issues affecting nail care products and services. The NMC is part of

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Take Five

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I just wanted to share this photo of an ideal nail salon breakroom. Found in Da-Lonnie’s Hair & Nail Studio in Las Vegas, it’s referred to as the “After 5 Room” and features rich colors, cute

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Lovely Jewels

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The September issue of NAILS should be out any day now and we can’t wait for you to see the cover and our latest polish preview. This fall it’s all about deep, rich colors, evoking royal

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Tipping Done Right

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Salon consultant Neil Ducoff is no great fan of tipping. In fact, recently in his “Monday Morning Wake-Up” e-newsletter he suggested the industry get together and ban tipping altogether as of December 31, 2008. Apparently, Ducoff

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