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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

The Tippi Hedren Factor

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A great piece on the Vietnamese impact on the nail industry ran in today’s Los Angeles Times (“Vietnamese Nail Down the U.S. Manicure Business”). The reporter talks about how the Vietnamese got started in the nail

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Board Holds Tough Line on Pedi Liners

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I thought I had a basic grasp on the pedicure cleaning guidelines in California and across the nation. But I was really surprised by a notice we received from the California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology.

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Beauty Blogs

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I recently checked out an interesting blog put on by a girl from Cleveland, who provides up-to-date information on essentially every new polish that comes out. You might already know of it. It’s called All Lacquered

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Get Up Close and Personal

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In-person networking events are one of the best ways of meeting people and forming lasting relationships. It’s a great way to meet up with other techs in your region for a day (or even a weekend

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Rules of Style

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Style guru Noel Asmar recently released her list of six style tips for salon employees. I agree with most of them, but I do think there are some exceptions to her rules. For example, if you work

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Salon Discriminates Against Overweight Client

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A WPTV Channel 5 report out of West Palm Beach, Fla., claims a local woman is planning a discrimination suit against a nail salon. Barbara Phillips told News Channel 5 an employee refused her service, saying,

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Nails and Polish: a couple for the ages

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Have you ever wondered when it was that humans first started to wear polish on their nails? It’s like asking about the history of shoes or clothes; they’ve really been with us since the beginning. The

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Lammers Takes First at ABA Competition

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Lynn Lammers took first place at the April 6 nail competition sponsored by the Allied Beauty Association of Canada (ABA) at its Toronto show. Jessica Ellison took second place, followed by John Hauk in third place. Lammers

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Helping the Planet…One Salon at a Time

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As a nod to Earth Day, I decided to check out a cool new eco-chic nail salon in Los Angeles: Recess. Only five weeks old, the environmentally-friendly salon boasts that it’s in the process of LEED

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On My Mind: Is the Nail Industry Really Recession-Proof?

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I was talking to a celebrity manicurist the other day and she mentioned she’s felt a slowdown in house calls to some of her regular celebrity clients. She said they’ve been getting their nails done at

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