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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

Raising the Bar on Education

by NAILS Magazine

This past March, Tammy Warner of Nails Unlimited in Buffalo, N.Y., held her first annual Buffalo Education Event to bring educators and professional technicians together to share techniques, ideas, and advice to help give them a

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Retailing: Starting the Conversation

by NAILS Magazine

I was just reading an e-newsletter from salon consultant Bryan Durocher of Durocher Enterprises that had some interesting tips about retailing in the salon. He began with a reminder that it isn’t enough simply to invest

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PostSecret: Love, Your Clients

by NAILS Magazine

In our May issue, we are running a story called “50 Things Your Clients Wish You Knew.” In it, real clients shared with NAILS the good, the bad, and the ugly of what they think of

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Meet Cyndy

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For me, the beginning of my very long — and rewarding — career in the nail industry began inauspiciously when I got laid off from another magazine job in 1990. I loved the magazine, which was

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Solicited Advice

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I'm probably a pain in the butt to a lot of consumer product manufacturers out there, because when I'm unhappy with a product (a certain brand of teeth whitening strips and a shoe accessories company shall

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A Site for Last-Minute Gift-Givers

by NAILS Magazine

I recently discovered on online spa gift certificate site that’s set up to give consumers what they want: gift certificates that are instant and customizable. It’s called SpaEmergency.com. For shoppers, it’s 1, 2, 3. First, they

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Symptoms of a Bigger Problem

by NAILS Magazine

I recently read an article in The Sacramento Bee about 17 Sacramento beauty and nail salons being cited by The Division of Labor Standards and Enforcement for illegally classifying their workers as independent contractors. This topic is one I

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A Positive Spin

by NAILS Magazine

With all the negative press our industry seems to garner, sometimes it’s just nice to read a story in the news relating to nails that has a positive outlook. Most often when I’m interviewed for news

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IRS and Worker Classification

by NAILS Magazine

With the final crunch of tax time falling upon us, many techs are rushing to finish through their final stages of tax forms. I recently found out just how complicated taxes can be in the

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Nail Polish IDs Triplets

by NAILS Magazine

Polish wearers are getting younger all the time. Rare identical triplets Logan, Eli, and Collin Penn — born on Long Island in March — wore nail polish to their first news conference, according to a report

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