Visalia, Calif.-based nail tech Maggie Franklin tells it like it is. Never dull, she lends her unique perspective to a wide variety of issues facing working techs.
I can't even finish reading either of the two latest issues of my trade magazines. The magazines are full of nothing but gel polish and “applique” ads. All these professional product manufacturers who supply the professional
Why do they all have to talk with their hands while I’m holding a drill against their nail beds? Seriously, I appreciate the trust, but let’s get real.Aside from chasing their hands through the air like
Common Sense, Conventional Wisdom, and Modern Psychology, all agree that when you find your life and your personal psyche muddied up with "toxic people," the best course of action is to simply eliminate them from your
Today I got my shipment of my latest investment in gel-polish. Yet another line from yet another manufacturer. I expect pretty much all gels hitting the market these days to be LED-curable. I still have my reasons
Why is it that we — yes “we,” as in the embarrassing majority of the people who work in our industry — think that it’s reasonable to expect a break on rent if we’re only going
What bee is in my bonnet this week? The repeat cancellations/reschedules. The clients who cancel their appointment with exactly 24-hours’ notice, reschedule for the following week or the week after that (whenever I can next fit
I know you get spam e-mails too. We all love them. Oh sure, I could set up my Yahoo account to “filter” the spam out of my inbox, but that’s my primary e-mail account and I
I used to be utterly exasperated at California's lack of continuing education requirements for maintaining our licenses. Then I found out more about what passes as “continuing education” in states that do require it, and I
Last week my Internet here at the salon went out. I am one of those people who is looking forward to throwing my cell phone under a truck someday. I'd like to give up the cell,
For everyone who spends as much time looking at photos of nails as I do, especially if you look at a lot of domestic nail art (“domestic” for the U.S. techs, that is), you’ve probably been
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