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.
Today is one of those rainy Mondays. The schedule has been slow, but I don't mind because I get to stare out the window all day at the clouds moving across the sky. I did get my
This is a post about taking out the trash — literally.It's amazing that, in a salon comprised of a single 200-square-foot room, people are able to sneak stuff into my trashcan without my noticing. Stuff like
Have you ever gone to a salon and the first time you walk in you look around at the decor and you're all like, "WOW! This place is so beautiful!"? And you go to that salon,
OK, OK ... Yes. Those are my nails in the last post! And yes, they are reprehensible! For starters, my nails are almost never done anymore. Because in my other life, I do things like: play in
If you're as obsessed with nails as I am, you probably spend hours of your life looking at photos that nail techs have posted online of their own work, or that clients post online of their
I want to write a post about Groupon. I know many of my colleagues, including several of my most respected peers in the industry, have had some experience with Groupon from a merchant's point of view
Y'all are killin’ me! LED lamps use a different light-emitting technology (light emitting diodes); they DO NOT emit a different type of light. The "old" lamps use fluorescent light bulbs. I totally understand why no one wants
Well. Yet another line of UV-cured polish has come to live on my shelf. Well, a small sampling of another line anyway. Introducing: OPI GelColor. It's all so confusing. I've totally given up on grumbling about
Last week I spent 86 minutes and 36 seconds on the phone with a sales rep from Citygrid.com. I received a call from a rep within 24 hours of claiming my listing. Naturally, the message she
Yes, I am still talking about the new year and resolutions and stuff. No. None of it is about losing weight. I can still bend over and paint my own toenails — I'm doing just fine. It
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