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 spent all those years back in school learning how to write coherently, so that I could sound educated and knowledgeable when I write a paper, or a letter, or a blog post. (OK, so I
This morning I was chatting pleasantly with one of my regular clients about her experience with a local esthetician. My client had been to this esthetician before and liked her service, but did not like the
I was visiting a friend out of town last week when I heard the news about the Seal Beach salon shooting. Aside from the tireless string of thoughts and feelings that such news inevitably stirs up, this
When I read Hannah's editorial in the October issue of Nails Magazine about all these bloggers who show up at industry events and go to the press meetings and such, all I could think of was,
I was late to the Internet. Or so I thought. When Compuserve was the gateway to "online" and AOL was still mailing 3,000 CDs to your house each week, I was living in southern California. Everyone
If I could get the entire industry together and talk us all into agreeing on one thing, today that one thing would be to come up with clear, distinct terms for services and products. Specifically, gels. At
So, we (the BF and I) cook. I mean, neither of us are in danger of any Iron Chef titles mind you, but we are constantly reminded by the people we are surrounded by that we
I did not attend the nails-only tradeshow in Sacramento, Calif., on Sunday even though I had been looking forward to the show and had, in fact, booked my hotel room several months ago. The Sacramento show has
I can't believe how often new clients come in and tell me that the last salon they went to told them they couldn't do nail art on top of rockstar nails.I'm so confused as to why
Movie studios are the worst. You watch those previews in the beginning of your movie and they all say, “Coming soon to a theater near you.” And it never fails that you see previews for a
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