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 am exhausted. And famished. I haven't even had time to drink my pumpkin spice latte today. Don't worry, I still like it after it's been sitting on the corner of my desk for eight hours.
UV lamps are expensive. It doesn't matter if they are for drying polish or curing gel, doesn't matter who makes them or where they come from. They are pricey.It doesn't help matters at all that manufacturers
So this last weekend the BF and I were wandering around town watching people do their holiday shopping. (We like to wait till the last minute for ours.) Naturally, the BF had to make a stop
I don't believe in "nail emergencies." There's no such thing, and if it really is that bad, then you need a doctor, not a nail tech.I like that my job comes with a very low responsibility
Well it just came down the pike that NAILS Magazine pretty much expected me to take the holiday off too ... but I just had to sneak in one more post this week before the offices
Welcome to the week of Thanksgiving. It is for me, as well as for many of us, I'm sure, a three-day work week. When I lock the door at the end of an exhausting but profitable
Ooof. I am tired. You know the kind of day I've had; you got up in the morning, went to work, looked at your book. You saw a couple of new clients scheduled, but they're clients
Fads are fleeting. At least, that is what I've heard. Fashion moves at the speed of light and we all know we'll need a new purse next season. And new shoes. And new — well, pretty
There's a little newspaper-style publication that gets sent out to salons in California called California Stylist. Apparently they have them in other states too, and I have a series of thoughts concerning the publication itself, but
On the flip side of the whole issue regarding people who can't make a living doing nails managing to make a living telling ME how to make a living doing nails is the issue of highly talented
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