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.
Here in the central San Joaquin Valley of California, we don't get much diversity in our weather. It's mostly hot. From April to the end of October — all hot. Then November gets here and it's
That's how I feel sometimes. Especially now, when I'm in the process of changing my business checking to a new bank, changing my credit card processing account from the sub-account under the salon owner where I
Can you believe it?! The editors here at NAILS actually told me they didn't feel one of the last entries I submitted for my blog was "relevant." It was all about my new cell phone —
Personally, I think my polishing skills are fine. They may not be the best in all the land, but they are certainly competent, and distinctly professional. Believe me! I have let clients polish my nails before. It
I decided that I would try not to bog down the blog with endless musings of my rise to fame and fortune as a champion nail competitor — especially since, at this rate, it's entirely possible
Nails by Janae Felkins, New Waves Salon (Lancaster, Calif.) It has long been my stance that Visalia runs nearly 10 years behind the times when it comes to the nail industry. Seriously. I can't tell you how
Social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook sure have thrown a wrench into things. Look. We all have clients who make us crazy. And sometimes our very favorite clients are having an off day and that
Yesterday I got a call from a bride-to-be who wanted some pricing info for her bridal party. Yikes. In all my years of doing nails, in all the salons I've worked in, the ONLY brides who have
I've been out and about this morning — giving my money to the bank, shopping for the ultimate new nail art idea ... you know, the usual Monday morning routine — and I noticed a few
Quite some time ago you might recall my going off on a rant about the meaning of the word "opaque" and how so many people don't actually use it correctly. Well, yesterday I found myself very
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