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.
About two weeks ago my schedule started off looking pretty well-filled out for the week. By the end of Tuesday afternoon, however, I'd had nine cancellations and my schedule looked more like Swiss cheese. My first instinct
When I closed my salon and returned to booth rental, I specifically looked for a salon that did not have a receptionist. I didn't want someone else responsible for booking my appointments. I wanted to retain
All this talk about the recession. Let me modify that: All this obsessing over the recession. Who's doing how? Is it bad where you are? When will it get better? Has anyone else had to get
They say that a happy customer will tell 10 people about you, but an unhappy customer will tell — well, according to YouTube's view counter for the runaway hit "United Breaks Guitars" — at least 3 million
One of the many many (too many) obligations I have volunteered for is being an "expert" on AllExperts.com. I ran across the site just over a year ago on one my Google-fests. Yes, occasionally I sit
How can so many people manage to muddy up the simple concept of gel products? If anything, gel has got to be the most simply named product used for nail enhancements. Gel is called gel because it's
You know what drives me nuts? The average American's ignorance of simple science. In this particular instance: chemistry. Most people I encounter don't know much about chemistry, and aren't interested in learning. Mostly what they know is
The good news is, I think I've found a viable answer to my glitter and bling storage dilemma. The bad news is, I still don't have enough space! When I did the "tech swap" article with
Have I ever mentioned that I hate the heat? And I'm not talking that "anything over 100" range — I'm talking more like anything over 80. Frankly, 80 is pushing it. I really like 56-65. Fahrenheit,
Never mind that I picked up a copy of the latest issue of NAILS while I was at the IBS Vegas show. I didn't have a chance to start reading it until I received my regularly
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