Ready, Set, Sculpt!
A fast-set acrylic system simplifies and shortens the application process, allowing technicians to accommodate more clients in a day.
Troubleshooter: Shave Time From Services With a Good Filing System
You can’t beat a good filing system for helping you to make consistently great nails in less time. The first step is to develop one that works best for the way you work.
Tip of the Month: Try an "Acrylic Manicure"
A Tale of Two Techniques
Tips and forms each have their place in a successful nail service. Strive to do each one excellently for the ultimate in client satisfaction.
Lifting Opens a Pandora's Box of Bad Habits
If just a few clients have lifting, look to their lifestyles for the solution. If the numbers are higher, however, the cause probably can be traced back to your technique.
Trouble Shooter: Save Filing Time With Tip Blenders
Tip blenders not only make removing excess tip material easy, they’re easy on the natural nail as well.
10 Ways to Cut Precious Minutes Off a Fill Service
Whether you need a few quick tips to catch up when you are running behind schedule or you are trying to whittle down your fill service time to fit more clients in your appointment book, there are a few tricks to doing a fill in less time
Tip of the Month: Keeping Your Own Nails Looking Great
10 Reasons to Say Goodbye to Your Salon
Trouble Shooter: Taking the Heat Off Clients’ Nails
If your clients experience a burning sensation during a nail service, chances are you’re preparing the nail improperly or applying the product incorrectly.
The Life of a Brush
Don’t underestimate the power of this simple tool. The quality of your nail brush influences the quality of your work.
Troubleshooter: How to Get a Great C-Curve Using Nail Forms
The secret to creating a perfect C-curve lies in the placement of the form.
Trouble Shooter: How to Sculpt Acrylic for Minimal Filing
Whether you’re using nail tips or forms, refining your sculpting technique greatly reduces your filing time.
Troubleshooter: Tip Application Should Fit Style
Just as one tip style doesn’t work on all clients, one tip application method does not work on all tips styles. Here are three application methods for three newer tips.
Artificial Nails in the Operating Room: Do Beauty and Patient Safety Mix?
Infection control is a hot topic these days. Let’s face it: The world is a grimy place. As doctors and executives learn more about how infectious diseases are transmitted, many hospital administrators have begun to look at the way the hospital itself operates for ways to better protect both patients and staff from possibly harmful bacteria that can cause infections.
NAHA Adds Nail Enhancement Makeover Category
This year’s NAHA proved to be another achievement for nail technicians with the addition of a second nail division.
Trouble Shooter: How to Remove Lifted Product Properly When Doing a Fill
The most important thing to remember when doing an acrylic fill is to not nip product if you don’t need to.