What It Means to Be Green in 2014
Ready to do your part to help the environment? Greening your salon is easier than you think. Our comprehensive guide takes you beyond “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” with innovative ideas to help you offset your carbon footprint.
by Tracy Rubert
Retail Boutique: Eco-Friendly Items
Celebrate Earth Day every day with these eco-friendly, totally chic products. Made from natural ingredients, your customers can leave your salon with these items feeling like they are doing themselves and the planet a favor.
Ezringz
Ezringz.com created these tiny silicone bands designed to simplify daily polish use.
Pedi Princess
The company produces cute post-pedicure flip-flops with crystal toe spreaders for pedicures.
Accessories to Match
Go to the website of London-based nail artist and blogger Sam Fulton and you’ll find plenty of gorgeous pre-painted nail sets in her online store — many of them with matching nail polish jewelry.
by Judy Lessin
Averting Data Disaster
Since disasters can strike at any time, Dixon recommends getting in the habit of backing up on-site, in the cloud, and on personal disk drives to prevent long down-times in case of fire, water, or smoke damage.
TVs for Free
Gloss Media provides free flat-screen televisions as well as free programming to entertain your clients while they are getting services.
iNailTech
iNailTech is a mobile salon system for a nail tech’s phone compatible with the Nails 123 and iNailPOS Systems.
Salon Iris Partners with TheSalonGuy
Salon Iris, a salon software manufacturer, has teamed up with Stephan Marinaro, TheSalonGuy, as part of its ongoing effort to provide Salon Iris users with advice and insights from industry leaders.
Silver Shimmer Slant Tweezers
Tweezerman’s Silver Shimmer Slant tweezers, which come in a matching leather case, is designed to shape brows with effortless accuracy.
Hearts of Love
For Valentine’s Day, be sure to check out Pedi-Sox’s new Hearts of Love design featuring white, pink, and red hearts.
Retail Boutique: Scarves
Winter isn’t over just yet — make sure your clients ride out the rest of the cold season in style. With handmade and unique scarves, they will have warm necks, beautiful nails, and plenty of compliments all the way into summer
Beauty Düsseldorf Takes Place in March 2014
From March 21-23, 2014, Beauty Düsseldorf, an international trade fair for cosmetics, nail, foot, wellness, and spa, will be the meeting place for about 50,000 trade visitors and 1,250 exhibitors and brands.
Crowdsourcing: Client No-Shows
This month we asked nail techs: How do you deal with client no-shows?
Business Forms for All
There’s no need to start from scratch when dealing with your business paperwork. Milady’s Online Business Forms for the Salon and Spa can get you off to a good start.
In Case of Lawsuits
Proper documentation and procedures are essential in case a patron brings a lawsuit against your salon, according to Sean Brownyard, executive program manager for SASSI, the Salon and Spa Specialty Insurance program at Brownyard Group.
On My Mind: The Upside of Turnover
Editor Hannah Lee urges you to see the silver lining in employee turnover.
by Hannah Lee