ePillow
Available in a variety of color options to match your décor, the ePillow contains a “ledge” that surrounds the pillow’s outside to hold the tablet either horizontally or vertically.
Retail Boutique: Patriotic Items
American-inspired accessories, decorations, and bakeware make great retail items. Stock your salon with fun and festive products for Independence Day, and don’t be afraid to display them again come Memorial Day, Presidents’ Day, Veterans’ Day, and even Thanksgiving!
Perfect Retail for the Shoe Obsessed
The flip flop junkies among your clientele will be thrilled with Tigerlily Interchangeable Sandals.
On My Mind: Practice Makes Perfect
Editor Hannah Lee explains what nail techs should practice, outside of just doing nails, that can help their careers.
by Hannah Lee
Ten Things Your Employees Won’t Tell You
Do you ever wish you were a fly on the wall so you could hear what your employees say? Here’s your chance to learn what they won’t tell you, but wish you knew.
New Training Can Transform the Nail Department
reThinkSpa is an innovative consulting, education, and training tool that helps elevate the credibility, professionalism, client experience, and profits of the nail department.
Green Tea Collection
These spa treatments are full of anti-oxidants.
Violent Lips Application How-To
We've heard of nail art, but what about "lip art"? Lip appliques in animal print, glitter, and other designs popped up at all the big beauty shows in 2012. It could be a great retail product for your nail salon, or even a service make-up artists at full-service salons could add to their menus. Here's a how-to from Violent Lips, one of the makers of designed lip appliques.
Win a Nail Mentor for a Day
Beauty Changes Lives and AACS are offering currently enrolled beauty school students, in an AACS school, the chance to be matched up with a celebrity mentor to launch their career in the industry. Available mentors include Jan Arnold, co-founder of CND; Ted Gibson, celebrity stylist; Dr. Howard Murad, dermatologist and skin care expert; and Diana Schmidtke, celebrity stylist for Hollywood’s leading men. Get details on how to enter at: http://beautychangeslives.org/scholarships
On the Road: Nail Bar at Walgreens, Chicago
This is no ordinary Walgreens. Enter the two-story flagship at State and Randolph and smell fresh-baked cinnamon rolls, witness a sushi chef masterfully create a custom order, and, of course, get your nails done at its Nail Bar by Essie & OPI.
by Sree Roy
Retail Boutique: Cosmetic Bags
Get creative! A handy cosmetic bag doesn’t have to be for makeup only. Help your clients establish a regular nail grooming routine, and then give them a way to carry their beauty products with them wherever they go. A small travel clutch is the perfect size for a handful of polishes.
Establish a Successful Apprenticeship Program
Shear Savvy Secrets and Strategies for Successful Salon Apprenticeships is teaching salon’s across the country how to become a school of cosmetology and train apprentices right in their own salon so apprentices can become licensed in the beauty industry.
WebOpenings.com Helps You Fill Those Open Slots
WebOpenings.com is a marketplace that assists salon and spas in booking those open appointments that would otherwise go unused.
Full Slate Streamlines Appointment Setting, Record Keeping
Scheduling on your website is more convenient for clients, and 70% say they’d rather make appointments online than pick up the phone, according to the folks at online appointment setting company Full Slate.
Websites Worth Watching: Allied Health Association
The Allied Health Association, a network of spas, salons, and medi-spas,has been providing A-rated insurance to the health and beauty industry since 1991.
Backscratchers Product Availability and Distribution Matters
CEO - Michael Megna addresses Backscratchers product availability and distribution matters.
Retail Boutique: Music Accessories
As iPods, iPhones, mp3 players, and other music-listening devices have become such a vast part of our culture, they aren’t just machines anymore, but accessories as well. Give clients an excuse to jazz up their electronic style with eclectic earbuds, hand-sewn iPod armbands, and more.