Home-Based Salons: No Driving in the Snow and Other Perks
You can tend to your kids and other household matters throughout your workday. It may also be the worst thing. Below four salon owners discuss the pros and cons of having salon in their homes.
In What Salon Environment Can a Nail Technician Be Most Successful?
Whether it’s working in a home-based salon, a nails-only or full service salon, or a day spa, every nail technician has a definite opinion on where a nail professional can be most successful.
Have the Courage to Let Bad People Go
It is better to turn down business, referring business to another salon, than to keep employees that I cloud your space with their negative attitude.
OPI Computes With Kids
What do you do when you’ve got 70 essays to read, all written by children in need of a computer? If you’re OPI president and CEO George Schaeffer, you’ll make sure every child gets one.
Ex-Execs Take to Salon Life
Call them corporate drop-outs or beauty drop-ins, we’d like to introduce you to four salon owners who abandoned the corporate fast track for the rewards of salon life and get their take on the industry.
Are You Sure You’re Insured?
As a salon owner, why wouldn’t you protect your business assets — including your employees? While insurance can be a less-than-thrilling topic, getting educated, getting quoted, and getting covered will pay off in the long run. Booth renters, the same holds true for you.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
When hiring a new potential booth renter, you want to make sure that they're a proper fit. But you also want to ensure that what you're asking isn't inappropriate.
Is the Mid-Level Salon Extinct?
No, it’s alive and well. The demise of the mid-level salon has been greatly exaggerated. In fact, these salons can be regarded as the bread and butter of the nail industry. We talked to several salon owners and industry experts to get their take on this industry trend.
It’s a Good Day to Buy Retail
Every Thursday this day spa and salon offers all retail products — including skin care, makeup, hair, and nail supplies — at 10% off.
Feeling Good? Time to Shift Gears!
Just back from a big beauty industry conference and I’m renewed and excited in that way you get when you’ve been to a show.
Salon, Suite Salon
Faced with the prohibitive costs of starting a business mixed with a desire for independence, some nail techs are turning to salon suites. These so-called “beauty malls” offer upwardly mobile techs a stepping stone between employee and salon owner.
Salon of the Year Winners Have Grit
A common theme for this year's winners and runners-up was perseverance and the ability to triumph over tragedy.
Note to Spa Owners: Nails Rock
There’s a perception among certain salon and spa owners that nail services are low-end, unprofitable, “unspa-like,” and just plain smelly. The reality is, if you are ignoring nail services in your establishment you are paying for it in your bottom line.
What’s Frustrating Christine Turner?
Recently crowned Nail Technician of the Year should be dancing a jig, but she's frustrated by the industry and she explains why.
TV or Not TV?
As TVs become the norm in more and more salons, we find out how owners and techs really feel about the transition to digital amenities.
Help Desk: Dear Nails
Science & Medicine Panelists: Pheobe Rich, M.D., Doug Schoon, Johanna Youner, D.P.M. This Month's Nail Technician Experts: Jessica Zastopil is an instructor at Scot Lewis Schools in Plymouth, Minn. Angie Gross is the owner of skin & Nails by Angie in Stone Mountain, Ga.
Are National Licensing Standards a Good Idea?
The idea of setting national licensing standards for nail techs is a big topic and not something everyone will agree upon.