We're Number 12! We're Number 12!
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics recently churned out some pretty important numbers.
Salon Facelifts
To stay up-to-date and to keep clients and staff interested and excited, many salon owners have opted to redesign their businesses. Is it time for your salon to go under the hammer and nails for a whole new look?
Reaching New Heights: The Old Fashion Way
A salon's prestige is built on excellence, not image.
Chain Salons Have Their Benefits
Finding good nail technicians is difficult for all salon owners and a particular problem cited by chain salons, whose growth depends on having a large pool of qualified candidates to choose from.
Should Professional Nail Products Be Sold Over the Counter?
"How we, as a manufacturer, help the salon professional make it is in the area of services and the sale of homecare products"
European Touch Logs On
While most businesses in the salon industry are attempting to get up to speed with computers that serve only within the confines of the business, others are using their computers to access the seemingly limitless information available on the information superhighway. Suddenly, the salon industry is in the commuter lane of the on-ramp.
The New Nail Technician's Survival Guide
Is there life after graduation from cosmetology school? You bet there is! While developing good work habits and building a clientele don’t happen overnight, working on them early in your career will help you stay one vine swing ahead of the rest.
IBD and Salon Essentials Lines Merge
The line will be offered exclusively through full-service, salon-only distributors.
Bringing The Sun Inside
The decision to add a substantial new service to your salon is not one to take lightly. Tanning requires a financial investment that requires careful consideration.
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.
Masters Of Their Craft
In just six months since its official launch, The Creative Academy has graduated hundreds of nail technicians, providing them with enhanced skills and a closer working relationship with Creative Nail Design Systems.
Salon Superstores: How Much Is Too Much?
Beauty superstores such as Ulta3 specialize in selling the products used by professionals, rather than the services offered by them. By doing so, these retail stores/salons have taken retailing to new heights.
Boot Up Your Business by Computerizing
Think a computer has no place in your salon? Think again; here are 16 ways a computer can help you retain clients, make money, and save time.
Maggie Boyd's Empire
At Avanté Studio & Spa, Maggie Boyd has created her seal of power both in the nail industry and in life as she works to empower her clients and her fellow nail professionals.
How Do You Keep Clients When an Employee Leaves?
When an employee leaves, I have the other nail technicians greet her clients and offer them the same wonderful service that they received before.
Ladies, Start Your Engines: Consider Competing
Besides developing a greater understanding of what goes on behind the judges’ curtain, as a judge myself, I discovered a greater empathy for the competitors for putting themselves through a competition, and for judges, who have to quickly evaluate and score so many sets of seemingly perfect nails.
Beyond Basic Training: How to Train Nail Techs on the Job
New nail technicians are diamonds in the rough. Here’s how salon owners help neophytes polish their skills to perfection.