MyTime Enables Booking and Payment via Facebook
MyTime manages client records, handles in-store purchases, tracks inventory, and creates reports and analytics.
Independent Nail Consultant Provides Ongoing Education
The idea of independently providing continuing education arose when Amy Masters was asked to teach a nail art class. She called her state board to check license requirements and found that although she could not teach students without an instructor’s license, there are no restrictions on teaching already-licensed nail techs.
Top 10 Emerging Spa Trends
From on-demand service to using natural ingredients, these spa trends will help keep your business ahead of the industry curve.
Maintaining Your Nail Tools and Equipment
Show Your Salon Tools Some Love: Buying salon tools and equipment is a big part of the cost of doing business. Make the most of your investment by learning how to maintain them to extend their life.
CND and Beauty Changes Lives Announce First Recipients of Master Scholarship
Introduced in this February, the BCL|CND Master Scholarship is funded through a $150,000 commitment by CND.
Apply for the 2017 PBA Scruples Scholarship for New Salon Owners
The Professional Beauty Association Scruples Scholarship for New Salon Owners awards a new salon owner with $1,000. Hair services must be offered at the salon to be eligible.
Crowdsourcing: How Do You Tell Clients You Are Raising Prices?
This month we asked nail techs: How do you inform your clients you’re raising your prices? How do they generally react?
Tech Pays Forfeit for Being Late
Nail tech LáShaun Brown-Glenn really pays the price when she’s running late — and that price is $15.
Industry Pro Shares Pricing Formula
“I created the Service Pricing Toolkit because so many beauty professionals were receiving terrible advice about pricing from fellow professionals who had never been taught the necessary math to calculate appropriate, sustainable prices,” says creator, cosmetologist and beauty industry advocate Tina Alberino.
Sheet Masks: A Simple Upsell
The masks are left on the client’s face for an extended period of time — usually 10 to 30 minutes — to allow the skin to reap all the benefits.
Click Here: Napkin Finance
Learn how to deal with your business's finances with this easy-to-use website.
5 Ways to Earn More Money As a Nail Tech
Celina Ryden shares her top five ways for nail techs to increase their earnings.
Discussing Women and the Economy with OPI's Co-Founder
She went from doing everything at OPI (including cleaning the floors) to being deemed the “First Lady of Nails.”
Raising a Glass at A Perfect 10 Nail & Beauty Bar
After selling her insurance business, A Perfect 10 Nail & Beauty Bar owner Canada Lytle returned to her beauty roots and opened an upbeat bar-like salon focused on gel manicures. Since founding the salon in 2011, she has opened one A Perfect 10 each year — and she has no plans to slow down any time soon.
Quiz: Are You Ready to Step Up to Teaching?
Whether you’re looking for a new challenge or just yearning to make a career change within the beauty field, cosmetology and nail schools offer an interesting alternative to the day-to-day of salon life. Take our quiz to see if you’re up for the challenge.
Use Video as a Training Time-Saver
“By videotaping your trainings and passing the video on to new staff members, you can just do the training once," says business consultant Tammy Dennis.
Are Your Tax Records A Mess?
Annual Tax Mess Organizer For Nail Techs, Manicurists & Salon Owners is a book designed for self-employed individuals who have difficulty keeping track of their expenses during the business year.