Business
Power Grooming
Total beauty in under an hour is a team effort at Style Bar Beverly Hills. For less than $100 ($99 to be exact), clients receive a hair blowout and style, a professional makeup application, and a perfect manicure and pedicure.
Stylenet Sites Are Easy to Update
A web design company specializing exclusively in the beauty industry, Stylenet.com offers salon websites starting at $59 per month.
At the Top of Your Game
You’ve paid your dues, you’ve built your clientele, and your book is so packed with standing appointments it’s hard to take new clients. So how do you promote your business when you’re filled to capacity?
The Video Vixens of Nails
Coming directly to a viewing screen near you, these top video-making nail techs are online and bringing education to the masses with their fun and unique brands of instructional nail clips.
by Tim Crowley
Salon Break Rooms: 5 Examples
Break rooms offer a respite from the hustle and bustle of the salon. Here are a few great examples.
Deco Polish Rack
“I came up with the Deco Nail Polish Rack after unsuccessfully looking for decorative nail polish displays," says Nick Brown, owner of Velvet Nail Lounge in Troy, Mich.
Gel Master Tech Tool Kit
Star Nail’s New Gel Master Tech Tool Kit was innovated by Star Nail’s global education director Elaine Watson and is fully-stocked with every gel brush you could need for hard gels, soft soak-off gels, and gel nail art.
The Lola Lifestyle
Lola is the face of Jessica Cosmetics' GELeration; you may have seen her plastered on the company’s marketing materials for its new gel-polish line.
by Sree Roy
Julep Nail Parlors: Powered by Girlfriends
Julep Nail Parlors are proud to donate $1 from the sale of every Julep Nail Vernis to organizations that empower women. Please join us by going to our Facebook page to learn more and vote each month for where our Powered by Girlfriends dollars should go.
Internet Marketing: Taking the Next Step
Use this Internet marketing checklist to assess your progress toward an exceptional online marketing strategy for your salon. Follow the steps to take your business to the next level.
Nail Color Wheel: A Great Color Display Idea
Stacy Senecal, owner of Libelle in Geneva, N.Y., came up with an attractive and convenient method of displaying color choices in her salon.
by Sree Roy
My Other Life: Cindy Walston, decorator
“Interior decorating is a lot like doing nails. You create, you have your own style and technique, and there’s a before and after. Your interior space can give you confidence and make you feel good about yourself — just like beautiful nails!”
Retail Boutique: Sun Protection Products
Beautiful skin is always in, but quality sun care products aren’t always easy to find. Try offering a variety of SPF-packed products to help clients with all types of sun care needs.
Tippi Hedren Honored by Vietnamese-American Association
Former actress and model Tippi Hedren, best known for her role in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, and credited with helping the Vietnamese community first get started in the nail industry back in the ’70s, will be honored by the Vietnamese-American association, Boat People SOS, for their 30-year anniversary gala in Washington, D.C. In a video feature by the ShermanOaks Patch, Hedren is interviewed on how she helped educate the first Vietnamese refugees that fled the war on boats, on how to perform manicures and provide income for themselves in America. Hedren was a resident of Sherman Oaks, Calif., in 1975, and sponsored 20 Vietnamese refugees to go through nail school. See the full article here: http://www.vasummit2011.org/media/press-releases/144-hollywood-icon-and-humanitarian-tippi-hedren-to-be-presented-the-service-of-humanity-award-at-bpsos-gala.html
Mini Files for the Many Needs
Tweezerman's dotted files come in a 12-pack.
Premiere Orlando: CND Shellac Flash Mob Official Video
On Sunday, June 5, 2011 at the Premiere Orlando Beauty Show, CND orchestrated this amazing flash mob in the main foyer of the show floor to help promote it's popular Shellac line. NAILS editor Hannah Lee contributed footage shown in this video. To see her full wide-angle version of the production, click here.
Spilo Worldwide Gives Back
Every year, Spilo Worldwide offers its customers a selection of pink products to support Breast Cancer Research.