Business
Are High Commissions Pinching Your Profits?
If clients keep pouring money into your salon, but none of it is flowing into your pockets or the salon's coffers, it's time to re-examine your compensation structure. After all, why follow the competition's lead if the road heads toward bankruptcy?
Behind the Scenes: Tom Bachik
It’s not the first time Tom Bachik has immersed tiny objects in acrylic to produce a new art form. He’s sunk small dried flowers, beads, sand, and more into a few nails.
An Old-Fashioned Combination
With its relaxing atmosphere and attention to detail, Academy of Nails attracts plenty of clients and nail students.
Reader to Reader: How Do You Handle No-shows?
First, I listen to the reason for the absence. Then, after deciding if the appointment was forgotten or just last in importance, I charge $10 extra for each hour booked by the client.
Nail Products Seized. Film at 11.
Donna Louis, national sales manager for Worldwide Cosmetics, had one of those "funny now, not so funny then" incidents years ago while traveling with unlabeled acrylic products.
Why Is Everyone Leaving the Nail Industry?
The industry’s revolving door; through which nail technicians leave as quickly as they come, is a reflection of some deeper problems that hinder the industry’s growth and damage its reputation.
California Dreamin': New Salon Chain Opens
A new breed of nail salon is on the horizon and the first glimpse of the future is in Beverly Hills, Calif. The future nail salon "chain" is called Hands On and the owners say they have designed a nail business that opens up a whole new realm of service-oriented, quality spa manicures and pedicures at reasonable prices.
by Hannah Lee
It's a Magazine, It's a Club, It's NAILS!
NAILS Rewards program offers special incentives for our subscribers
Nail Techs Go Global With CND
As a Creative Boot Camp attendee, I’m pretty familiar with the Creative Nail Design group. They’re fun, cutting-edge, hard workers, and the company and its educators consider themselves one big family.
The Final Four States Without Nail Tech Licensing
With Alaska, Connecticut, and Nebraska well on their way to licensing nail technicians, the Final Four is quickly coming down to the Very Last One.
by Hannah Lee
On the Road in Elk Grove, CA
Says NAILS salesperson Michelle Mullen: "My first pedicure was causing me a little anxiety but Laura Mix, founder/VP of Footworks in Elk Grove, Calif., welcomed us with her lovely smile and I began to relax."
Hand-in-Hand Partnership: Making Over One Salon's Profitability (part 3)
How many times does a great idea come up in a meeting then it never gets carried out? We’ve found that the monthly status meetings are critical to helping us achieve our goals.
NAILS in Japan
In the Land of the Rising Sun, nail care is rising in popularity. As manufacturers jockey for market share and brand loyalty, Japanese nailists bring a flair for nai design and a perfectionist streak that has the world watching.
My Other Life: A Penchant for Painting
Nail technician Debbie Alford fills an already full life with painting ... on a much bigger canvas than nails.
Salon Of The Year Awards Honored Few, Inspired Many
Our staff was daunted yet excited by the caliber of the salons who entered our first annual Salon of the Year competition.
New Organization Gives Industry a Voice
The Professional Nail Industry Is Following Instead of Leading
Why are nail fashion trends being set by retail companies and consumer beauty editors instead of professional manufacturers and nail technicians?