Business

Make Your Own Impression

Selling private label products offers flexibility and room for creativity when you sell retail.

Determine Your Own Fate with Financial Planning

Don’t leave your future to fate! To see what financial planning can mean to you, look at our real-life examples. In just one year, these salon professionals have reduced their debts, increased their income, and gained control over their financial future.

For Salon Owners Only: Encouraging Teamwork

A smooth running team boosts morale and can impact bottom line profits.

Pampering and Polishing His Way to the Top

With diligent attention to clients’ needs, Adam Broderick has created a day spa that delights the eye and dazzles the senses.

Talk About Networking

NAILS reader Debbie Doerrlamm has created an area on America Online where nail technicians who subscribe to the service can share ideas and information and get to know each other.

Salon Switches From Paper to Plastic.

Tired of clients' bounced checks, salon owner installed equipment that allows them to accept bank ATM cards.

Be Grateful for What You’ve Got

Amy Grossi introduced a frequent-client newsletter available only to regular customers and that features discount coupons. 

To Be Treated Like a Professional, Act Like One

Read on for Kessler’s surefire tips to increasing earnings and building your clientele.

Head Hair Clients to the Manicure Table

OPI's Suzi Weiss-Fischmann shares 10 low-to no-cost ways to entice your hair care clients to try their first manicure.

Nail Tech Who Swore Off Nails Is Now a Renowned Nail Tech

Herman Paez never expected a nail care career to allow him the opportunities, including world travel. 

Pat Van Strander Is a Nail Industry Pioneer

"After I started doing nails, I still did hair for a while, but I was making more money doing nails so I just transitioned into it,” Van Strander says.

How Do I Get Clients to Take Care of Their Nails?

We asked our readers to tell us how they get their clients to take care of their nails after they leave the salon.

Backscratchers Named Fastest-Growing Business

Lori Ribar -Her Family Comes First

As owner of Perfect 10 Nails, a licensed in-home salon, Lori Ribar has the best of both worlds — a lucrative career and a family all under one roof.

10 Ways To Increase Your Income

Start by raising prices, then follow by reducing expenses, continuing your education, and managing your time. Then watch your income grow.

In Praise of Good Scools

Many people in the nail industry may complain about the problems with nail care education, but there are plenty of schools that are producing quality nail professionals. Here are some of the ways they keep students motivated and help them become successful.

The Holiday Rush: How to Survive Until January

Turn the most stressful time of the year into the most lucrative one.