Business
Getting The Word Out By Balloon
Helen’s Hair Studio has found a unique way to make customers beat a path to the front door.
Staying Cool When Your Client Isn’t
Have a feisty client on your hands? Try these time-tested techniques for smoothing out her rough edges.
Picture Perfect Portfolios
Portfolios reflect your professionalism, organization, and, most important, your creative talent.
Nevada State Board Supports Education, Age Requirements
A Nevada assemblyman has introduced a bill to the state legislature to eliminate all requirements necessary to obtain a beauty license---except the ability to pass the written and practical examinations.
Oklahoma Doubles Education Requirements
Tanning Regulation Bill Dies Again
New Mexico Merges State Board
How To Hire An Esthetician
Finding a qualified skin care specialist is not unlike finding a good nail technician. Look for technical skills, sales ability, personality, and professionalism.
Home, Sweet Home-Based Salon
Working at home has its advantages – time with your kids and being your own boss – but there is still a price to pay-client calls at midnight and never really being able to leave the “office”.
If It’s Tuesday, It Must Be Toes-Day
Top salons use promotional gimmicks, discounts and targeted advertising to get clients to try their pedicures.
Editor's note: NAILS Honored By Publishing Industry
Producing a magazine that readers learn from, enjoy, and save is extremely rewarding. There is great gratification in knowing that our publication makes a difference in the lives and careers of our readers.
Under One Roof
Cooperative salon businesses are an emerging trend. Salons are finding that clients want one-stop service for all their health and beauty needs.
Stricter State Sanitation Regulations Imminent
If Arizona’s and Wisconsin’s recent actions are a harbinger of the future, state boards of cosmetology will be beefing up their implement disinfection regulations to reduce the risk of transmission of bloodborne pathogens.
North Carolina Wants Effective Licensing Law
The North Carolina State Board of Cosmetology says it supports a bill before the state legislature to delete an exemption in the 1982 nail technician licensing law.
Warning Labels Required for Ozone Layer Depletors
May 15, 1993, was the deadline for manufacturers to put warning labels on products that contain or are manufactured with ozone-depleting substances.
Australian Nail Industry Up and Coming
Maggie Schmiedte reports that Australian technicians are hungry for education, even though licensing is not required in that country.
NAILS Wins Coveted Award
NAILS Magazine was voted the Best Special Interest Trade Magazine by the Western Publications Association.