
Business
Publisher’s Note: NAILS Welcomes New Team Members
Salon Profile of Helen Gourley, Nail Pioneer
Looking Back At 30 Years In The Business With A Sense of Triumph
Zotos International: Light Strokes Light Cured Nail System
Zotos International, a well-established, major hair company, is reaching out to the nail market with their first professional nail care product ...the Light Strokes Professional Nail Artistry, a three gel light cured nail system.
Sperling Nail Expo Competition Winner Leila Hoback Brings a Bit Of Notoriety to The Nail Trend
The Nail Trend, with its warm, friendly atmosphere, subdued yet complimentary decor and reputation for quality, consistent work, seems to epitomize what a nail salon should be.

Star Nail's Tony & Steve Cuccio: The Magic Of Bulk Packaging
Star Nail Products has approached distributing their product in a unique and successful way that has shaken up the nail industry.

Handling These Nails Can Be Quite the Project
When Pati Laubenstein, then owner of Pati’s nail Parlour in Phoenix, Arizona, received a phone call requesting a nail art appointment, she was not exactly prepared for the outcome.

New York City's 'The Nail Salon'
Teamwork provides the key to this salon's established success
Nails In New York
In a major city like Manhattan, how do nail salons operate?
Publisher’s Note: Abide by Fair Business Rules
A Closeup Look at Karen’s Nail Designs
The highly personable couple behind this dynamic firm prove that the feeling of success is often found in the love of the product.

How Patents Work
You’ve come up with a problem and a solution, an “invention”... but now what do you do?
Editor's note: Nail Competitions Are Gaining Steam
WINBA ‘85
“The point of this show is to provide information, new products, techniques, and to recognize excellence that when combined will work toward the betterment of the nail technician and nail industry.”
Franchising for Nail Salons?
Although opinions vary, many that have been involved with nail salon franchises seem to agree on one point: too much paperwork and poor quality control. But if you are intrigued with the franchise concept, proceed “with your eyes open.”
Salon Profile: 'The Perfect Nail'
This Atlanta, Georgia salon has found that the path to success is via the franchise route
Profile of Karen’s Nail Designs
How to Sell Gold Nails With Anything Goes
In any game, the good players, the winners, approach their moves with concentration, strategy, daring. The luck of the draw, the throw of the die, the turn of a card all become choices rather than events.



