Business
Nail Those Profits At Sea Round Table
Nail Talk Radio hosts a nail round table at the Vicki Peters "Nail Those Profits at Sea" Cruise featuring Brandy Coull, Jessica Hoel, AthenA Elliott, Karen Hodges, Alex Fox, and Holly Schippers.
Turtle Owes Huge Debt to NSI Acrylic
Thanks to the quick thinking of an Israeli veterinarian and a nail tech, one lucky turtle will live to see another day.
Dunbar Wins Minority Business Enterprise Award
Nail tech Maisie Dunbar of Maisie Dunbar Spa Lounge in Silver Spring, Md., has received the distinguished 2014 Top 100 Minority Business Enterprise Award for the Mid-Atlantic Region.
Fun for All: NW Nail Tech Retreat
More than 110 nail techs descended on Camp Burton, just outside of Seattle, in October to attend the fourth NW Nail Tech Retreat.
Expressions of Love
Everyone appreciates being told they are loved. Since love is in the air this month, stock your retail section with items that will let clients spoil their favorite people (or themselves) with affection.
Nail Bar Milwaukee Changes Milwaukee Salon Game
Combining gender-neutral aesthetics with top-notch customer service, Nail Bar Milwaukee ups the ante for the nail salon scene in Milwaukee.
An E-file For Every Occasion
Electric files are a necessary tool for a nail tech’s success. Whether you prefer portable, lightweight pieces or heavy-duty, foot-pedal e-files, there is something on the market to match your requirements. Check out these latest e-files to find the one that is your file-companion.
Bizzy App for E-mail Marketing
Bizzy mobile app helps small businesses send timed and targeted e-mail marketing campaigns. Bring customers back without the cost of a marketing department!
Detangling Brush
Dessata’s detangling brush gently detangles without pulling or breaking hair, even when wet.
Like Having Your Own E-Commerce Site
What if instead of buying from Amazon or Sephora, your clients followed your purchase recommendations and headed to the Loxa Beauty website — and the site paid you a commission for the sale?
by Judy Lessin
Websites Worth Watching: www.hulanails.com
The website’s unique vintage Hawaiian Tiki motif is adorable.
Easy Money, Square Deal
Square — makers of the popular mobile credit card reader — recently launched a program called Square Capital that can help small businesses using Square get financing.
by Judy Lessin
Beware of the Fraud Liability Shift
Starting in October 2015, if you accept credit cards, you may be liable for any fraudulent activity related to certain transactions — not the bank, as has been the case in the past.
by Judy Lessin
Pedicure Spas Pedicute
Continuum Pedicure Spas Pedicute is compact and lightweight, perfect for performing a pedicure just about anywhere.
Retail Display
Cuccio Colour introduces its first floor retail free-standing display to support the increase in retail presence for the brand in professional salons.
Crowdsourcing: Clients on Cell Phones
This month we asked nail techs: How do you feel about clients using their cell phones during a manicure? What do you do if it messes up your work?
by Tracy Rubert
On the Road: Oxygenix Nail Spa
NAILS sent our student blogger Tisha Allen — who, as of this issue, will be a newly licensed nail tech — to find a clean and professional nail salon in her area for those days that she needs a little pampering for herself. This new West Palm Beach, Fla., resident discovered Oxygenix, a nail spa located just steps away from her home.