Stretch Your Day
Nail techs can significantly reduce muscle tension and soreness and lower stress levels simply by incorporating a few yoga poses and breathing techniques into their daily work routine.
It's Getting Hot In Here
A rash of salon fires reminds salon owners just how much they stand to lose. Knowing the potential fire dangers that exist in your salon and taking steps to curb them, as well as determining what your business is worth and getting good insurance coverage will help prevent a fire in your salon and minimize its effects should the worst come to pass.
How Do You Combat Burnout?
In this month's Reader To Reader forum, we hear that sometimes learning more can be an inspiration.
Surgery Shown to Be Very Effective for Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel: Take Matters Into Your Own Hands
Once viewed as “ New-age alternatives,” massage, acupuncture, and the Alexander techniques are gaining ground as conservative approaches to preventing and alleviating the painful and sometimes debilitating symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome.
Darling Starts Canadian Nail Alliance
As an instructor at the Ottawa Academy & West End Academy in Gloucester, Ontario, Tanis Darling has started the Nail Tech Alliance of Canada. One of its goals is to implement a standardized nail curriculum throughout the country.
The [Long] Battle of the Bulge
After nearly a year of weight loss attempts, the Healthy Outlook Club (HOC) that was formed by the NAILS staff and its readers last May concluded in January with a few lovely days at the spa.
Making the Change
It’s known as “the change of life” for good reason. Menopause brings many changes to a woman’s body – and not all are welcome. But there are ways you can make your change for the better.
Are Masks Getting a Bum Rap?
Even though experts agree that wearing a mask is a good thing, some nail techs and consumers have come to consider dust masks a telltale sign of sub-par workmanship or MMA use.
Ganglion Cysts: Knots of Tissue That Cramp Your Style
Researchers have not definitively proven that repetitive stress causes ganglion cysts — fibrous lumps that often form on the hand or wrist. But judging by the number of nail techs who get them, it seems likely there’s a connection. The good news is there are many effective treatment options.
Local Exhaust: a Salon Clean Air Act
There’s something in the air in your salon. In fact, there’s a lot of somethings — acrylic monomers, treatments, polishes, and nail filings, for starters. Clear the air by investing in a ventilation solution that catches the smells at the source.
The Help Desk Answers Your Technical Questions
Help Desk deals with the thickening nails of an elderly client, a customer with fragile, eggshell nails, and the plague of dry, cracking heels.
I'm Joining the Healthy Outlook Club to Feel Better
It’s a known fact that networking and support group commiseration is a benefit to almost any project you can tackle in your life. The Healthy Outlook Club is going to be mine to get in shape.
Can I Work While I’m Pregnant?
Research is still inconclusive regarding a link between salon chemicals and certain birth defects, but don’t take chances. Using commonsense precautions substantially reduces any potential risks.
Does This Make Me Look Fat?
We want to inspire you to think about yourself, your health, and feeling good. We want you to go on a diet and start exercising . . . with us.
Nail Tech Critically Injured in Salon Accident
Heating up acetone in a microwave causes a fire that damages the salon and injures a nail technician.
The Help Desk
Get the scoop on laying acrylic, product contamination, and wide nail beds.