Ice Cream Sundae Pedicure
Step-by-step by The Painted Nail, Sherman Oaks, Calif.
NK EZ Way Hand Treatment
NK EZ Way Treatments' Gloves and Socks allow you to soften cuticles without a water soak.
Para Clean
Depilève’s Para Clean is specifically designed to clean paraffin wax from warmers, floors, and counter tops.
Massage Extender
Cuccio Naturalé has a new addition to the massage product family, Fragrance-Free Massage Extender Concentrate Serum.
Week 14: Upgrade Client Satisfaction and Increase Profits
This week, we pause for a word from our sponsor, Dashing Diva Professional. Thanks to them, we’re able to bring you 22 weeks of this exclusive business-building content in The 2010 Project e-newsletter.
Take a Tip from ... NSI’s Risé Carter
With more and more techs investing in gel starter kits and adding gel services, it’s important to have some words of advice from a pro.
Rosemary-Citrus Spa Pedicure
Step-by-step by Spa Touch, Orlando Citrus fruit slices (like lemons, limes, and oranges), citrus essential oils (like lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, or tangerine oil), fresh rosemary sprigs, lavender essential oil, grapeseed or sweet almond oil; CND Sea Soak or Sea Rocks, Sea Salt Scrub, Marine Masque, and Scentsations Lotion (in Lavender & Jojoba); Gena Laboratories Adios Cuticle Cream and Pedi Care Sloughing Lotion, Clean & Easy Paraffin (in Lavender & Ylang Ylang); base coat, top coat, and polish.
by Sree Roy
Caviar & Pearl Foot Treatment
Step-by-step by MG’s Grand Day Spa, Greenville, S.C.
by Sree Roy
Manipulating Below the Knee
A massage technique to Incorporate a nice foot and calf massage into your pedicures.
Dazzler and Tinsel Town Strip Lashes
The holiday season is all about glitter and shine, and Xtended Beauty has the perfect lash styles to light up a room.
Master Chef’s Blend Pedicure Kit
Gourmet Spa Essentials’ new Master Chef’s Blend Pedicure Kit allows you to create a number of different recipes for pedicure salts, scrubs, and masks.
Onsen (Japanese Hot Spring) Getaway
Step-by-step from Zenka Nail Beauty Lounge, Manhattan Beach, Calif.
by Sree Roy
Make Your Own Nail Art Decals
Use a computer-compatible label printer to design make-your-own nail art decals.
The Big Dip: Paraffin Waxes
Paraffin waxes are renowned for their healing and pain-relieving properties. The wax was first used by doctors to help relieve arthritis pain but has since become a standard in nail salon services. Here’s a quick dip into the world of paraffin, from different warmers to proper cleaning procedures, as well as a wax roundup.
by Tim Crowley
Week 5: Add a New Service and Create a Buzz
Sometimes it’s not that you need to get more clients (we’ve already told you that it costs more to get a new client than it does to keep an old one), but that you need to get more out of your clients. That might mean sending them home with a service-preserving retail item (we’ll get to retail in the very near future) or an incentive to entice them to try a new service.
Lemon Drop Pedicure
Step-by-step from Natural Beauty Salon & Spa, Twinsburg, Ohio
Foot and Calf Massage
Want to incorporate a nice foot and calf massage into your pedicures but unsure about your massage technique? Then take a cue from Renee Doran, educator for OPI and experienced pedicurist out of Glitz Salon in Rochester Hills, Mich.