Just My Opinion: Sanitation Routines Need to Be Stepped Up
Recorded occurrences of service-related ailments and scrutiny from state boards are on the rise and rightly so.
Debate on Disinfectable Nail Files Continues in California
If you’re a nail technician in California, you’d better dispose of your nail files after using them on your clients, even if the file manufacturer claims they can be disinfected.
Keep Your Electric File in Shape
You need to give your drill some TLC if you want it to last a long time — and do its job properly. Keeping it clean and dust-free are the first steps to keeping an electric file in good condition.
Files Come Under Fire
Nail files are being closely scrutinized in California, and manufacturers and nail technicians are crying foul. Is the state’s regulating agency being fair in its seemingly sudden crackdown on proper file disinfection?
How to Keep Your Paraffin Unit Clean and Safe
You might think – and more importantly clients might think – that dipping multiple sets of hands and feet into the same pool of warm paraffin every day is a less than sanitary situation. You’d be wrong.
Are Your Files Clean Enough?
Do you disinfect your hand and foot files before using them on clients? New regulations in California may cause you to think twice before reusing them. Make sure you’re up to date on the dos and don’ts of proper nail file disinfection.
Watsonville: News at 11
Far be it for me (as a member of the media) to criticize the rest of the media, but you have to wonder why the news picked up on this story six months after it happened, and is now blowing the story out of the water without doing much follow-up.
Foot Spa Horror Story: Don't Let It Happen to You
NAILS shows you how to keep your pedicure spa clean and protect your clients. By following a few simple steps and using inexpensive cleaning products, you can protect the health of your clients and your business against bacterial infections.
To Scrub or Not To Scrub
Research on handwashing techniques in hospitals has found that the traditional surgical scrub, where people take a brush or sponge and vigorously wash all the way up the arm, are not only unnecessary, but even counter-productive.
As I See It: The Great National Wash-Up!
I’m suggesting that as an informal movement to prepare ourselves for whatever new or old clients come through our doors, we designate October National Wash Your Hands Month!
Nails And Nurses Don't Mix
If you believe CNN, you may have to say farewell to some of your clients in the medical field, or at least transition them to natural nails.
Salon Cleanliness Is Next To…
These days, a salon’s sanitation practices rank number one on more and more clients’ lists of what they’re looking for in a good salon. Those salons that make cleanliness a priority are making themselves shining examples in their communities, and gaining new clients for it.
Implements Are Disposable, Clients Are Not
Now in New York, instruments made of porous materials such as files and pumice stone must be discarded after each use or sealed in a bag for use on only one client.
Do Salon Inspections Pass The Test?
Even as the beauty industry continues to grow, state boards face increasing budgetary constraints and hiring freezes. It all boils down to too many licensees, too few inspectors, and an industry that questions the validity of the state board.
States Begin to Tackle MMA
Reader to Reader: What is your Salon's Smoking Policy?
We asked our readers how they handle it when a client wants to light up.
No Animals Allowed
Animals have no business in the salon, and for some beauty manufacturers, they have no business in research laboratories, either.