Wellness
Plants Are Powerful Medicine
So much more than salad, they nurture, energize, balance, heal us: from dream time forward, plants are powerful medicine.
UV Light Cured Gel: How It Works
We’re all thankful for our UV light-cured gels. But do you know the science behind the curing process?
Safety First [a guide to keep your salon safe]
It’s the end of a long day. You’re filing toenails and tired when your file slips and slices into the toe, drawing blood. What do you do? An elderly client stumbles and takes a bad fall to the ground. What do you do? A fellow nail tech is pregnant and working beside you when her water suddenly breaks. What do you do?
by Tim Crowley
NAILS State-by-State Guide to Disinfection Regulations
Required disinfection process, handling of disposable items, and handling of electric file accessories for all 50 U.S. states
Good to Go Greening: Minimize Your Carbon Footprint While Traveling
Vacations are the time to cut loose and kick up our heels, and welcome the break from our usual routine. Just remember to bring the best of your eco-consciousness with you when you prepare to travel.
How Do You Balance Your Business and Personal Lives?
NAILS asked nail care professionals how they manage the juggle of business and personal. Enjoy their practical advice.
10 Ways to Make Your Salon More Green
Start a simple green program in your salon, then promote it to your clients.
Secret Ingredient: Seaweed
Algotherapy is the use of seaweed or seaweed extracts in health or beauty treatments.
by Hannah Lee
This Spa Treatment Is a Snooze
Sleep is the latest amenity at Aqua Hotel in Cancun, Mexico.
by Judy Lessin
A Moment of Peace — Switching Gears Between Clients
Seeing a steady stream of clients all day can be mentally and physically draining. NAILS asked readers how they take a moment to relax and switch gears between cli-ents. A surprising number found the routine they developed to prepare for their next client has become a soothing ritual.
What Is Onycholysis?
Onycholysis may look scary, but fortunately, a separated nail can re-attach itself. Nail techs can do their part by offering gentle, soothing services that help prevent further irritation to the affected nail.
What Is Plantar Fasciitis?
Heel pain is the most common foot complaint that sends people to their doctors. Your pedicure service can give relief to heel pain sufferers through communication, warming treatments, and massage.
Chopra Yoga and Meditation Move to the Spa
Bonnie Waters, founder of the 24-year-old Changes Salon & Day Spa in Walnut Creek, Calif., describes the ambiance as “two worlds under one roof” since her spa and salon fuses beauty and body therapies with what she terms “mind fitness.” In a rare offering for day spas and salons, Changes offers meditation and spiritual yoga instruction inspired by the practices of Dr. Deepak Chopra.
Ritual Renewal
Blame it on Descartes. Modern society fragments our body, mind and spirit into warring entities. In some forms of religious interpretation, the body is portrayed as the enemy, as the source of unholy appetites and base impulses. We feel differently, and embrace the body, even with its occasional sneezes, pimples, hiccups, and cravings for raw cookie-dough, as our most tangible expression and daily experience of the sacred.
On the Road: Mani Pedi Cutie!, Hermosa Beach, Calif.
Mani Pedi Cutie! caters to moms and daughters - providing them with their own individual space and needs.
by Hannah Lee
I Don't Have a Hunch
Why hunch over to reach your pedicure client’s foot when you can bring the foot up to meet you at a comfortable height?
Aqmore Polish Application and Removal
Aqmore is a water-based nail polish that goes on like regular polish, but is then peeled off after soaking in warm water for 20 seconds.