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Business

Determine Your Own Fate with Financial Planning

Don’t leave your future to fate! To see what financial planning can mean to you, look at our real-life examples. In just one year, these salon professionals have reduced their debts, increased their income, and gained control over their financial future.

Technique

Are Nail Competitions Fair?

by Kym Lee, Galaxy Nail Products

Competition is rivalry between skilled persons, and the theory that once you have competed and won, you should step down is absurd.

Business

Placement Agency Matches Salon Professionals with Salons

by Staff

Cosmo Connection carves a niche for itself by offering an innovative platform for searching nail professionals.

For Students

Book Standing Appointments to Guarantee Steady Business

by Staff

Maintaining a master standing appointment schedule will help eliminate scheduling errors and go a long way toward retaining a happy, committed clientele.

For Students

Economical but Grand Grand Openings

by Lisa Baget

A grand opening doesn't mean starting out with a deficit. Here,we go over how to make your opening successful and budget-friendly.

Business

Nevada State Board Supports Education, Age Requirements

by Staff

A Nevada assemblyman has introduced a bill to the state legislature to eliminate all requirements necessary to obtain a beauty license---except the ability to pass the written and practical examinations.

For Students

Glossary Of Common Esthetic Terms

by Staff

A list of common esthetic terms.

Business

Salon School Shows Students the "Real World"

by Annie Gorton, staff writer

Flexible hours, a realistic curriculum, and a salon environment allow Jan Studesville to give employees and students what they really need – real-life training.

For Students

Seld-Esteem Builds Success

by Lisa Baget

Gadabout’s Pam McNair has found that successful nail technicians balance ego and humility, and that they’ve learned to stand up for themselves.

Business

New Technicians Benefit From Teamwork With Veterans

by Jolynn Vensel

Encouraging teamwork and mutual support, especially with new nail technicians, is essential to long-term salon success.

Business

What’s Wrong With Our Schools?

by Cyndy Drummey

Unqualified instructors, unmotivated students, outdated curricula, impractical testing, and student loan abuse are only some of the problems with cosmetology school education. Reform is not likely to start with the government, but from within the industry itself.

For Students

Finding Nail Care for Globe-Trotting Clients Pays Off

by Staff

For Students

20 Questions to Ask at a Job Interview

by Staff

Pay scale may be the first question that comes to mind, but astute technicians know there are many other salon elements that affect their income and job satisfaction.