My Exasperated Gel Rant

My number-one irritation with doing gel nails is the CLIENTS. They come in with these absurd notions that gel is so much "better" for their nails than acrylic and THEN they REFUSE to shut up and

The Hardest Part

Doctors have patience, I don't.  At the moment I am waiting. Waiting on several people. I am waiting for the guy who runs that slideshow downstairs to put my ad on it. I am waiting for my

I Never Forget a Face

You know that feeling you get when you're out of the salon — on your day off, maybe — running errands, doing the grocery shopping, having dinner with friends, when you hear someone calling your name

Rainy Day Ponderings

So I'm sitting here at my computer at home on a very rainy Monday. Very rainy. The kind of rain everyone thinks only happens in Washington state. It's supposed to rain all week. Which is cool

Not Seeing the Light

Y'all are killin’ me! LED lamps use a different light-emitting technology (light emitting diodes); they DO NOT emit a different type of light.  The "old" lamps use fluorescent light bulbs. I totally understand why no one wants

Value Pricing

Yeah, I'm sorta on a pricing/value kick this week.Even more important than setting the right prices is convincing customers that those prices represent a fair ratio of price to value for what they're getting.I was listening

The Comfy Shoe Phase

I've been looking at photos of nails online. In fact, it's something I do on a regular basis — some people are into Pinterest, I look at nails. If no one interrupts me, or reminds me

Whose Idea Was This?

For the entirety of the 2 1/2 years that I have been working in my current location, I have eyed the wall to my right that separates my salon from the office suite next door with

Non Compete Agreements... How Weird

I don’t get it. The whole concept of a non-compete contract.  OK, I mean, I get the concept. I guess I don’t get why a salon owner would lack the confidence in her business to make