Japanese Salon Inspired The West

Fads come and go in the blink of any eye, but Kenko Hino means to make nail care a classic fashion in Japan.

On the Road at Mimosa Salon in Hermosa Beach, Calif.

Charlton’s Salon

One balmy day last spring, I may have finally learned my lesson.

The Salon Inspector Says …

Though required by your state board, most nail techs do not wash their hands before starting a service.

Salon Swap

Two brave techs traded spaces — and clients and product lines — for one day. Here’s their account of what happened…

Monkey + Banana + Chair = My New Salon

So about a million years ago I remember some teacher of some subject at some school somewhere relaying a little story about a research project about cognitive thinking.  If you put a monkey in a room

On the Road: Salon Cielo

Salon Cielo provided a peaceful escape in Orlando for associate editor Erin Barajas and editor Hannah Lee.

Crowdsourcing: Dream Salon

This month we asked nail techs: If you could open a nail salon anywhere in the world, where would you open your salon and why?

From Russia With Dreams

Marina Levin, Lana Stanislavsky and Elena Kuuri came to the U.S. from Russia in hopes of making a better life for themselves. Today, the three women own a lavish salon and day spa and are making life better for many people in the Chicago area.