Are You Networking?

How important is networking? There are so many opportunities to be in involved in the nail community outside the bubble around your table! I was so impressed with the power of industry networking last week in

Delving Deeper Into Facebook Lists With Rhonda Kibuk

If you do much online networking, or even networking at shows, you have probably run into Rhonda Kibuk from The Purple Pinkie. She is knowledgeable, fun, and willing to share. I am constantly in awe of

For Good Karma, Offer Some Encouragement

How’s your karma quota? I don’t think we can ever put out too much good karma. I was browsing through the photos on the 365 Days of Nail Art Blog and noticing that most of the

Mentor by Proxy

The sister of one of my clients went to nail school. In and of itself, this is neither great nor terrible news to me. I hope she loves doing nails and that it turns out to

Totally Off Track ...

So I got a new car!  Since this is a nails-related blog, I will spare you the details of the transaction, and refrain from offering a certain online auto brokerage any free advertisement, but I would

Monsters From the Id

The title comes from the 1956 science fiction movie “Forbidden Planet.”  The concept comes from Carl Jung. And my oversimplified explanation comes from the elementary schoolyard poo-flinging fest taking place in my Facebook newsfeed: The more we

Losing at Monopoly

I spend the weekend thinking so many great thoughts for blogging, then the week starts over and I sit here wondering what all those ideas were. Someone really ought to start keeping notes — not me

Plum Forgot

Maggie takes a moment to appreciate the swirl of activity around her.

I Had a Dream

Nothing nearly as good as Martin Luther King Jr., but significantly more nail-related.  In my dream I attended a class offered by a major manufacturer — a real manufacturer that exists here in the waking world