Tech Has a “Can-Do” Attitude

“I spend most of my weekends in late summer and fall canning home-grown organic foods,” says Jennifer Lutz, a tech at Tangles Hair and Nails in West Chester, Pa.

Beach Locale Inspires Natural Nail Salon

After a lengthy hiatus, one-time nail tech Pamela Reeder jumps back into the salon world — toes first — with an array of natural nail services in Solana Beach, Calif.   

Indulge Them Inside and Out

At Fruits of the Spirit in Scottsdale, Ariz., one can’t help but notice the sweet smell of success.

Cottage Industry

Housed in vintage bungalows and cottages, these unique salons thrive as cozy idylls where clients are peacefully pampered. The following four salons share one thing in common: history. From a mermaid-themed Nantucket cottage to a “haunted” California bungalow, these salons invite clients to step into the past for a charming, vintage experience.  

Glitter Snowflake

Tina Ciesla of BloomingNails in Birmingham, Ala., used Entity gels and Eye Kandy Cosmetics glitters to create this great winter design.

A Conversation with the 2009 Contessa Winners

The Contessas are an annual beauty award program that shows off the best Canada’s salon professionals have to offer.

Cosmoprof 2009

Last month at Cosmoprof North America in Las Vegas I saw some great new products that were either newly launched or are in the pipeline and will be available shortly. I thought I’d share some of them. Feel free to leave me a comment in Feedback about which ones interest you the most.

The Layered Look

Semi-custom colors and designs created via layering are increasingly showing up at trade show booth demos and continuing education classes. Clients love walking out of your salon owning a look no one else has, plus this technique can breathe life back into older shades your clients have gotten bored with. You can layer with so many different mediums. Here are a few to try.

Hot Coral

Lenzi Brock demonstrates how to bring to coral look to nails.