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As we are getting ready for the busiest season of the year, I kept hearing clients complaints about other businesses and their early Christmas décor and music, so I thought, well, maybe we should wait until
Who knew that finding a space would take so long?! Every week there is another disappointment, and every week it gets harder to go on. There is one thing that keeps me going: my clientele. If
With a growing number of choices, you have to work hard to stand out from the competition and bring your salon’s brand to life. The good news is that creativity trumps dollars every time! A retail design firm shares its advice for how to adapt.
Things are looking up! I have a space that I looked at down the street from the first space I was interested in. It's currently a tattoo shop so it has all the plumbing I need
The House of Rush's glamorous design includes a custom wallcovering of newspaper clippings and reviews of this full-service salon.
I know our salon is unique, considering all of the salons out there that cut corners in order to keep prices artificially low and how those salons have ruined the consumers' opinions of nail salons. Veronica,
Seal Beach, Calif.’s Salon Meritage closed its doors after a deadly shooting on October 12, 2011. But now, the salon plans to reopen after undergoing a remodel to give it a whole new look.
When I visited Artistry of the Nail at Salon Shibumi in Portland, Ore., earlier this year, booth renter Dana Gonzalez-Kurtz hinted at a big interior design makeover to come. Having been at Salon Shibumi for more
My broker and I have been back on the look out. He sent a mass e-mail around the city to alert everyone with available space that I am still looking for a place. We got a
We have been in business now for over six months and finishing all of the little details takes time. As I look around the salon I see a ton of things that still need to be
We have lost just about everything to Hurricane Sandy, except for the reception chair and two mirrors. The following have been lost and are now afloat in the downstairs storage area.3 nail tables2 armchairs used for
This fall in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Rita de Alencar Pinto is revealing Vanity Projects, a gallery-style space with an atelier-type nail salon where clients will watch contemporary fine art films while getting their nails done by internationally acclaimed nail technicians.
So my first official blog post has so much drama already, I don’t plan on ever disappointing the fab readers of NAILS Magazine. So in the past couple of weeks I’ve been within just days of
Shari Brown of Fresno, California likes to decorate her nail station for her clients … and herself. She started buying Halloween items last year and just kept adding more. You can see how packed her space
Hello nail addicts, I’m Tina Caton, the proud owner of Polished Nail Lounge in Richmond, Va. I’ve been a nail tech for 18 years and working in the industry for a little over 20. I'm part
My name is Lauren Scales, and I am the current owner of Graffiti Nail Bar in Memphis, Tenn. I am opening a larger location in midtown Memphis during the first part of 2013, so I will
Can you believe it’s been a year since my first Blueprint post? I can’t. What will I do with all my quasi-funny ramblings about the nail polish biz? {Insert big smile here.} I started this post,
