The Case for the 32-Hour Workweek

The team at Summit Salon Business Center have come up with an innovative scheduling strategy designed to improve employees’ work/life balance that they’ve dubbed “smart scheduling” or “double shifting.”

What Else Would You Call It?

Maggie’s client’s doctor’s receptionist challenged her pink-and-whites.

CA Botana Donates Products to Angel Faces Charity

As an ongoing initiative to help adolescent girls with facial disfigurements, CA Botana donated products from their Doctor D. Schwab, Sea Enzyme, and Ambrosia Aromatherapy lines to the seventh annual Angel Faces Retreat in Encinitas, Calif.,

Passing It On

I want to take this opportunity to thank Nails Magazine for this opportunity.  I have enjoyed writing this blog over the last six months with Sandy. When I accepted this position I thought, “What am I

Weeks 13 & 14: Sculpted Nails and Smooth Sailing

I’m just moving along through the program and taking it all in, seizing every moment and learning all that I can. I am also zoning in on what my niche will be and I couldn’t be happier with the choice.

Take a Tip From Wende Thummel: Improving Your Time on a Nail Art Design

The best way to perfect a new nail art design, says Artistic Nail Design international educator Wende Thummel, is to pick one design you want to learn, then spend an entire week practicing it on every client you can.

The Waiting Game

This week, the salon's progress really feels out of my hands. I've been on site this week, but there's not much I can do -- it's all about the architect right now, and his construction plans.The building

Summer Strategies

When it’s slow, you hope that all of the seeds you've planted with past and present clients start to blossom. That is what happened the past week. I finally had a full book, and some of

Financial Planning for Your Children's Future

Ulta Beauty's Anna Manukyan explains our options for saving for our children's post-secondary education.