20 Stay-at-the-Top Service Trends

What happens when you get to the top of the industry? Everyone else wants to join you or take you down. To make sure you keep the power, make sure you are implementing some of these power-salon practices into your services and business.

Client of the Month: The Nail Biter

Clients who suffer from onychophagia (nail biting) can sustain a variety of problems ranging from infections to weakened teeth. Educate yourself about these conditions to help your clients take a bite out of their bad habit.

Encourage Clients’ Freedom of Expression

A client who lacks the courage to adorn her fingernails with nail at may be persuaded to express her innermost essence on her toes.

What's Your Problem?

Whether you’re a beginner struggling to reduce thickness at the cuticle or a veteran whose C-curve is looking flat, this troubleshooting guide, put together by nail technician Shari Finger can help. Here are her tips to combat common acrylic woes.  

Disinfecting Your Non-Metal Files

Examine the pros and cons of disposing of, saving, or disinfecting your files.

Creative's Performance Forms

How to apply the new acrylic nail from Creative Nail Design.

New California Laws Tackle Salon Product Ingredients and Cruelty-Free Cosmetics

A first-of-its-kind law in California requires all ingredients to be disclosed on the labels of professional beauty products. Lawmakers also toughen cruelty-free cosmetics regulations.

California Employee Classification Law Passes With Exemptions for Booth Rental

After beauty professionals campaigned for nails and skin care to be included, California Assembly Bill 5 was amended to offer exemptions to licensed manicurists and estheticians as well as hairstylists and barbers.

Q Salon Studios Are the Best of Both Worlds: Indepedence and Support

The salon is comprised of 19 individual salon “studios,” each individually owned by a salon professional.