New Uses for Old Things

The problem: You've had to remix the same orange acrylic paint for your Halloween nail art over a dozen times, because it keeps drying up between clients. The solution (courtesy of nail tech Wendy Causey, Vivify Hair

ISSE, Taxes, and Play Dates

I ended January with a fun trip to Long Beach, Calif., to work for Nubar at ISSE. It was so fun to see all my nail tech friends and to find new products and equipment I

World's Largest Tip Day is May 1

The first World's Largest Tip Day, a campaign founded by beauty professionals, launches May 1, 2020.

Q & A: Nail Art

Is your salon going to offer freehand painted nail art?Ellen Marie Hi Ellen Marie, Even though I have my nail tech license, I personally was never very good at handpainted nail art. (I think it takes coordination I

Tricoci Taps Salon Talent for Nail Art Contest

Whitney Mazzacoli, a nail tech at Mario Tricoci Hair Salon & Day Spa’s Oak Brook, Ill., location, won the company’s Summer Nail Art Contest.

Smaller Events for Smaller Salons

Jill, these are all great suggestions for making an event run smoothly and also make it memorable. We have used several of these techniques to make our events really shine. However, we have a large salon

Saying a Final Goodbye to Tom

Yesterday NAILS publisher Cyndy Drummey, associate publisher Michelle Mullen and I attended a memorial service celebrating the life of Tom Holcomb. On what would have been his 45th birthday, friends, colleagues, and family members gather in

ABS 2012: Download the App

America's Beauty Show has impressed me in recent years with its tech-savvy. Last year, there was a QR code in the printed program that, when scanned, took attendees to the “ABS Mobile Program (the program and

Commit to Learning Something New

That sounds like it was a great retreat, Jill. I know that our retreat really helped our salon recharge and regroup for this year. We got a head start on planning fun events for the salon