After 20 years in the beauty industry, nail tech Amy Davis knows first-hand the difficulties both employers and employees face in finding the perfect match. She recently contacted us to let us know about her latest
ISSE Long Beach is one of our favorite shows, so we were thrilled to hear from show organizers at the PBA that two people a week will win free show tickets. “One Facebook follower and one
This awful story is still unfolding. Yesterday afternoon a gunman entered Salon Meritage in Seal Beach, Calif., and opened fire on employees and customers. Eight are dead. One is still in critical care at a nearby
First I want to offer my congratulations to the winners at the Sacramento show and everyone who competed. The photos I saw on Facebook of some of the work were beautiful!I decided against going to Sacramento
If I could get the entire industry together and talk us all into agreeing on one thing, today that one thing would be to come up with clear, distinct terms for services and products. Specifically, gels. At
Many techs dream of a career in which their nail designs are published on magazine covers and adorn the fingers and toes of the hottest celebrities. One nail tech shares her story of uprooting her quiet Midwestern life for a chance to make it as a celebrity manicurist in New York City.
In my last post I showed you the math of how much money can be lost by not pre-booking just one pedicure. Hopefully the math made sense to you and you’ve started to make the pre-book
I’m currently finishing up an article on salon window displays for an upcoming issue of NAILS, and one salon sent in a before-and-after. The before being from last week, a more typical display (which is still
I am kind of disappointed that September is over. Financially, it was one of the best months I have ever had. I am not sure what I did differently last month, but it worked! I kicked
Do you feel a little pinked out some Octobers? It seems like every company in the industry has jumped on the pink bandwagon and while it is a very worthy cause there are other things out