Ask the Manicurist
In this installment, The Manicurist tackles cancellation fees, early clients and those nagging cell phones.
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In this installment, The Manicurist tackles cancellation fees, early clients and those nagging cell phones.
Tired of biting your tongue where your clients’ misdeeds are concerned? Let The Manicurist tell it like it is. This beauty industry veteran doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to salon etiquette and client complaints. Share these pages with your clients — if you dare.
You first met The Manicurist — aka Rebecca Seals — in our April issue and judging by your response, you enjoyed her “pull no punches” attitude. Here’s her take on free repairs, last-minute changes, long-winded excuses, and other headaches of daily salon life.
When the nail tech was buffing her boyfriend’s nails, she said ‘Let me learn how to buff them’ and then she got down on one knee to propose.
Great Dane fond of her Fire Hydrant Red nails.
Mary Kennebeck is nothing if not solution-minded. She’s the original “can-do” gal.
Just when you thought you had heard it all, she tells you another tall tale about how her nail broke off, polish got smudged, or how she forgot her checkbook. Nail technicians share their collection of innocent fibs, exaggerations, and outright lies.
Nail technician Terri Taricco love nails so much so that two years ago she got a personalized license plate that read "NAILS."
Did you ever wonder what type of nail care, if any, is necessary for both wild and captive animals? It’s not as if they can trot on down to the local Beastly Nail Salon and get a pedicure. Most animals require some sort of nail care, either on their own or given by caretaker.