Clear the Air

Good or bad, odor reveals little about salon air quality. Even if your salon rates "sweet" on the smell scale with employees or clients, depend on more reliable measures than your nose to rate your salon's air quality.

The Licensing Prosecution Process

What happens when a nail technician or salon is reported to a state board or other regulating agency? Here’s a simplified rundown on what happens – beginning with the initial complaint and ending, in some case, with an arrest.

The Problem With Insurance

Oh sure, we’ve read plenty of articles about the importance of disability insurance. Some of us have it, some of us don’t, and some of us have looked into it only to discover it’s dang near

Don’t Buy the Lies

In the book, Lies Salon Owners Believe and the Truth That Sets Them Free, Lok, a salon owner, and Richoux, a marketing coach, set out to debunk the seven lies they claim are holding salon owners back.

And the Hoodie Goes to...

The third time was the charm for A Finer Touch Nail Spa in Grandview, Mo. After being nominated for the past three years as best nail salon by “The Steve Harvey Morning Show,” A Finer Touch finally brought home this national award. 

A To-Do List Is on My To-Do List

You would think by now I would be in the habit of writing down every little thing I hope to remember — like blog ideas.All weekend long I knew exactly what I was going to write

#NailedIt Documents the Vietnamese Nail Experience

Award-winning filmmaker Adele Pham delves into the salon world in her new feature-length documentary #NailedIt: Vietnamese & The Nail Industry.

The Incredible, Versatile, Wrap

Are wraps as versatile as acrylics?

The Spa Connection

Many salons cannot afford to go the full day spa route, but they can achieve a spa-like atmosphere by providing little touches to their basic services.