On My Mind: Don't Forget to Breathe

Sometimes all we need to do is pause to reflect on what matters most — our health,our loved ones, our freedom — and don’t forget to breathe.

On My Mind: What You're Really Selling: Customer Service

As you’re entering this amazing industry, remember that even if your technical skills aren’t yet 100%, you can offer 100% in customer service. And I assure you that great customer service will go much farther in gaining and keeping nail clients than anything else you can do to build your book.

Honoring Essie in its 25th Year

Today, the company offer more than 200 polish shades, and the line has expanded to include nail treatments, a spa line, and other cosmetics.

Some Writer’s Block

In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve been struggling getting my blogs done lately. I think mostly because my topic is always about nail competitions and I just haven’t been to any in a couple of months.

The Man, the Myth, the legend… Mr. Mario Tricocci

August 24, 2010Last week, I had the honor and the privilege to hear and meet Mr. Mario Tricocci. For those of you who don’t know, Mr. Tricocci is the world-renowned hairstylist who hails from Italy. He

Talking to an OPI Educator about GelColor

There have been lots of requests in my e-mail and on my Facebook for more information on the new OPI GelColor. Since you could probably tuck what I know about OPI in a thimble it seemed

Week 1: Excitement and Balancing School and Parenting

My first week balancing being a part-time student and a full-time mother was exciting, educational, and at times demanding. I managed and I made it: come on Week 2 I am so ready to see you!

Vacation Season

Maggie has a new strategy for taking time off.

Week Two: Real Live Humans!

You may recall that I was worrying about working on clients last week. Well, it turns out that real, live clients caused me a couple of headaches in week two.