Are You a Superstar or the Best-Kept Secret?
By Kristi Valenzuela, Crystal Focus Challenge #2: Your Business Shouldn’t Be a Secret! A five-mile radius in any town in America is usually home to 40 to 100 salons! This depends on where you live, of
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By Kristi Valenzuela, Crystal Focus Challenge #2: Your Business Shouldn’t Be a Secret! A five-mile radius in any town in America is usually home to 40 to 100 salons! This depends on where you live, of
This month has been very busy for me. I’ve moved shops and am temporarily located with an awesome group of the most encouraging women I’ve ever worked with! They are all excited for me to live

Step-by-step by Ellen Nycz, Plainsboro, N.J.

Elaine Watson, Star Nail International vice president of marketing and global education director, created our July cover’s fabric with resin and UV sealer-encapsulated nails. You can use just about anything — have your client bring in their old favorite piece of clothing.
Red, Swollen patches? Blister-like bumps? Chances are it’s contact dermatitis, but only the doctor can say if it’s a simple case of irritation or a more serious allergy.

Medicool’s TurboFile II has a lightweight hand piece, a 20,000 RPM motor, a variable speed control, and operates quietly with minimal vibration.

For the ultimate “kick” of color, check out China Glaze’s New Kicks Collection. The line pays homage to sneakerheads everywhere with 12 juicy shades to feed a polish addict’s craving for color.

Barielle’s new 60 Second Mani-Pedi is a fast-acting exfoliating treatment that takes only one minute to exfoliate and polish away dry, cracked skin on the hands or feet.

Orly’s new French Polynesian Island Spa Pedicure Kit contains one each of Orly’s new French Polynesian Pedicure Products, plus a complete instruction guide and free Orly branded pedicure towel.

That was about the only thing I knew before heading to the Beauty International Show in Dusseldorf, Germany, this past March. I had never been to Europe before and spoke no German, but I was eager to learn everything I could about the German nail industry. Unearthing stiletto styles, licensing loop-holes, the economic recession and more, the German nail industry proved to be a fascinating player in the worldwide nail market.