“From Kindergarten Pencils To No. 2s”

For six to eight weeks, Gene Juarez’s advance training students make refining their skills a full-time job.

A Dynamic Decade for Nails

Prominent nail technicians talk about the products they used, their clients, and what it was like to be a nail technician in 1983.

What’s Wrong With Our Schools?

Unqualified instructors, unmotivated students, outdated curricula, impractical testing, and student loan abuse are only some of the problems with cosmetology school education. Reform is not likely to start with the government, but from within the industry itself.

How to Raise Your Prices

All you have to sell are your time and your service. Have the confidence to raise your prices, back them with education, and know you’re worth it.

Editor's note: Learn More, Earn More

Nail technicians, who continue their educations actually earn more money on services than technicians who do not take classes.

How to Become an Educator

If you “have skills, will travel,” a career as an educator can be a rewarding alternative to the salon.

If You Stop Learning, Your Stop Succeeding

I’ve learned a lot in the past year, and one of my most important lessons has been how much there still is to learn.

New York Technicians’ Organization Offers Advanced Education