
Healthy Tech: Valeria Ramirez
Nail tech Valeria Ramirez hopes to expand her new business while maintaining her commitment to the healthy lifestyle that energizes her and keeps her feeling fit.

Nail tech Valeria Ramirez hopes to expand her new business while maintaining her commitment to the healthy lifestyle that energizes her and keeps her feeling fit.

1997 was a pivotal year in the nail industry’s fight against the use of MMA (methyl methacrylate) in acrylic monomer.
In the next few weeks, we will visit different areas of the salon that could use some mindfulness and practice a few mindful activities.

Angela Turner is a licensed nail professional, an education ambassador for CND, and is also a competitive bodybuilder.

In this transcription of The Nail Hub Podcast, Elizabeth Morris discusses what you can do to prevent overexposure in the salon and how you can avoid developing allergic reactions to your beloved products.

They say age is all in the mind, but for those of us who have celebrated a half-century or more, we know the body doesn’t always agree. How does a nail tech cope with the physical changes when the body starts complaining about getting older?

In this episode of The Nail Hub Podcast, Elizabeth Morris discusses what you can do to prevent overexposure in the salon and how you can avoid developing allergic reactions to your beloved products.

A nail tech at collaborative co-op Stash House, Senthia Rodriguez uses boxing and balance balls to improve her core strength as she envisions staying healthy throughout a long career in nails.

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The device helps improve air quality.

Disposable nippers are an alternative to autoclaving.

Sarah Mason, a nail tech in Cape Cod, Mass., instantly became a workout fanatic after diving into the fitness scene in an effort to tone up before her wedding two years ago. With a bodybuilding competition under her belt, Mason is putting extreme fitness on hold while she develops her mobile nail business, but health is still at the forefront of her priorities.

Acetone isn't the only ingredient to soak off products.

While raising two children as a single mom, fitness was the last thing on Ohio-based nail tech Kelly Rogacki’s mind. But as her daughters grew up and needed less care, she decided it was time to start caring more for herself.

This month we asked nail techs: What is Your Biggest Fear?

Although Pennsylvania nail tech Amy Manker ate a healthy diet, her body had become weak due to lack of exercise and years of long hours spent sitting down. On the hunt for an exercise she didn’t loathe, she discovered cardio hooping, thanks to her daughter.

After nail tech Kinzie Rutschke had her first child and became even busier with her career, she knew she had to make time to become more physically active. What started out as just a bit of exercise to stay in shape turned into a full-blown passion for running and competing in marathons.