
7 Design Tips for a Relaxing Salon Environment
Frisco, Texas-based Susi Norfolk (@perfect10_susi) shares her advice on creating a calming effect for clients, based purely on your salon’s design aesthetic.

Frisco, Texas-based Susi Norfolk (@perfect10_susi) shares her advice on creating a calming effect for clients, based purely on your salon’s design aesthetic.

Boasting four locations in the Houston area, each Isle Pedispa is designed with a theme that’s unique to its location. The name indicates an emphasis on pedicures, but this chain is a destination for manicures, waxing, and tanning as well.
What does your client see from your table or your pedicure chair?

Base Coat’s Downtown Los Angeles location employs nine nail techs and has enough space for 15 simultaneous services.

This lamp features a three-level dimmer with a touch sensor, a FlexiArm that easily bends 180 degrees, a removable table clamp, and 300 lumens of bright white LED light.

The NSI Salon Jar can be used to store acrylic powders, dip powders, glitter, bling, and more.

When looking for a mini vacation, residents of Omaha, Neb., turn to Chill Body Day Spa for all-natural luxury services, from Vichy showers to perfected pedicures.

Modern Salon's Maggie Mulhern takes a video tour of Dyanna Spa in New York City.

LightBob from Situ Lighting is a lightweight, cordless LED task light ideal for nail technicians.

Lighting affects the whole mood of your salon, so utilize these tips to bring warmth and brightness to the environment.

Just 4 You Online UK retails sparkly wallpaper as well as glitter for techs who can't get enough bling.

Back in 1992, the NAILS Fact Book (now called Big Book) ranked Dyanna Spa as the 13th top salon in the U.S. offering nail care. In 2017, owners Irina Gordon and Mona Winograd decided to move two doors down and redesign the spa.

Earning nicknames like “the fairy godmother of nails” from clients, Pamper Nail Gallery is taking over Silicon Valley’s nail scene with its supply of Instagram-worthy, character-themed manicures.
Have you opened a new salon or renovated your space in the past two years? You could win our sister publication Salon Today's Salon of the Year competition!

If your business growth has been stagnant in recent years, a fresh new look may be just the thing you need to bring in new clients and even bring back some old ones.

The drive to own a family business runs deep in sisters Lauren Hunter and Manda Mason, who left careers in recruitment and finance to pursue their dream of opening an all-natural nail salon in Columbus, Ohio, sparked by an overnight epiphany.

KaSundra Anderson of Nail Spa Haven in Atlanta puts her past issues of NAILS Magazine to use in a most innovative way.