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Good or bad, odor reveals little about salon air quality. Even if your salon rates "sweet" on the smell scale with employees or clients, depend on more reliable measures than your nose to rate your salon's air quality.
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Good or bad, odor reveals little about salon air quality. Even if your salon rates "sweet" on the smell scale with employees or clients, depend on more reliable measures than your nose to rate your salon's air quality.
Great Dane fond of her Fire Hydrant Red nails.
Autumn is here and that means nail polish colors have taken on a decidedly warmer tone. We asked several nail artists to come up with fun abstract designs using colors reminiscent of fall that fit in perfectly with this season's polish shades.
Andy Warhol once said “Everything is beautiful. Pop is everything.”
Polishing is the last step to a perfect manicure and the last thing your client sees between visits here are five ways to apply polish.
Your nail station is one of your most valuable business tools. It is your office, your conference room, your classroom, your showroom, and sometimes even your lunchroom. It is where you do your work and spend much of your day –and you deserve to be comfortable. So what would change about it if you could? From self-sanitizing stations to elaborately themed decor, techs defy the laws of physics, finances, and convention to come up with some innovative solutions for their individual needs.
Nail tech Vicki Brenner shares her secret to getting French manicures to last longer.
Often times clients want nail art to match an outfit, but are not necessarily sure of what they want. Using complimentary or matching polish colors is an easy way to solve this problem. Here we show you three ways to get creative with color and form, regardless of your skill level.
It’s 2003. Do you know where your gels are? One of the fastest- growing salon services, gels still remain a mystery to many nail techs and their clients. Whether you are familiar with gels or just turning your attention to them, use this primer to help guide you through the multitude of uses, techniques, and troubleshooting tips associated with today’s gels.
With the new technology being applied to gels there is a good range of options for techs looking to create pink-and- whites, correct damaged or misshapen nails, add shine and protection to natural nails or acrylic enhancements, or give a client durable and long-wearing nail color. The main thing to keep in mind when dealing with various forms of gel is that the primary difference between them is the viscosity.