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Doug Schoon, industry chemist and chief scientific adviser for CND. In his other life: astronomy enthusiast.
Poway, Je Boutique, and Bay Vista academies are launching the nation's first Spa Nail Technician Program.
Here’s how your fellow techs clean and store their brushes, and what the experts have to add to the debate.
Why do we swallow the rubbish that is dished up not only by product manufacturers but also by so-called consumer activists whose interests are supposedly to protect people?
When acrylic nail systems first became available on drugstore shelves, and statistics came out stating the number of children accidentally burned by primer — more than 500 over four years — the manufacturers noticed.
Simple tip to keep the creation of a great C-curve from hurting the client.
The panelists answer your tricky questions! In this edition we cover flat nails, calluses and more.
"What can I do for a client with dry, rough, cracked hands?" asks our first reader.
Did the media finally get it right? The nail community debates the merits of the long-awaited story on MM A usage that aired on the ABC news magazine show “20/20.”
This month's panel tackles how to buy nippers, what's happening with a damaged nail, and how mood-changing polishes work.
This month readers want to know about triple-priming, how hydrogen peroxide works, and why polish stays longer on acrylics than natural nails.
There’s something in the air in your salon. In fact, there’s a lot of somethings — acrylic monomers, treatments, polishes, and nail filings, for starters. Clear the air by investing in a ventilation solution that catches the smells at the source.
Heating up acetone in a microwave causes a fire that damages the salon and injures a nail technician.
NAILS has learned from correspondence from the U.S.-based Nail manufacturers Council and an interview with industry chemist Dough Schoon that an ingredient commonly found in acrylic systems called benzoyl peroxide (BPO) is under scrutiny in several European countries because of a regulatory classification issue.
Though doctors cite a lack of scientific evidence that hormones influence product lifting, some nail technicians say their clients’ experiences provide all the proof they need.
If ingredients sound good enough (and safe enough) to eat, then most people assume they’re good enough to be used on the body…including nails.