The Layered Look

Semi-custom colors and designs created via layering are increasingly showing up at trade show booth demos and continuing education classes. Clients love walking out of your salon owning a look no one else has, plus this technique can breathe life back into older shades your clients have gotten bored with. You can layer with so many different mediums. Here are a few to try.

First Practice Nails In A While

I did my first practice set of competition nails in a long, long time on Sunday, what a mess. Man, do I have ring rust! There was shadowing, swirling, choppy, haggard smile lines and the moons...oh

My Exasperated Gel Rant

My number-one irritation with doing gel nails is the CLIENTS. They come in with these absurd notions that gel is so much "better" for their nails than acrylic and THEN they REFUSE to shut up and

Competition Practice Has Begun!

For her first practice round, Holly was just over the 30 minute mark for the French manicure. With practice, she hopes to get the time down pat! 

Beach Babe Pedi

Mani Pedi Cutie, Hermosa Beach, Calif., makes a refreshing beach-themed pedicure.

Healthy Habits Start Early

Educating teenage girls and "'tweens" about the importance of wearing shoes, clipping hang nails, and hand-washing, is one way this salon markets to the younger crowd while helping the girls earn their scouting badges at the same time.

Hybrid Gel Polish Roundup

We have gathered the latest brush-on gel polish available at the time of printing, but more companies are finishing development on lines of their own. 

See Spots Run

Age spots — discoloration of the skin due to sun damage — provide an excellent opportunity for you to educate your clients about treatment options, suggest products and services, and begin treatment in the salon.

Don't Stress Out: Controlling Stress for a Happy Workplace

Take control of stressful situations by managing your mood and emotions instead of letting them manage you.