Are You Allergic to Work in the Salon?

Understand your risk of allergic and irritant reactions to the products you work with and you can probably prevent problems before they start.

HAND CARE: How to Protect Your Most Valuable Asset During Winter

Your hands see a lot during the day--with strain, chemicals, constant moisture and contact, don't let winter take its toll on you, too.

Preventing Burn Out Blues

If you’re feeling tired, apathetic, and cranky, you may need more than a good night’s sleep; you could be suffering from job burnout. Early symptoms of burnout are so common, they are commonly overlooked. Learn to identify the symptoms of burnout and develop ways to protect yourself before you crash.

What to Do When You Come in Contact with COVID

Realistically these days it is not a matter of if you come into contact with COVID, more of when. What do you do when that time comes? This week that time came for me and it seemed like the perfect opportunity to share a plan with you so we could work through it together and give you a game plan.

What's Your Favorite Nail Myth?

We have all heard them, the informative tips that people have for stronger nails, longer nails, and how to let your nails breathe. I nearly hurt myself laughing this morning reading a post on Nail Tips,

Relationships: Keeping the Romance Alive

How do you keep the romance alive while keeping your business afloat?

Is Ours a Risky Business?

After almost three decades, a rare diagnosis prompts one nail tech to ask the question, “Is this related to my work?” In an effort to shed some light on difficult questions, we did some digging and asked some questions of our own.   

10 Tips to Stay Sane This Holiday Season

Salon owner Shari Finger has survived a lot of holiday madness in her 21 years behind the nail table. Here are her top 10 tips for sailing through those hectic weeks with your sanity intact.

Advice for Older Nail Techs

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?