Working Faster

So many times I hear nail professionals ask how do I get faster, what can I do to be faster. Sometimes in the race to be the fastest details are sacrificed for speed. If you can

Happy New Year (2013)!

Hope things are off to a great start for you! Have you made any professional goals for the year? Maybe destination education, trying a new service, or having a plan to raise your prices? I’m looking

Myth Contest Winner Announced

I owe you all a winner from the myth contest, thanks for the great suggestions for myths to add to Doug’s list! Erika Gravato, you are the winner of the drawing for the free Doug Schoon’s

The Truth About Gel Manicures

InStyle magazine dispelled a couple long-standing misconceptions about gel manicures this month and provided remedies on how to keep gel nails healthy.

Wearing Contacts in the Salon

With filing dust, clippings, aerosol sprays, chemicals, and vapors making their way around the salon environment, wearing contact lenses while working can be potentially hazardous.

Seeing Is Believing -- Show Your Clients Results

Have you ever heard the phrase “seeing is believing”? How true do you feel it is? Do you think it matters to you when you see things for yourself or to clients to see for themselves?

Make It a Display

How many times do you take the literature home from a show or a class and drop or set it somewhere and there it stays? Maybe you sort through some of it eventually, maybe not. Why

Top 10 Tips You've Learned From Holly

I’ve been asked to present 10 tips of the trade at an upcoming event. I would like to be sure to choose the 10 that would be most useful to nail professionals and thought what better

is the book club working for you?

Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEI noticed that there aren't many replies to the book club blogs. Are you all reading along and just not up to posting or would you like me to postpone the book club until January when