It’s easy to be a mobile tech when the only challenge is packing your supplies and driving to a client’s home, but what if you want a multi-service mobile spa? We spoke to women who made the plunge to find out how they got started.
After being in business for only 10 months, salon owner Lisa Suárez-Brentzel is struggling — but not in the negative sense of the word. Customers are coming in droves, and Lacquer Gallery is having a hard time keeping up with demand.
Houston-based Polished Day Spa keeps customer service and creativity at the top of its priority list as owner Sharia Castillo expands the emergent spa’s already diverse menu.
Bio-Swift from Bio Seaweed Gel creates beautiful and natural looking gel extensions in half the time. With no glue, forms or artificial tips required; achieve professional nail enhancements with the most modern technique and gel products. This revolutionary system couples new techniques with BSG smooth, strong & self-leveling builder with no more heat spike shocks.
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Here are the steps:1. Prep natural nails by pushing back cuticles, buffing, and cleansing with alcohol.2. Pick and size a Bio-Swift tip slightly larger than the natural nail.3. Apply two beads of Bio-Swift Builder using the Bio-Swift Spatula.4. Gently fill the tip to desired length with help of the length guide.5. Attach gently starting from the cuticle in a downward motion.6. Lightly brush away excess gel underneath to ensure a smooth and even application.7. Cure nail surface for 60 seconds.8. Flip hand and cure underneath for 60 seconds.9. Swift-off and reveal your perfect nails every time.10. Alcohol cleanse both the top and bottom of the tip. 11. Shape and buff free edge, no need to file nail surface. 12. Design your Bio-Swift extensions with colour and art or finish with applying BSG No-Wipe Top Coat to both surface and underneath tip.
After leaving her corporate job to work as a nail tech, Mia Rubie rented a private studio so she could work independently. Four years later, that studio has grown into Sparkle San Francisco, a trendy, tucked-away salon that specializes in nail art.