Gearing Up for Spring [and Summer]
It’s spring and everything around us is changing and in bloom. For a lot of us the snow is starting to melt and we can actually see the grass again. The grass is starting to turn
It’s spring and everything around us is changing and in bloom. For a lot of us the snow is starting to melt and we can actually see the grass again. The grass is starting to turn
I am so excited to see all of the comments. Thank you AthenA, Annette, Heather, and Judy! We love seeing your comments and hope that more people will post. As I started responding to the comments,
Wow! Thank you for your kind words and comments Sandy, Samaima, and AthenA. My faith, my friends, and family have all helped me through these tough times. 2012 was a tough year. I am, however, excited
Happy New Year! Are you so glad to be done with 2012? I am! I have never had a worse year than 2012. So, since it’s a new year, I want to remind you of what
We’re about halfway through our “Practice Now, Shine Later” series. So far, I have given you two techniques to help you make your clients sparkle and shine this holiday season. We introduced “Foil Nails” and “Glitter Toes.” Those
This is my friend Nicole before her wedding. This is her “something blue.” We used royal blue, silver, and turquoise glitter. We’re continuing our “Practice Now, Shine Later” series. Last week, I introduced you to Foil Nails for
Here’s the first technique in our “Practice Now, Shine Later” series. This tutorial presents step-by-step instructions on how to create Foil Nails. I have done this with Shellac gel-polish by CND. I think the same techniques
Welcome back to our “Practice Now, Shine Later” series. This series will be about several things to get us ready for the holidays. It will include some business practices as well as techniques to wow your
We’ve talked about how the holidays will be here before we know it. There are many steps that will help us to prepare for the busy holiday season. But we have to practice the skills now,
Fall is here which means summer is officially over. Kids are back in school, the leaves are changing color, and hopefully the weather where you live is getting cooler. Fall is my favorite time of the
This is the final part of our back-to-school series — or as I have called it the “back-to-work” series. So far, we’ve talked about renovating our look to be more professional. We’ve mentioned updating out hair,
We’re continuing our “back-to-school” series. In my last post I asked, “What does back-to-school mean to you? Does it mean back-to-school clothes shopping?” We talked about the face that back to school can mean shopping with your
It’s “back to school” season for so many of you. I know that a lot of states have already started classes at universities and local schools. Here in Minnesota, our kids don’t return to public schools
How many of you have kids who are going back to school? Does your salon have a back-to-school display set up already? My salon always does a shampoo and conditioner liter sale for back to school.
We’ve been discussing how to keep current by continuing your education. Now that you’ve taken the education, how do you let your clients know? This has been a three-part series about how to post your educational
We have been talking about continuing education and ways to let our clients know that we’ve received advanced training. Last week we talked about posting it on your salon’s website. I gave you a great example
So, we've taken advanced education classes, now what? This is a question I get a lot when I visit salons for a day of in salon training. What do we once we have taken the education?