
What to Say to Clients Who Ask About Letting Their Nails Breathe
Dial back the sarcasm and provide education to clients who want to take a break from their nails to let them breathe.

Dial back the sarcasm and provide education to clients who want to take a break from their nails to let them breathe.

Refresh your nail anatomy knowledge with this video from Kiara Sky about the importance of the nail apex.
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Use these common misunderstandings as teachable opportunities.
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Holly makes the point that nails don’t breathe; instead they get nutrients and oxygen from your blood.
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In short, the nail plate absorbs water like a sponge and can compromise the color coating.
Doug Schoon explains the structure of the nail and answers some of your important questions.
Make sure you know the difference as a professional and educate your clients.

Resident blogger Holly Schippers aka FingerNailFixer uses props to demonstrate and identify the difference between the cuticle and eponychium.
Watch this video to find out if what you know about nail anatomy is accurate.

In this episode of Face to Face, Doug Schoon explains the real difference between the cuticle, eponychium, and pterygium.

Suzie Moskal shares some tips on how to do a natural nail manicure.

Nail Lingo: Learn to speak fluent nail by knowing your anatomy. This illustration will help you know all the proper names and locations of the parts that make up a single nail tip.
Eponychium, Hyponychium, Onychodermal Band...only 3 out of 15 essential parts of the nail structure! Paronychia, Onychia, Onychoptosis...just to name a few of some of the more common nail diseases! Corrugations, Kolionychia, Pterygium...fall into the nail disorder
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