
Young Nails Biz Talk: Modern Nail Artist Success Story
Young Nails' Habib Salo and Tracey Reierson interview Stephanie Fountain about her successful nail art business.

Young Nails' Habib Salo and Tracey Reierson interview Stephanie Fountain about her successful nail art business.

Young Nails' Greg Salo demonstrates three tips to help you increase your speed and stability during nail applications. Do you want to work smarter, not harder? Download our ebook about how to speed up your nail services. Download Our eBook

Young Nails' Habib Salo and Tracey Reierson discuss how hard work is just a piece of the puzzle to become successful.
Kelly Wilson talks about how to conquer self-doubt when beginning to take clients.

You don’t ordinarily think of doing nails as a test of endurance, but sometimes it can be — especially when you’re first starting out. We asked our Facebook friends to tell us about the set of nails that took them the longest to complete — whether due to their newbie status or the intricacies of a special design.
To help new nail techs and other beauty professional navigate their careers, Tiffani Douglas has written a guidebook called Straight Outta Beauty School — 10 Things You Need to Know and Do After You Graduate.

Every successful salon owner faces the challenge of a new hire. How do you get the technical and business skills of a newbie to match her excitement and potential?
Maggie says new techs should be more realistic when it comes to setting their prices.
Maggie’s going back to basics with her new trainee.

We asked veteran nail techs to divulge their most important newbie lessons.

While school instructors all want what’s best for their students after graduation, it’s a hard call as to whether lofty initial ventures will pay off or backfire. We asked nail school instructors and owners: Should you encourage or discourage a nail student who wants to open her own salon immediately after graduation?

The annual publication helps students and recent graduates survive the real salon world. Pass it on.

Nail techs share the most important things they learned as newbies in the real world.

As you’re entering this amazing industry, remember that even if your technical skills aren’t yet 100%, you can offer 100% in customer service. And I assure you that great customer service will go much farther in gaining and keeping nail clients than anything else you can do to build your book.

In an article in its member magazine BeautyLink, the AACS says a top reason is the lack of federal funding.

The Nail Trainer Hand is great for nail students and newbie nail techs to master their skills and techniques quickly and easily prior to offering nail services on paying customers. The starter kit comes with nine items and is designed to increase application speed and insure durability of nail enhancements. For more information, visit www.nailtrainerhand.com.