Armed with data and stories of the impact the prolonged closure is having on California salons, a coalition of beauty businesses lobbies the LA Mayor's office, asking for the safe reopening of beauty-based businesses.
Prepare to go back to the salon by purchasing PPE.
Holly Schippers interviews Nurse Megan about PPE, CDC guidelines, and tips for reopening.
Burst-style gel-polish removers have proven to have illegal ingredients along with falsified SDS sheets.
Throwing away nail polish? You’re putting your business at risk.
Elizabeth Morris and her husband Hermann Morris continue the discussion about whether licensing actually works for the nail industry.
Understand the basics of salon odors and reduce the effects in your salon
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As a nail tech, you understand that you must comply with your state board’s regulations. But did you know that you also must comply with OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) regulations as well?
Aerovex Systems partners with the Associated Nail Professionals to present this webinar on nail salon ventilation. This webinar outlines steps nail professional and hair stylists can take to improve workplace safety by minimizing inhalation exposure to potentially irritating or harmful substances. It is important for salon professionals to utilize techniques to ensure the salon chemical services given are performed in the safest manner possible.For more information, visit www.aerovexsystems.com.
Clarksville, Tenn.’s Hands & Feet Boutique focuses on safety and comfort, drawing a wide range of clients. Owner Angie Prichard hopes to inspire a higher standard of nail care in her area.
The polish you are painstakingly applying to your clients' nails is safe, no matter how many others used the same bottle previously.
Nail salons in New York are bracing for a new law that will require all salons to be bonded by October 6, 2015. Meanwhile, state board inspectors in Connecticut conducted a blitz of inspections this month, resulting in a significant number of closures for noncompliance.
After this week, I am convinced that I can perform a manicure/pedicure service with my eyes closed!
The California State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology has announced that Cal/OSHA recently published a new fact sheet for Working Safely in Nail Salons.
Update: Q-tips came to the rescue of the Brooklyn salon owners after sending Nail and Spa 4U a check to make up for their loss in products
Salon owner Lynnette Diaz-Madden was jolted into realizing just how vulnerable her salon was to being robbed. Here’s what her brush with this all-too-real threat taught her.