health

Make America’s Foot Pain Your Gain

Of course it’s not a good thing that so many Americans suffer from foot-related maladies, but for pedicurists, it’s not entirely a bad thing either. To learn the extent of the problem, the Institute for Preventive Foot

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Cosmoprof NA: Beauty Bus Opens First National Pop-Up Salon

Nonprofit Beauty Bus has been providing free beauty services -- including nails (the #1 requested service), hair, and make-up -- and, along with that pampering, a sense of hope, touch, and normalcy to terminally or chronically

OSHA Guide: Stay Healthy When Giving Manicures and Pedicures

I encourage all of you to download the just-released “Stay Healthy and Safe While Giving Manicures and Pedicures” 20-page booklet created by OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration). It contains some helpful information and reminders

Premiere 2012: New Implement Sterilization Option from Science & Light Technology Inc.

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Walgreens’ Nail Salon Photos

I understand the hesitancy among nail techs (and myself, to be honest, at least until I saw the salon in person) about the in-store experience at the nail salon that just opened inside a Chicago Walgreens.

NMC Responds to Recent Bad Press About Gels

I just heard there was a story on a local Chicago TV station last night warning about UV gels and skin cancer. And then there was the March article in Good Housekeeping titled “4 Risks of

ABS 2012: Everything Microplane

Evolving from a line of kitchen tools (yes, you guessed it, literally from a microplane citrus zester), Microplane Personal Care offers a huge assortment callus removers. The company has large professional size callus microplanes, small at-home

ABS 2012: Easy Reflexology by Lodaat

Founded by reflexologists, Lodaat (an acronym for “Living one day at a time”) offers several useful massage tools at its booth. This is a Sujok Ring, which, when rolled along a finger, activates pressure points that can

Create a Salon “Green Team” with Coordinator to Spearhead Efforts, says NAEFSS Report

At least one salon employee must be given the responsibility to carry out environmentally friendly practices at the salon or the initiative will fizzle out, according to a newly released white paper by the National Association

Yay! Indiana Bill to Eliminate Licensing Withdrawn

Yay! Indiana Bill to Eliminate Licensing Withdrawn Thanks so much for to all NAILS’ Magazine From the Editor readers who told Indiana that we need licensing and to everyone else who helped spread the word and who