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Not My Job

A few years ago I went through a major burn-out. It was bad. I was so over doing nails I was packing up my polish. Problem was, I didn't know what else I wanted to do.

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It's Not That Easy

Right now, things around my appointment book are a little slow. I think I've discussed that the back-to-school season leaves me alone at my table every year, with time to contemplate the meaning of life and

If I Had a Million Dollars ...

Never mind that I picked up a copy of the latest issue of NAILS while I was at the IBS Vegas show. I didn't have a chance to start reading it until I received my regularly

Totally Off Track ...

So I got a new car!  Since this is a nails-related blog, I will spare you the details of the transaction, and refrain from offering a certain online auto brokerage any free advertisement, but I would

I Ain't Nobody's Stepchild

You know what I hate? I hate being treated as "just the manicurist."  It's not the clients who do this the most, it's people who are in the industry. Hairstylists, supply stores, sales reps — they

What I Really Want to Do Is Direct

I would love to be an educator. For a manufacturer, freelance, or even as an instructor in a school — as long as I get to teach nails. Because that’s pretty much the only thing I

Do What You Like, Like What You Do

Within a week of starting nail school I knew nails was all I ever wanted to do. And nails is all I have done since having that revelation. I’ve known a lot of people who went into

What a PITA

And I don’t mean the bread!  Well, the case of the Maggie-imposter seems to have been handled with swift and iron-fisted justice; it’s now just another footnote in the adventures of being me. But the experience of

What’s the Best (and Worst) Part About Being a Nail Technician?

It’s become something of a habit for us during trade shows to stop nail techs in their tracks and accost them with questions

Step Up to the (Nail Art) Bar

Before she ever went to nail school, Eimsuk Arminio was approached by people on the street who asked her where she got her nail art done.