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What Is Your Opinion on Sharing Tips and information with Other Nail Techs?

Are you secretive or do you love to share all you know and have with your fellow nail techs?

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Getting Down to Business

Need a good reason to get more business education? Salon owner Millie Haynam highlights the importance of not just relying on your technical prowess. From marketing and money management to people skills and PR, business skills are vital to making your salon a success.

The Five "W's" of Networking

It’s not always about what you know, but who you know. One significant relationship with someone in-the-know can lead to exciting opportunities in both your personal and professional lives. Conversely, who you know will no doubt lead to what you know.

We Gather Together ... to Network

A day of networking with your peers is an experience unlike any you’ve ever had before, says one regular networker.

E-Nails: Staying in Touch Online

Our gal on the web talks about using Instant Messaging, Chat Groups, and an email list to stay in good touch with other techs.

Playing Matchmaker With the Mentor Database

“We’ve had people signing up daily since its launch,” says Shelley. Barely two weeks after the launch date, Shelley informed me we made our first match and later the same week, a second match!

9 Things They Don’t Tell You About Opening a Salon

A new salon owner shares her hard-earned wisdom to help make the process of striking out on your own a little easier.

On the Couch Answers Your Business Questions

Louis Mattassi shares ideas on getting a mentor and bringing dress code discipline to a salon.

The Revolution of 1994

The 7 Habits of Highly Successful Nail Technicians

Taking a cue from Steven Covey, author of “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective people”, the NAILS editorial team identified seven characteristics, or habits, of the highly successful nail technicians we’ve met over the past 18 years.