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10 Tips to Stay Sane This Holiday Season

Salon owner Shari Finger has survived a lot of holiday madness in her 21 years behind the nail table. Here are her top 10 tips for sailing through those hectic weeks with your sanity intact.

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Wrist-Assist Provides Relief for Muscle Fatigue

Increase your client's comfort while reducing your muscle fatigue with this innovative product.

I Don't Have a Hunch

Why hunch over to reach your pedicure client’s foot when you can bring the foot up to meet you at a comfortable height?

A375UV Air Purifier

The Alen A375UV Air Purifier contains two UV lamps, a titanium dioxide filter, dust/odor sensors, remote control, and increased activated carbon for improved odor removal.

Shaking Off the Shakes: Keeping Hands Steady While Polishing

Tips on making a steadier polish application so your clients will know you're a pro.

Can Doing Nails Make You Fat?

Staying active has to be a conscious effort. We can’t hold our jobs totally responsible for our weight issues, but they do play a role. I’ve seen from personal experience the effect of a sedentary job.

Caring for the Elderly

Clients ages 8 to 80 enjoy salon services, but how techs handle an 8-year-old client will be different from how they handle her senior counterpart. Techs can develop a reputation for being the go-to girl among this expanding demographic by understanding the needs of an older client — and taking the time to meet those needs.

New Approach May Render Staph Harmless

Exciting new treatment strategy could help the body defend against potentially lethal strains of antibiotic-resistant Staph, also known as MRSA.

Wearing Contacts in the Salon

With filing dust, clippings, aerosol sprays, chemicals, and vapors making their way around the salon environment, wearing contact lenses while working can be potentially hazardous.

10 Tips for Staying Healthy at Work

The job of nail tech poses a few special challenges when it comes to your health. The good news is, little changes go a big way toward ensuring a long and healthy career.