"Lose the nails or lose your job,” is what some companies tell their employees. Is it a justifiable restriction or are these companies staging nail witch-hunt?
Shari Finger, owner of Finger's Nail Studio in W. Dundee, Ill., did sculptured acrylic nails on this month's cover model.
Two men entered a salon, pointed guns and complained about the salon's low prices.
The chances of contracting AIDS or tuberculosis in the salon are slim to none. It’s the little, everyday illnesses—like the flu and the common cold—nail technicians need to watch out for.
Sanitizable files are becoming a tool of choice in many salons. How do they stack up against their more temporary counterparts?
What to do if you’re robbed and how to prevent it from happening in the first place.
As an industry, we endured more than a year of constant television and news reports that scared potential salon customers into thinking that they took their lives into their hands by getting a manicure.
While the article did employ a few scare tactics, on balance, it did much more to cairn fears about potential disease transmission and to educate die public about the stringent standards technicians and salon owners must adhere to.
It’s easy to forget the basic in the clamor over salon sanitation, but just washing goes a long way toward keeping you and your clients healthy.
