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Attend a Virtual Trade Show on May 26-27

For those of you who don’t have the time and/or the money to travel to beauty trade shows, you may want to make plans to attend the upcoming Spa Hospitality Expo (SHE) — because you can

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IBS Las Vegas Competition Winners

So it’s taken a little while, but here are your nail competition winners for the IBS Las Vegas Show.  Hand Painted Nail Art Novice 3rd Iryna Giblett 2nd Kim Hyun 1st Ryoko Garcia  Veteran 3rd Kirsty Meakin2nd Mariko

Show Season 2010 Starts Strong

From January 30 through February 1, 40,000 beauty professionals attended ISSE, up 21% from 2009 and breaking the show’s all-time attendance records. The show featured 397 exhibitors, which is up 3% from 2009.

On My Mind: Are You Evolving? Your Clients Are.

Whether you decide to add a new service, or completely rethink how you’ve set up your salon, commit to making at least one change in your business this year.

Lynn Lammers Interview

Lynn got a chance to talk to NAILS right after the Design Sculptured Flower Theme competition. Here's what she said about how she did and what other competitions she was looking forward to. (Video is in

We're Having a Party!

To celebrate the launch of our new Nail Art Gallery site, we've partnered with BeautyTech.com to have a grand old party. On June 6, at the Premiere show in Orlando, from 7-10 p.m., come have dinner with us

Back from IBS

We drove 3 1/2 hours from Las Vegas last night, arriving home at about 10:30 p.m. I was grateful not to have to fly this time. Not that I don’t like to travel — because I

Mobile Salon Reaches Cancer Patients

The beauty industry is known for contributing to worthy causes, whether its donating flip flops (and many other items) to earthquake relief efforts in Haiti or developing and purchasing pink products whose proceeds help fight breast

Attention Salon Owners: Do You Want to Be on TV?

As I was canvassing the show floor last weekend at America’s Beauty Show in Chicago, I happened upon a booth for Bravo TV. The casting directors were there looking for salons for season three of “Tabatha’s

Taking Polish for a Test Drive

Auto maker Volvo typically retails cool gear to match its cars — items like key rings, T-shirts, golf umbrellas, and sunglasses. With the launch of the Volvo S60 at the Geneva Motor Show this month, the