holidays

Beauty Resolution Shortcut: Shorter Nails

For those tired of tough resolutions, Self magazine says short nails are a quick beauty shortcut that lengthens the life of a manicure. Let your clients know short means less maintenance.

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31 Days of an Organized Holiday Season

If you’re already feeling stressed about the holidays, try this simple trick: Schedule one thing per day from your to-do list into your appointment book now. Once it’s written down, you can stop worrying about it because you know you’ve scheduled time to get it done. You can make your own salon to-do list for the month of December or use ours. We’ve included 31 tasks to pencil into each day that will help make celebrating easier this year.

Holiday Retailing Begins With an Appeal to the Senses

A great retail space is designed around the senses, says salon consultant Bryan Durocher. Ramp up your holiday retailing with an appeal to clients’ sense of touch, sound, smell, and sight.

The Lacquer in the Dell

Known in their respective industries for their fashion-forward thinking, Dell and OPI have joined together to create customized laptops in nail polish colors.

Week 15: Check Your E-mail List…Check It Twice

For the last five years retailers have followed a trend that spa owners need to be aware of. Don’t forget the Internet. Four of the eight biggest retail e-mail volume days of the year occurred in the weeks before Christmas last year. These days actually have names, “Cyber Monday” (November 27) with the following three Mondays being referred to as “Echo Mondays” (December 4, 11 and 18). Sending out e-mails to your data base around these dates makes good sense.

Survive the Holiday Season With Ease

Tips on how to survive and prosper this holiday season and end the year with a bang.

Celebrating the Spirit of the Season

Nail techs tell us how they mark the holidays at the salon with special decorations and parties for staff and clients.

Ask the Manicurist: December 2008

Ho ho ho. Tee hee hee. The Manicurist — aka Rebecca Seals — offers her unique take on holiday happenings at the salon.

On My Mind: Don't Forget to Breathe

Sometimes all we need to do is pause to reflect on what matters most — our health, our loved ones, our freedom — and don’t forget to breathe.

What Is...Tartan?

A pattern of crisscrossed horizontal and vertical bands in varying colors.