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Ask the Manicurist

Tired of biting your tongue where your clients’ misdeeds are concerned? Let The Manicurist tell it like it is. This beauty industry veteran doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to salon etiquette and client complaints. Share these pages with your clients — if you dare.

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Ask the Manicurist

In this installment, The Manicurist tackles cancellation fees, early clients and those nagging cell phones.

Ask The Manicurist

You first met The Manicurist — aka Rebecca Seals — in our April issue and judging by your response, you enjoyed her “pull no punches” attitude. Here’s her take on free repairs, last-minute changes, long-winded excuses, and other headaches of daily salon life.

A Marriage Made in… a Salon?

When the nail tech was buffing her boyfriend’s nails, she said ‘Let me learn how to buff them’ and then she got down on one knee to propose.

Say Woof if You Want Polish

Great Dane fond of her Fire Hydrant Red nails.

Dr. Kennebeck Will See You Now.

Mary Kennebeck is nothing if not solution-minded. She’s the original “can-do” gal.

“It Just Popped Off” [and Other Lies Our Clients Tell Us]

Just when you thought you had heard it all, she tells you another tall tale about how her nail broke off, polish got smudged, or how she forgot her checkbook.  Nail technicians share their collection of innocent fibs, exaggerations, and outright lies.

Nails Are Her Vehicle to Success

Nail technician Terri Taricco love nails so much so that two years ago she got a personalized license plate that read "NAILS."

Talons & Claws & Hooves, Oh My!

Did you ever wonder what type of nail care, if any, is necessary for both wild and captive animals? It’s not as if they can trot on down to the local Beastly Nail Salon and get a pedicure. Most animals require some sort of nail care, either on their own or given by caretaker.

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