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Nails in the Real World: How to Handle Salon Mishaps With Finesse

Nail Techs Answer Colleagues' Technical Questions

Sometimes the best answers to technical questions are from your peers. In this bimonthly column, respected nail veterans from across the country tackle reader questions ranging from how to prevent a gel-cure burn to advice for chronic nail pickers to etching the natural nail.

Creating Powerful Bonds—With or Without Primer

Due to differences in individual body chemistry, no single primer is going to work best for every client. So study your options: methacrylic acid primers, “non-acid” primers, and a new primer-less acrylic system.

Taking the Heat Off Clients’ Nails

If your clients experience a burning sensation during a nail service, chances are you’re preparing the nail improperly or applying the product incorrectly.

Trouble Shooter: Taking the Heat Off Clients’ Nails

If your clients experience a burning sensation during a nail service, chances are you’re preparing the nail improperly or applying the product incorrectly.

How Products Work: Primer

Tip to Stop Tipping

Here’s a suggestion from a nail technician for dealing with a sometimes troublesome primer bottle.

A Primer on Primer

By using the right application technique and following safety guidelines, you can make primer burn a thing of the past.

Filings

Easy solutions to some of your trickiest problems.

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