Wellness > Salon Air Quality

• Nail Design

NAILS Readers' Choice Awards 2004

by Staff

NAILS announces the winners of our first annual Readers' Choice Awards. These products were nominated by the manufacturers themselves and voted on by you, our readers.

• Wellness

Clear the Air

by Suzette Hill

Good or bad, odor reveals little about salon air quality. Even if your salon rates "sweet" on the smell scale with employees or clients, depend on more reliable measures than your nose to rate your salon's air quality.

• Wellness

Local Exhaust: a Salon Clean Air Act

by Suzette Hill, contributing writer

There’s something in the air in your salon. In fact, there’s a lot of somethings — acrylic monomers, treatments, polishes, and nail filings, for starters. Clear the air by investing in a ventilation solution that catches the smells at the source.

• Technique

The Help Desk

by Staff

Featuring Doug Schoon and David Dyer

• Wellness

She’s a Fan of Her Vacuum

by Staff

• Wellness

Looks Good, Smells Better

by Staff

Salon owner Debbie Shoaff came up with her own solution to needing good ventilation that fits in nicely with the salon atmosphere.

• Business

Sisterly Love Sparks New Invention

by NAILS staff

• Wellness

NIOSH Studies EMA

by Staff

Artificial nail products are composed of various chemicals. The main ingredient for most artificial nail products is ethyl methacrylate (KMA). In 1974 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned a similar chemical, methyl methacrylate (MMA), for use in nail products because of its harmful effects during application. Despite the FDA ban, MMA is still found in trace amounts in some products.

• Wellness

Fresh Air

by Staff

Local exhaust systems pull vapors out of the salon before you breathe them. The best news is that you can custom-build a system for your salon at a reasonable cost.

• Wellness

The Nail Doctor: Nails that Break and Headaches

by Staff

The Nail Doctor is back to discuss brittle nail syndrome, the effect of climate on nail growth, and what's really behind those persistent headaches.