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Ever thought why?

Why follow your dreams when you can capture them! It makes me think of a cute little child who wants the balloon. The balloon is big,...

Causes for Breaks in Nail Enhancements

Educator and award-winning nail technician, Katie Barnes, offers reasons why enhancements can break – and how to identify them The most...

Reasons for pocket lifting?

Award-winning nail tech and educator, Katie Barnes, reveals reasons for pocket lifting… ‘Pocket lifting’ is a term used to describe when...

Can the Flu/Cold really make nails lift?

Can the flu/colds really cause products to lift from nails? Amy Masters can share at first sneeze the effects of the cold and flu virus...

Just a small town girl

My Salon Life / Lessons: Just a small town girl This guest (visiting Minnesota) goes to a tech with a home based business. Let's call the...

Positive Editing

My Salon Life / Lessons: Positive Editing When you read the word Photoshop, do you picture Buddy the Elf whispering "you sit on a throne...

Joy to the World

My Salon Life / Lessons: Joy to the World We've all seen that sign *Gel Mani $15* at the mall. But the small business across the street...

Worry for the right reasons

Are you a worrier and always stressing about the little things? We worry so much about things we can not control or we try to control...

The FIX for truly lint free wipes

In the 90's to remove nail polish we used the cellu cotton roll that hair dressers used for perming to keep the perm solution from...

It's About Time

IT’S ABOUT TIME?! Techs are always asking how long should it take to do a full set of nails. Yes, we should work towards getting our...

Keeping Profits in your Pockets

Charging what you are worth I feel is one of the most difficult decisions of our careers. If we meet down the street pricing we might not...

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