Nail Bites

On The Biz Talk, Habib and Tracey tackle what professionalism looks like in the nail salon. If you're a nail pro, we ask the hard questions that may sound silly and besides the point as it relates to your business. Does it matter what you wear to the salon? Could the music in the background [...]

Advertising your salon business on Social Media can seem overwhelming, but in actuality it's like anything else you want to do well: practice, experiment, see what works, do more of that, see what doesn't, do less of that. Seems simple, but that really is the formula. We’re super excited to have Russell Khan, drop [...]

Every kindergartner is asked what they want to be when they “grow up”. The answer is usually a doctor, lawyer, vet, singer or firefighter. We ooh and aah. We open-heartedly support what these self-aware five year olds claim as their passion. It’s incredible how clear these kids are at identifying the things that make them [...]

Another day back in the grind. You can look at it as a gift or you can look at it like a chore. Or is it just one of those days spent wishing you could avoid a soul-crushing commute or salon drama with a coworker? We all have fantasies of what would improve our [...]

The age old debate of Quality vs. Quantity is trending upwards on professional nail industry social media. We’re jumping straight into the deep end to share the YN opinion on which trait best serves the career of the professional nail artist. We feel this [...]

Negativity.Negative Comments. Negative Feelings. Negative People. How you handle it can reveal a lot about the person you are and surprisingly how you see yourself in the world? This is a hot topic taken straight [...]

You’ve made big sacrifices. You’ve weathered many financial storms. Your business is no longer just surviving but it’s seriously thriving. You’re feeling pretty darn good about your success because you’ve worked your tail off to get there. If you’re booked solid and business is booming, you’ve officially earned the right to pick and choose your [...]

Keep on reading as we expose three sneaky ways a nail pro can sabotage their own business. Yup. It’s a fairly common thing in the salon trade, self-sabotage. Expectations run high once you graduate from cosmetology school and throw yourself into straight into the nail business. Here we help you dodge a few rookie mistakes [...]

Putting out content is vital for Pro Nail Artists; their Instagram pages serve as a portfolio. Pro photographer and YN Creative Director, Gio Soto discusses how to generate more content on a consistent basis. Gio is a recent LA transplant from his hometown of New York and worked at the mothership of content output, VaynerMedia. [...]

When you run your own business, it’s a steady stream of planning, patience, and pivoting. Once you’ve done the heavy-lifting of building and the good paying clients are walking through the door; the next stage of fortifying your business is keeping those clients coming back. The name of this part of the game is [...]

Severe salon growth. Believe it or not, it’s a thing. The difference between boom or bust is all in how you handle it. Establishing your salon business is one thing. It’s slow, steady, and the patience that goes with the daily grind. Then one day you wake up and it’s like running around like a [...]

How important is workplace culture for your salon business? This question finds its way into our DMs all the time. Our special guest is Maribel Lara, Senior Vice President and head of consulting at the Sasha Group, a Vayner Media company. Anyone who’s been following the YN journey lately will know how much we respect [...]