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Should You Offer Retail Products In Your Salon?
Should retail and salon go hand and hand? Are you curious why some nails salons offer retail items like cuticle oil, hand cream, nail color and [...]
September 24, 2020 -
How To Pick The Perfect Salon Environment To Work In?
Growing pains and leaps of faith are a normal part of road to success. Along the way, recognize when a change needs to happen. Finding a suitable salon environment for [...]
September 18, 2020 -
The Best Setup For Pro Nail Photos
Forget about perfection and self-judgement. The biggest barrier to a great nail shot is the inner voice whispering sweet not nice things in your ear. Every artist experiences challenges in both documenting and celebrating their work. The creative [...]
August 28, 2020 -
What To Look For In A Nail School? How To Pick The Right One?
You have your heart set on nail school. It’s time for the big decision. What school would be the best fit for you? Will it be that fancy state of the art facility with the big price tag or the one with [...]
August 25, 2020 -
Does Follower Count Matter?
Do you obsess about how many followers you have on social media? What really matters when it comes to building your [...]
August 12, 2020 -
How To Finance A Nail Salon
Can’t shake the vision of opening your very own nail salon? How do you find the money to start a salon and keep the doors open? When you head down this road it’s crucial that you pare it down to the essentials only. Here [...]
August 10, 2020 -
Steal Like A Nail Tech How You Should Credit Recreated Looks
Inspiration or theft? How should you credit the work of the many talented folks who inspire your own nail designs? It’s a slippery slope but we want you to know that there is plenty of room at the top. We adhere [...]
July 30, 2020 -
$100 Set Of Nails My Client Would Never Pay That
Do you look at a $100 set of nails and think “my clients would never pay that”? A set of nails priced at three figures [...]
July 27, 2020 -
Should You Offer Pedicure Services?
Our resident nail guru, Tracey Reierson, General Manager of Young Nails Inc., offers thoughts on the finer points of the humble pedicure. Are pedicures avoidable or a necessary part of your nail service [...]
July 16, 2020 -
Is The Nail Business Recession Proof?
Have you ever wondered whether you should ditch it all to become a professional nail tech? Would now be a good time to get into the nail business even if we’re sliding into [...]
July 16, 2020 -
Top Nail Q&A #2
One of the things that gives us the most joy is getting to know our YN community and the things that [...]
July 2, 2020 -
Can Coronavirus Contaminate Your Nail Products?
We were recently asked if it’s possible for the coronavirus to contaminate your nail products like acrylic powder, nail liquid, and nail polish? While we make no claims to be scientists, our response is [...]
June 30, 2020