Young Nails Blog for Nail Techs: Acrylic, Gel Polish, and Business Tips

How To Deal With Nail Biters

A nail professional is more than the cosmetology license framed on the wall. Beyond ninja level nail artistry, you’re an active listener worthy of receiving an additional therapy rate and a magician pulling rabbits out of hats. So what’s the protocol when a nail biter is perched across from you gushing about their stiletto length dreams? Approach head on. Communicate tenderly with a dash of tough love. Walk them through the process on how to accomplish their goals.[...]

November 3, 2020

What To Do As A Nail Tech That Is Stuck In A Rut?

Do you feel like your nail career is losing momentum? Wonder why you feel stuck and alone? How can you ever get back on the bright side of nails? Feeling this way about work is [...]

October 14, 2020

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

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 [...]