Am I a NSS?

[tamimac]

Hi
I dont want to sound dim, but can someone explain to me what a nss is and am I one of them?
I studied with essential nails on a homestudy course. I AM properly trained and up to date with hygene and health and safety procedures. I am fully insured. This sounds daft to say Im clued up on nails and yet not know what nss means but bear with me.

 

[ZOE!]

Nss stands for non standard salon. They dont bother with a lot of prep and they use drills etc i think they also use a bad product for your nails. You are not one of these.

 

[caz3]

Read this link this will help you I am sure.
http://www.thenailgeek.com/main/17136-internation-battle-against-mma-nss-longgggg.html?highlight=nss
You are not one of these so do not worry but it is good to understand what it means.

Caz xxx

 

[tamimac]

Phew! Ok, thanks guys.

 

[Little Tree]

Never ceases to amaze me how smallminded these issues can get.

Firstly, it doesn't matter what nationality the nail technician is. You walk a dangerous line when you start singling people out by their appearances and/or cultural attributes. Secondly, I note the photo on the Beautytech site on the link in this thread illustrates an incorrect grip on the drill/e-file, astounding when it's supposed to be extolling the non-virtues of nail products and "non-standard salons". Drills aren't 'bad' either but I find they are grossly misunderstood. They can be a useful tool - if you know how to use them properly. I find the majority of people who knock them, don't.

All this talk about standards. Whose standard is it, I wonder? After all, in the absence of regulation, I'm reading a lot of ad hoc tenets here and finding a few in the outside world as to what supposedly constitutes an acceptable standard. I'm not knocking anyone by the way, I'm just pointing out an observation.

Don't get me wrong: I don't appreciate backyarders either but I'm not so quick to start taking potshots at businesses I only glance at face value. As someone who receives clients from the so-called "standard salons" with nails that look as though they've been done by a first grader, I'm a little more lenient in my judgements these days.

:wink2:

 

[ValencianNails]

Never ceases to amaze me how smallminded these issues can get.

Firstly, it doesn't matter what nationality the nail technician is. You walk a dangerous line when you start singling people out by their appearances and/or cultural attributes.

is there any chance that you could point out whereabouts in the thread this is mentioned please?
I don't see anybody singling anyone out, either by appearance or cultural attributes.
Non standard means just that... below an expected standard, sub-standard, are these issues really smallminded?

 

[Little Tree]

Aha, this thread has been edited, Val. When I went to the associated one in which I also posted,http://www.thenailgeek.com/main/21019-how-do-you-educate-about-nss.html I find my post gone.

Censorship is alive and well in here it would appear. Of course my response looks out of whack and I don't blame you for your questioning but I was responding to something that is no longer here.

 

[nailzoo]

oooh aaaah i'm NSS .....i'm definately non standard, i consider myself well above standard .... is that a bad thing ?
maybe we can invent other types of salons IE:
AAS = above average salons
ABQS = average, but qualified
IGJAMS = i'm good, just ask me
ASS = average salon standard


PS ....do clients know what L&P is ?

 

[tamimac]

LOL
Good point hun...

 

[geeg]

Aha, this thread has been edited, Val. When I went to the associated one in which I also posted,http://www.thenailgeek.com/main/21019-how-do-you-educate-about-nss.html I find my post gone.

Censorship is alive and well in here it would appear. Of course my response looks out of whack and I don't blame you for your questioning but I was responding to something that is no longer here.

No you're not.

And there have been no posts edited or deleted from this thread. If they were, I would be able to see it. You must be confused with another post. The nailgeek site is not censored unless there is falming or a racist remark etc in which case it would be stated in the thread.