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Hopefully someone here still has their old custom blending recipe book, the one that came with the metro and mosaic colours. I have a client this afternoon wanting some green nails. The colour in the picture she sent me looks similar to the old apple green green colour we used to make, or...

I have a question about my partners hair which will not take colour and we haven't been able to get an explanation from anyone yet. His hair has been coloured 4 times during his life and has never been succesful. My senior hairdresser puts it down to him using cheap supermarket shampoos, however...

Hope it's ok to post this in here rather than in chit chat :?: I need help deciding how to wear my nails this Saturday. It's my high school reunion and as far as I know I'm the only one who is a nail tech, so my nails need to look fabulous! I'm wearing a bright orange dress with silver jewelry...

Just need some quick advice please. We've just bought a new curling wand that comes with a black glove to protect your hands from the heat. After using it on Saturday for a wedding the glove is completely white with stale hairspray and product. Another hairdresser told us not to put it in the...

We have a client, natural base 5 who recently had balayage colour done in our salon. She was fairly happy but wanted a more dramatic effect so we lightened her ends further. So she is now her natural colour on top, about an 8 on the midlenths and a 10 on the ends. She doesn't like how it looks...

Just curious as to how everyone else has their rooms setup. The first salon I worked in had 4 treatment rooms which were all assigned to a particular therapist for the day and had all the product and equipment to do all of the treatments. All the other salons I've worked in have had specific...

I have a salon that offers a full range of hairdressing, beauty and nail services. I've been offered either 1 or 2 rooms to rent in the gym i go to on the other side of town from my current salon. I'm trying to think of all the pros & cons and possibilities at the moment as this was something I...

I have just gone over my figures for last year and recalculated my salon running costs and realised that I need to increase my prices by A LOT. I've known for a while that I need to be charging more but have been reluctant to have a major price rise. My business has hit a few bumps in the past...

Last year I got upset with Goldwell and we changed colour companies. We ran a few specials on colour to get rid of the old goldwell colours. At this stage all the colours would have been around 6 months old at the oldest, some maybe slightly older. We had two clients in the same week complain...

I'm in the planning stages of a vip night to be held in the salon. I will be inviting a limited number of vip clients to the event and they will be receiving some mini treatments and will be mingling in the salon with drinks and nibblies. I'm trying to choose my guest list now and have a...

I have a bride coming in next week to get shellac done and she wants an ivory colour to match her dress with some blue stars. I was thinking of starting with a base of cream puff but i'm not sure what to layer over that. I was going to have a play later on today but hopefully someone has done...

There is a salon near mine that I hear terrible things about. Their shellac is only lasting a few hours on clients before it wipes off and this is a best case scenario. We get a lot of new clients that have been there and now come to us for shellac. At first I thought they were probably using a...

I could write paragraphs describing shellac and how great it is, but I'm having trouble coming up with a few words or a short sentence to describe shellac to potential clients. For example, if I want to include something about shellac on the sandwich board outside the salon, or on a small flyer...

I mainly use L&P and haven't done any gel nails for months. Last week I decided to bite the bullet and give my gels another chance. This is a natural nail overlay on myself using brisa soft white and warm pink opaque. I see quite a few problems with the nail and I don't like the smile line. It...

Sorry in advance, this will probably be long. I'm still trying to sort this out in my mind. I have a home beauty/nail/tanning salon which has been running steadily for just over two years now. I'm qualified in all treatments and do everything myself. Six months ago I employed a junior to help...

I've always wondered about the brisa semi-sheer pink gels when I see them at the wholesaler. I've never used them because I'm not sure when I would want a semi-sheer gel. I either use the opaques for full coverage or just sheer pink/clear. Who uses the semi-sheers and what do you use them for...

I did this set of nails for Strut Your Stuff junior comp. In the photos I can see so many flaws and mistakes but entered anyway for the feedback. I'd really appreciate the critiques - I'm determined to improve and at least place next year. Thanks!

I have a L&P client who has a rebalance every two weeks. At every appointment she has severe lifting on 9 nails, the lifting is from the cuticle and sidewalls and is lifted almost to zone 1. I noticed also that there is a strange bit of excess product at the sides of the grown-out enhancement...

I think there was a thread about this a while ago but I can't find it now... I'm looking into hiring my first employee in the next few weeks. I have already found someone, she has been volunteering every Saturday for about the last month and I think it's time to make it official:) My question...

Hi all, I've just booked a new male client in for a full set of L&P enhancements. I haven't yet seen his natural nails, but he is a nail biter and wants nice, natural looking nails for an upcoming holiday. So I'm thinking a nice custom blend to extend the nail bed with a short very natural free...