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I had the owner of a Beauty salon contact me to ask if I would be interested in doing nails at least one day every fortnight if not every week, she has had a lot of interest from her existing clients. She would book the clients and charge me £25 for the room a day, I would provide the...

I got a text from a client a fortnight ago cancelling her appointment that day due to something come up, I text her back saying thats ok speak to you soon, never got a reply which thought was odd. This client has been a regular fortnightly client for the past six months, her nails are always...

I would like to know if Gelish has the strength of a gel and if not has anyone used the structure gel with the colours and if so does it soak off as quick. I have Shellac and absolutely love it but have a few clients that need the strength of a gel.

Hi, can anyone tell me how to stop my new shoes squeaking lol. I bought a lovely pair of shoes for my brothers wedding in a couple of weeks from Clarks sale and they squeak when I walk. Anyone had this problem and will it stop or am I doomed with squeaky shoes.

I absolutely love Shellac, its such a godsend for my own nails let alone clients. But what are the benefits on toes compared to polish, when I do a set of toes, my clients can get 4-6 weeks easy with polish so why would they want to pay for Shellac, what would the benefits be especially if it...

Is it just me or does anyone get one off clients who complain about previous techs when having their nails done, than go off happy with their nails and you never see them again. If I get a first time clients who complains about previous techs I talk them through each procedure ( which I do all...

Hi, I have notice when doing coloured gel I sometimes get a ridge on the free edge especially on my own nails. Anyone got tips to avoid this please:).

I seem to take the same time doing infills/rebalance as I do a full set, although infills are cheaper. Gone through my routine in nailclass but can't seem to get my speed up. Usually takes me 1.1/2 to 1.3/4 hours for full set depending on tips or sculpt, but takes me well over 1.1/2 for infills...

Hi, does anyone advertise with Thompsons Directory and is it worth the money, does it bring in business..xx

If a clients own nails where long and in good condition but asked for acrylics with tips would you advise nno or would you cut nails and apply tips. Just had a couple of clients in the last week and done nno and they have gone away seemingly happy, but is that what they really wanted or did I...

I am just doing my gift vouchers ( for the christmas rush :lol:). I know a lot are done with monetary value but because I only do nail treatments, I was thinking of putting treatments on instead eg: Luxury manicure. Does anyone do this or is it better to put a value on..xx

I have recently opened my home salon and was thinking of offering children's manicures, we have quiet a few girls in the area so thought maybe it was good service to offer. Does anyone offer this service also. What age group, minimum and maximum age group. How much less than adults. Would you...

Do you think it would be ok to display prices on my A board or do you think its unprofessional. I have a home salon and live on a main road through a village and have a A board on my grass verge, I thought I would attract some attention with some basic prices, also now again special offers..xx

Just done a client with Akzentz black gel and got major shrinking, I know coloured gel can shrink more but this was really bad, I capped the free edge and went as close to sidewalls as I could. This is the first time I have used black but this client is into black and could become regular if I...

For all you who are nail geeks first but do other treatments such as waxing, spray tan etc. Have you added these treatments because you enjoy doing them or to add extra income and draw in new clients when having quiet times with nail treatments. I have just opened my Home Salon last week and...

For all you home salon owners , how do you accept payment. I am just opening and only accepting cash at the moment, if its new clients, but really feel i should offer payment by cheque as well, but worried about cheques bouncing:eek:..xx

Would I encounter any problems using pow gel for my smiles on top of acrylic. I have a client who likes to have polish and french so would be easier to file off pow gel before applying polish..xx

Congratulations to Suzie and Bob on your wedding yesterday, love the pic's in your profile, you looked stunning:hug:...xx

I am having a problem with my white polish looking streaky on my french, my smile lines are ok ( maybe a little improvement lol). I have tryed a numerous professional polishes so can't blame the polish. Any tips to get a non streaky white..xx