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I haven't changed my brush or anything else and she can't think of anything she's changed in her routine. I'll ask her about the vitamins and I'll try using forms. She's coming in later so I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks everyone!

Actually she has has some gynecological problems and was operated 2 weeks ago, but she isn't on any new medication. Could this be enough to cause this problem? But what really has me confused is the way that the lifting is happening...exactly the same on all 10 nails.

Hi, I really need advice about a problem that I'm having with a long-time client. I have been doing her nails with the same brand of gel for about 2 years and she is excellent with her nails. She doesn't bite or pick at them and they never lift at all....until now. For the last 3 months or...

I had a lot of clients cancelling at the last minute or just not showing up and I was losing a lot of money because of this. I had always been worried that if I charged people for late cancellations and no-shows then I would lose a lot of clients. A couple of weeks ago I finally got fed up and...

I used to have the same problem with sculpting. Because of the form I could never really tell how much gel I had on there. So now what I do is remove the form after curing the first layer of gel, then continue in the usual way. 1. prep nail 2. apply forms 3. base gel (a little thicker than...

Thanks! I really hope it goes well. I would get her outside training but, like Sam1, I'm also not impressed with the training being given by the local schools (I've frequented most of them out of curiosity). And right now I'm working on starting my own training center. That's another reason why...

Are these apprentices doing college/private training at the same time as being your apprentice. She is already a licensed beauty therapist, so no, she isn't doing any other training simultaneously I am sure there is other salon duties they can do for you. It will be suprising that in time...

I'm in the same situation, I find I'm having to turn away clients and I don't have any time left for myself. I opened my shop 6 months ago and want to start an advertising campaign but I'm afraid that I won't have time to fit anyone else in. So this week I hired an "aprentice". She's a beauty...

One sign that you're a good nail tech is if you are able to develop a large and loyal client base. And of course this happens over time, and unless you're very lucky it'll take a few years to reach that point. A nail tech may be very talented but it does take a lot of practice before you become...

I'm going to be giving out small boxes of gourmet chocolate for x-mas. Just one or two pieces but with a nice box and my logo i think it'll be a nice classy treat.

If you did a french white on tip it could be that the white didn't cure properly. Try curing double time.

Don't worry about it, i'm sure it has nothing to do with you or your work. Unfortunately that's business! Clients sometimes choose to go elsewhere just because of convenience, because they like someone else's work too, or because one of their friends just learned to do nails. There are tons of...

That's exactly what I'm worried about, that we really stress me out! But I guess that if i have it clearly stated on my desk and if i remind them of this policy when thay book, they probably can't argue too much. Then again when it's "convenient" people do tend to say that their mobile's didn't...

In the last couple of weeks i've had so many last minute cancellations and no-shows. They almost all end up calling in later to book other times. In the meanwhile I've refused new clients because I had no free appointments only to end up sitting at my desk staring at the walls for 2 hours. Not...

I give family and very close friends a big discount on services. Although I don't have an issue with this, I do have a problem with booking their appointments. Most of them book in for my most sought after time slots (they really can't come in at other times because of work schedules) and...

This has happened to me before and i've managed to open the pots in two ways....1- by going round the bottom of the lid with an exacto knife to cut the cured gel. 2- by prying the lid with a cuticle pusher or butter knife. You have to be very careful not to cut yourself, but it does work!

You could also have someone come in to do lazer hair removal. As for the color scheme, i just painted one wall fuscia, and the others white. The furniture is all in light wood color with white doors and all of the chairs are black. I've gotten great feedback from my clients, they love the colors.

I just opened my own nail shop 2 months ago. I work alone and presently do only gel nails. Whenever someone walks in and i'm with a client i just keeo working but look up to talk to the client or sometimes i interrupt the service. I always answer the phone when i'm working. I have a phone line...

One of my favorites is when new clients ask me what happens when the natural nail grows PAST the enhancement. They actually think that the gel stays put but the nail keeps growing, eventually coming out at the free edge! Amazingly I've been asked this many many times.....

I've been struggling with the same thing lately. I opened up my shop about a month ago and for now i'm using a regular office desk to work on. My back has been really sore because the desk is too wide and i end up leaning forward to reach the client's hands. I'm in the process of designing a new...