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Can someone please tell me how to achieve this latest trend? We use gel for our enhancements in the salon and shellac for our gel polish. Is it possible to do it with either or is it just an acrylic thing? My nail tech is tearing her hair out! Thank you all. Xx

Could someone please give me a step by step on how to do ombre nails with Shellac? We have tried EVERYTHING....sponge, brush, cocktail stick and we can't get it right! Lol. Please help us! Thank you. Xx

Hi geeks, Just after a bit of advice. So basically my best friend of nearly 6 years has seriously cooled our friendship. We've been through so much together. She had a wee baby almost 11 months ago and of course I understood that priorities change, time becomes less available, but we would have...

Hi all, Just wondering if you label all your products with prices or just wait until the customer asks how much it is to tell them. Xxx

I've been HD Brows trained for 3 years now and was wondering if it's worth going on to do their advanced training from Pro to Master? It's a lot more money to invest but would do it if it was worth it. Xx

Hi everyone. Does anyone know where I can get my hands on a Glamcor lamp? The Lash Emporium never seem to have them in stock and I'm not sure where else I can try. :( Thanks very much. Xxx

Hi geeks. Just after a bit of advice. I've been following the Paleo way if eating now for 4 weeks. After a pretty grim diet of lots of processed stuff and chocolate and crisps, it's the best I've eaten for a very long time....If ever. However, aside from the 3 lbs I lost after the 1st week, the...

Hi geeks.... I have a girl coming back from maternity leave next month. Before she went off in September last year, she was on a full time contract of 36 hours. When she comes back, she is only going down to a part time contract of 22 hours. I know while she has been off on maternity, she still...

Hi geeks. So my full time therapist is due back from maternity at the end of June. She has been off since last September. In all my therapists contracts it states that they are entitled to their 5.5 weeks holidays a year. The holiday year runs from Jan to Jan and if they don't take their...

Hi everyone. My loyalty points work like this.....For every £1 you spend in the salon, you get 1 point. Once you have built up 100 points, you get £5 off anything.....200 points gets you £10.....300 points gets you £15 and so on..... Is this pretty reasonable or too generous? It does mean that...

Hi all.....I'm so confused about Maternity pay. I received advanced funding to cover my staff members SMP which was great. However, now every month when I calculate what PAYE payments are due to HMRC, the software is telling me I dont owe anything because of the SMP that I'm paying this girl...

Hi geeks. I haven't been on for a while. I've had lots going on in my life and things haven't really been getting any better. I was due to get married last August and 5 weeks before the wedding my fiance called it all off. I had to move out of our house back to my parents. Basically my life...

Hi geeks. I have a new therapist in the salon and she does l&p. She has been properly trained and lots of experience. However, there is one thing she does that I had never heard of and I wonder if it's right. She uses clear tips for her extensions and she says u don't need to blend...

Hi everyone. I guess I'm writing this thread for a bit of help or guidance or something. It might be a bit of a long one so please bear with me. To cut a long story short, I have owned my salon for 4 years. A year ago,we moved to a bigger place and all was going great. We had never been...

Hi geeks! I have been doing advanced waxing for a while now and I am so confused by the whole Brazillian/Hollywood thing!! So as far as I am aware, a Hollywood is taking EVERYTHING off- front and back. Correct? It's when I get to my Brazillians that I get a bit unsure. I am taking most of the...

Hi geeks. So about a month ago one of my full timers left my salon to set up on her own above a hairdressers down the street from me. :( That left me and another full time girl to work in the salon. I have been working 6 days a week in the salon and then coming home to do all the 'behind...

Hi geeks, I have a client in tomorrow who gets coloured gel overlays on her natural nails. She is coming to us as I have just employed a nail technician. I have all the necessary gel products except coloured gels. I was wondering, can u make colour gel with additives? How would u go about doing...

Hi geeks, Was just doing my tax return and it's come to employee expenses. What exactly can I claim for? I know wages is one, but do I also include employees tax and National insurance along with employers contributions to national insurance? Xxx

Hey geeks. I registered my business as a Limited company a wee while ago. I got a letter in today about corporation tax and when it is due. What is this? Is this instead of my self assessment tax return? I didn't have time to phone the hmrc today so until Monday I was hoping u geeks...

Well oh my gosh. I just phoned sweet squared about a missing item in my delivery and I was informed that because I am in ireland, I am now being charged £18 for p&p in all my orders!!!!! Even though northern Ireland is part of the uk!! I said that I had been ordering from sweet squared for years...