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I'm thinking about getting an assistant to help me out in the salon...but have no idea how to go on about it. I have someone in mind who does nails who I was going to ask, but can anyone help me as in terms of payment. Do I pay by the hour or per service done? I'm not seeing her doing a whole...

Hello geeks :) I am designing a made-to-measure work station...and I would like to know the height of the new CND lamp so as to have it fit in the desk as I am buying it later on this year... can anyone measure it for me please?? Thanks!

Hi everyone, I hope someone can help me! :) I am setting up my nail salon, and I had this idea of covering one wall with a wallpaper...a nails wallpaper, you know, as if you have lots of posters covering the wall :idea: Do you have any idea if I can find something over the internet...

I am a mobile nail tech... material costs & fuel are ever increasing, so in some way i have to raise my prices too. This has never happened to me but now I am finding it a bit difficult to tell clients about rising prices! For example today I was going to tell a client that my prices will...

Hi everyone :) I'm in need of some advice! I am a mobile tech, and I have to say I have my days full doing nails. I manage to see 5 clients maximum in a day, or 6, if 2 are at the same house. I take 1hr30mins approx with each one, sometime 1hr15mins but due to chit chat/phone/client...

My national insurance rate has gone up and I don't know how to put my prices up to compensate...I am a mobile nail technician so it's not that I can put a sign up. Problem is I have put them a bit up in January and now the rate has gone up I'm back to square one! I already felt underpaid for...

What do I say to a lady who says my full sets are dear? :rolleyes: I know I have got the skill and they are not that costly. What do you say? Thanks

Hi...I have been wondering. Is it possible to apply polish straight on acrylic without buffing it?

Hi...was looking for any advice as i'm doing a mother of the bride in a month's time. The dress is going to have lace in it and i was thinking to encase the same lace in the nails. This lady always does one colour and nail art (no tips). The lace is dark green and the dress will have gold in it...

how many wipes do you use per appt? Do you use a wipe twice? Or one for each hand? was just wondering! :) I think I use about 5 in gel application...apart from that approximately I think I use another 2 to clean my nail art brushes during nail art.

A long time ago I had found a thread where someone (i think it was sassy hassy but i'm not sure!) had given advice how to break down the timing for a rebalance... example 10mins prep, 10mins application, 10mins buffing.... etc (times are approx). I have been looking for it for the past 3 days...

Can anyone msg me privately the cost approximately of a gel full set and l&p full set please. I need to start doing some real book keeping! Thanks!

Hi :) I wonder if anyone can tell me the dimensions, particualarly the height (cms) of the Brisa lamp, as I want to buy one but I need to see if it fits in the case that I already have as I am a mobile tech. I know the lamp is a bit higher than other lamps as it has 'feet'. Can anyone help me...

Hi, yet again another thread on opening a salon/bar, sorry if you find it a bit long. Well I have my own premises where I can open up my own nail bar and really would like to take the opportunity and do it as I won't have any rent to pay except electricity and water bills. I have been doing...

Hi..was wondering if anyone heard of SQ nail system ... this is their site: SQ academy

Hi was wondering has anyone heard of SQ nail system? and if so what do you think of the products? Thanks!

Hi, I have recently done a conversion course with creative and I'm having a problem with brisa when applying it. First I do a very thin layer and cure for 10seconds. Then when I apply the second layer to build the apex, I find that it's running and gel goes flat within a few seconds. I almost...

Are there any other nail technicians here from Malta? :)

At the moment I'm mobile and can't do otherwise because I live in a quiet area where not much people seem to want nails and that makes it harder to work from home, along with the place being saturated with techs already... Anyway, now I'm getting to the point where I can't fit in clients...

Hi, wanted to ask if anyone has heard of the system i use... Trosani , and it's originally from Germany :)