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There are often threads on here about service timings. There are approved timings that have been agreed by the industry and relate to reasonable commercial timings for a 'work ready' nail technician. This means that a newly qualified technician should be achieving these timings to make them...

Check out this link! Unfortunately so many don't know this information and will believe the inaccurate 'facts'!! Huffington Post Publishes Lies about Nails - NailCareHQ.comNailCareHQ.com

There is still thread after thread asking the same question about UV lamps! Can xxx lamp be used with yyy gel polish. I can understand why the search facility (a very underused function) can be confusing with this topic though. There are so many people, who are trying to be helpful, come back...

Talent rises to the top and the dross sink. More and more threads on the 'unprofessional professional'. It is no different now than 25 years ago, there are just so many more nail technicians and so many more products and brands that are just there to rip people off!! You all know the...

This is cropping up more and more these days. Probably because so many people are now so much more interested in their nails YIPPEE!! By wearing any nail coatings, even just a clear coat of nail polish, you are not giving your nails a 'healthy overhaul'! At best you are giving them some...

A thought for a discussion that has been provoked by the thread on Oil vs water by Doug Schoon. Do you feel that, in comparison to beauty therapy and hairdressing, nail services are the poor relation? Beauty FE collages are run by beauty therapists. Awarding Bodies are run by beauty...

Please read this latest FB post of Doug's. It explains why and how oil is good for nails and water isn't! He makes it all so clear. Water soak manicure???? Umm, make up your own mind! https://www.facebook.com/doug.schoon?fref=ts

Here's the info again. Please read. There's visual proof that even an orange stick will damage the soft surface due to soaking. It's avoidable. It's not dryness! Schoon Scientific - Doug Schoon, scientist and nail industry expert provides educational articles

Saw this really informative article on FB. It addresses a very common problem and one that is spoiling one of the most popular services technicians can offer. i hear so many complaints (including from the beauty press) that gel polishes wreck nails! They don't. What's explained here is the...

Once again Doug has come up trumps with answers to some of the most common questions on here! His explanations are always backed up by scientific FACTS! PLEASE read and remember so you can understand and answer all those common queries...

I'm obviously referring to the announcement of the new Brisa Lite. I'm hearing rumbles that promoting the safety of this new system is dangerous as it suggests that all else is 'unsafe'. Come on nail techs! Get a bit real here! Nail products are as safe as the person that applies them...

This thread has occurred to me following a reply to a thread where I commented that some people show nails that are shocking in their structure but the technician thinks they are gorgeous. I believe that good technicians have an 'eye' for form, shape and balance of a nail. This may come...

As usual, there are always loads of training threads and questions on here and some very interesting ones lately. Here is another issue that has occurred to me and other opinions would be interesting. If I am learning something I would prefer to go to a specialist in that subject to learn from...

Having read a lot of threads and answered quite a few on this subject I thought I'd start a thread to get more opinions. As professional nail technicians we are considered 'experts'. Clients pay for our services for this reason. But (you knew that was coming!) there seem to be quite a lot of...

What are very common questions that appear on this site daily? Queries about lifting, breakages, nails falling off etc etc. It does seem that so many technicians don't know how to work out what the problem is and panic about their own abilities. This is because they haven't had enough training...

There are many 100's of threads on here that include the phrase "I can't afford it". Now for any new business this is fine as it takes a while to add new products/services. When running a business though (however small, even just 1) if there is a new service etc to add there should be money set...

As a service industry that is image focussed what does everyone feel about this? It's been opened in Essex and offers mani, pedi, tanning, facials, make up and hair. One of the first 'clients' was 16 months old. It follows hard on a Government initiative to 'protect childrens innocence'...

I seem to have a 'training head' on today and there are the usual large number of questions on courses. No one wants to spend more than they need to on anything but 'nail training' is, on the whole, PRIVATE training. There are some subsidised courses available from FE colleges and some...

(Sorry Mods!!! I'm not asking a question! Please move to right place if necessary) Can I ask all the nail techs on here to consider something I believe is really important? There is a relatively small percentage of the population who regularly use the services of a professional nail...

I just want to bring the attention back to the quality of training! It is not about the cost of training! It is all about the quality of the trainer! Plus the content of the course and the length of time given to REAL teaching. There is a 'stickey' on this forum that explains the basic...