what makes a Non standard salon?
If after 6 months of a new salon opening down the road from you, you start getting fresh faces through the door complaiming about the new salon saying things like.
"Their all oriental looking!"
"They wear masks!"
"Theres a very strong chemical smell!"
"They dont have an air filter like you do!"
"They wear gloves all the time!"
"They never preped my nail at all!"
"I asked for gel, but it looked like l&p to me!"
"It took just over half an hour!"
"They used a drill to smooth it down!"
"When I had them removed they ripped most of it off then clipped a bit and electric drilled the rest!"
"But they were only £20 and yours are £35!"
Most of the posts regarding NSS mention one or two of the above statments and jump to the conclusion that the salon must be Non standard :?: . In my opinion, even if all of the above statments are true they do not categorically prove that the salon is working illegally.
Near us we have a number of salons that fit many of the above criteria. We have also seen the devistation they have caused to peoples nails. But i do not consider them to be non standard, i consider them to have a very low level of workmanship. Which may i add, has been of great financial reward to our salon.
The Quality of workmanship usualy start with the Quality of the training you recieve. if you recieve your training from a council collage and the state pays for your course (eg: you have just left school, career development loan, or unemployed) you are trainer usualy by a beauty therapist with a teaching qualification who's every day life is to teach what she knows on paper, and probobly does not apply enhancments for a living. also the state will only pay the collage if the trainee PASSES the course :?: ....So they get very little practical training and are garanteed to pass and then cause havoc in the nail world legaly.
There are only two reasons i can think of that makes a salon illegal:
1, They operate with no insurance
2, They have no formal training / qualification
As you may have noticed i have not used the "Methyl Methacrylate" word yet!
So... here goes... Sadly the use of MMa for nail enhancments has not yet been made illegal in the UK and i believe this will be the case for many years to come. If the salon down the road is using MMa what can you do about it when its not illegal?
What if the badly trained salon down the road says " hell yer i use MMa, iam qualified and have insurance to prove it" what can you do :?:
She's done her training at collage where she passed before she started!
She uses MMa which is not illegal and she has got insurance.(i have never seen an insurance policy for nails techs that states you should not use MMa)
She is working within the law! maybe not what we call "standard" but she is working legally.
So whats my point......dont jump to the conclusion that bad workmanship means their a NSS, and if you could prove they are using MMa theres not much you can do, other than educate your new found customers.
I run two buisnesses of which one has a "CODE OF PRACTICE" heres how it works!........ you pay an anual fee and sign to say that you abied by the code. Your anual fee is used to randomly check without warning that the members are following the code. These checks could be anything from chemical analysis of the products you use, to ensuring you are registerer with the data protection agency. if you fail the random checks you lose the use of the "CODE OF PRACTICE" logo. This Logo is used in all your advertising to reasure your clients of your compitence and commitment to better standards.
What do you think...... is it feasible for the nail industry?
If you managed to read this at the bottom thanks for your patience.
The ramblings of Mr H Munster
If after 6 months of a new salon opening down the road from you, you start getting fresh faces through the door complaiming about the new salon saying things like.
"Their all oriental looking!"
"They wear masks!"
"Theres a very strong chemical smell!"
"They dont have an air filter like you do!"
"They wear gloves all the time!"
"They never preped my nail at all!"
"I asked for gel, but it looked like l&p to me!"
"It took just over half an hour!"
"They used a drill to smooth it down!"
"When I had them removed they ripped most of it off then clipped a bit and electric drilled the rest!"
"But they were only £20 and yours are £35!"
Most of the posts regarding NSS mention one or two of the above statments and jump to the conclusion that the salon must be Non standard :?: . In my opinion, even if all of the above statments are true they do not categorically prove that the salon is working illegally.
Near us we have a number of salons that fit many of the above criteria. We have also seen the devistation they have caused to peoples nails. But i do not consider them to be non standard, i consider them to have a very low level of workmanship. Which may i add, has been of great financial reward to our salon.
The Quality of workmanship usualy start with the Quality of the training you recieve. if you recieve your training from a council collage and the state pays for your course (eg: you have just left school, career development loan, or unemployed) you are trainer usualy by a beauty therapist with a teaching qualification who's every day life is to teach what she knows on paper, and probobly does not apply enhancments for a living. also the state will only pay the collage if the trainee PASSES the course :?: ....So they get very little practical training and are garanteed to pass and then cause havoc in the nail world legaly.
There are only two reasons i can think of that makes a salon illegal:
1, They operate with no insurance
2, They have no formal training / qualification
As you may have noticed i have not used the "Methyl Methacrylate" word yet!
So... here goes... Sadly the use of MMa for nail enhancments has not yet been made illegal in the UK and i believe this will be the case for many years to come. If the salon down the road is using MMa what can you do about it when its not illegal?
What if the badly trained salon down the road says " hell yer i use MMa, iam qualified and have insurance to prove it" what can you do :?:
She's done her training at collage where she passed before she started!
She uses MMa which is not illegal and she has got insurance.(i have never seen an insurance policy for nails techs that states you should not use MMa)
She is working within the law! maybe not what we call "standard" but she is working legally.
So whats my point......dont jump to the conclusion that bad workmanship means their a NSS, and if you could prove they are using MMa theres not much you can do, other than educate your new found customers.
I run two buisnesses of which one has a "CODE OF PRACTICE" heres how it works!........ you pay an anual fee and sign to say that you abied by the code. Your anual fee is used to randomly check without warning that the members are following the code. These checks could be anything from chemical analysis of the products you use, to ensuring you are registerer with the data protection agency. if you fail the random checks you lose the use of the "CODE OF PRACTICE" logo. This Logo is used in all your advertising to reasure your clients of your compitence and commitment to better standards.
What do you think...... is it feasible for the nail industry?
If you managed to read this at the bottom thanks for your patience.
The ramblings of Mr H Munster