All professionals are now aware that the faster they work the more clients they can get through the turnstile and therefore the more money they can dump in their bank account. The addiction to the sausage-factory nail-salon mentality is that the shortcuts used to expedite clients through the chair actually lead to a dangerously low standard of quality. To paraphrase a famous saying, wherever shortcuts are taken, long delays are made. Those delays are what are really at the root of the decay in the quality of our industrys work.
Want an example? Ive got a perfect one that doesnt just pick on those working in High Volume Low Cost salons: The French Tip.
Nail professionals who do not want to take the time to master smile line applications with liquid and powder frequently fall prey to the smile line shortcut by using French tips.
Heck why not use French tips? They can produce consistent looking smile lines, you dont have to bother with blending, By gosh and golly all applications should be so easy!
The problem is two fold: The first being that those that lack the skill of producing smile lines, lack the skill to produce beautiful nails. Yup bring on the hate mail you still cant deny the fact! Smile lines are not difficult to do when you have skilled control of your product.
Application skills are like a muscle if you dont use them, you lose them. Avoiding your smile line applications with liquid and powder is equivalent to eating a super sized Big Mac meal (complete with fries) for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and then having your exercise regimen consist of fingering your remote between Wife swapping and Eastenders.
[break]The second problem (and the actual point I am taking my sweet time getting around to) is that your enhancement will be weaker! With proper application, an unblended tip will take up the bulk of the finished product at the extension edge. This means the strength is coming from the tip and not youre the product. Obviously this increases the risk of repair work from cracking and breaking which will cost you more time and unhappy clients in the long run wont it?
Ok, maybe your clients arent having so many issues with cracking and breaking to the point where it is a problem for you in the salon. Know what that tells me? It tells me that you have over compensated for the thickness of the unblended tip by adding even more product! Here is the delay with that shortcut: You will have just increased the amount of time it takes to Rebalance and maintain the enhancements. Not only that, it also means that you will end up using more aggressive techniques during your Rebalance and maintenance appointments. You know what that means? You will be gradually weakening the enhancement over time which (you guessed it) leads to an enhancement that will be more likely to crack and break!
This concept is not applicable to just the use of French Tips. It is applicable to many areas of our services; using nippers to remove lifting, using fill line blenders/removers, using electric files, etc
The real hilarious aspect of taking shortcuts to save time is that when payback comes around in the form of lifting, breaking, or yellowing Technicians go into panic mode and pull out even more shortcuts to save time on fixing the problems caused by their previous shortcuts!
The only way to truly work faster and to make more money is to work smarter and to do things correctly from the start. Shortcuts dont make immediate long delays; they are the seeds that are planted and that have to be dealt with on another day. Take a shortcut today and take care of the problems later or invest your time wisely so that you are working the smart way not the hard way.
Or you could say: Take your shortcuts today and make problems for yourself in the future. Or you avoid becoming another sausage factory could invest your time wisely by taking preventative measures now rather than corrective measures later. Call your training provider to upgrade your skills and your quality.
Want an example? Ive got a perfect one that doesnt just pick on those working in High Volume Low Cost salons: The French Tip.
Nail professionals who do not want to take the time to master smile line applications with liquid and powder frequently fall prey to the smile line shortcut by using French tips.
Heck why not use French tips? They can produce consistent looking smile lines, you dont have to bother with blending, By gosh and golly all applications should be so easy!
The problem is two fold: The first being that those that lack the skill of producing smile lines, lack the skill to produce beautiful nails. Yup bring on the hate mail you still cant deny the fact! Smile lines are not difficult to do when you have skilled control of your product.
Application skills are like a muscle if you dont use them, you lose them. Avoiding your smile line applications with liquid and powder is equivalent to eating a super sized Big Mac meal (complete with fries) for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and then having your exercise regimen consist of fingering your remote between Wife swapping and Eastenders.
[break]The second problem (and the actual point I am taking my sweet time getting around to) is that your enhancement will be weaker! With proper application, an unblended tip will take up the bulk of the finished product at the extension edge. This means the strength is coming from the tip and not youre the product. Obviously this increases the risk of repair work from cracking and breaking which will cost you more time and unhappy clients in the long run wont it?
Ok, maybe your clients arent having so many issues with cracking and breaking to the point where it is a problem for you in the salon. Know what that tells me? It tells me that you have over compensated for the thickness of the unblended tip by adding even more product! Here is the delay with that shortcut: You will have just increased the amount of time it takes to Rebalance and maintain the enhancements. Not only that, it also means that you will end up using more aggressive techniques during your Rebalance and maintenance appointments. You know what that means? You will be gradually weakening the enhancement over time which (you guessed it) leads to an enhancement that will be more likely to crack and break!
This concept is not applicable to just the use of French Tips. It is applicable to many areas of our services; using nippers to remove lifting, using fill line blenders/removers, using electric files, etc
The real hilarious aspect of taking shortcuts to save time is that when payback comes around in the form of lifting, breaking, or yellowing Technicians go into panic mode and pull out even more shortcuts to save time on fixing the problems caused by their previous shortcuts!
The only way to truly work faster and to make more money is to work smarter and to do things correctly from the start. Shortcuts dont make immediate long delays; they are the seeds that are planted and that have to be dealt with on another day. Take a shortcut today and take care of the problems later or invest your time wisely so that you are working the smart way not the hard way.
Or you could say: Take your shortcuts today and make problems for yourself in the future. Or you avoid becoming another sausage factory could invest your time wisely by taking preventative measures now rather than corrective measures later. Call your training provider to upgrade your skills and your quality.
