Reduce Reuse Recycle Nail TIPS!!

    We hear about recycling plastic and glass bottles, alluminum cans, copper wire, and much more. In a world where everyone is trying to go green, as well as save a few pennies.  Most people will say going green costs more.  You can go green without changing your entire salon.  We are just talking about nail tips here....
    Any good nail technician will practice nail art in her spare time.  We usually use full well nail tips to practice our art on.  One of the ways I have found to reuse the nail tips is to make a piece of art out of it. I buy myself a piece of canvas from Wal-Mart that measures anywhere from 2 feet x 2 feet or 2 feet by 4 feet or 3 feet by 4 feet. I save my nail art in a simple plastic baggie.  If I just practice on one nail it goes in there, or if I make a while set of nails for myself the nails that pop off go into that baggie.  The bagging is simply a collection over time.  Now the recycleing comes in when I turn that baggie of polished nails into an amazing work of art.
    Sometimes I will spend 8 whole hours on one nail, and I put so much work and detail into just one nail it almost seems like a tiny work of art.  Sometimes I will make a collaborative of several nails with one unified look, whereas other days I just pop the ones I have on off and put them in the bag (gross I know).  All of those nails go onto a blank canvas spaced out an inch a part.  This is one way to not only have a craft project to do (that turns out badass!), but your recycling as well. 
    Hope you enjoyed this wonderful recycling craft project, it looks great in the salon.  You can even put a price on it and it will sell like you wouldn't believe.

2 Rules You Can Break

  There are many rules that one is to follow in the salon setting.  Theses cliches, misconceptions, when followed an actually lead to disaster.  Here are two of my top ten.  These two rules are what I find that will kill a business!
  Rule 1: The customer is always right!   It's sad to say but no matter how good you are and how polite you may be, you will always have clients that push you.  There are flakes that conveniently forget their appointment time.  You always have the person wanting something for free.  You even have enemies that want nothing more than to trash your reputation.  Thinking the customer is always right can more than likely send you straight to bankruptcy.
  Rule 2: The nice girls always finish last.  Nice techs actually build good clientel.  Some nail technicians will cut corners like skimpping on the message, using inferior products, and treating customers like a number (one in one out).  Clients can sense this bad behavior and most of the time will not come back.  You should refine your servies and strive to give the best possible session you can. 

Apps Thank You Apple!

There are many apps out there, infact the words to say would be there are thousands upon thousands of apps. On my phone I have apps for games, navagation, photos, finances, music, and a whole lot more.There are personal assistant apps, beauty apps, and the options are endless really. I will break down a few of my favs!
OPI Application is an awesome app. This app allows you to preview over 200 OPI shades. Not only do you get to preview 200 shades but you can change the color of your skin right on the app, so you can asure yourself it is your color. Darker skin tones look different in pink than say pale skin tones.
Personal Assistant is another fantastic app. With the highest user rating since 2009 there's no wonder why it is a dead ringer on the list! This app includes tools to manage your clients, appointments, products, services, as well as point of sale.
Dress Up and Makeup: Manicure is another well respected app in the salon industry, that is awesome with an IPad if you have one for clients to use. Clients can make 100s of nail combinations with this game. Choose from dozens of polish colors, skin tones, nail art ideas, and more. Looks can even be accessorized with rings and stuff.
Nail Art Catalog offers thousands of different chinese nail arts .
The Nail App is my favorite nail art reference period! I can post my nail art and get feedback from other nail techs. Your nail art can be rated to see what fads are working. There is also nail art you can view to give yourself inspiration.
With technology as advanced as it is now it would be foolish not to use it! There's not a reason why if you have a smart phone you should not use it. The older generation, like my parents, see technology different than us youngens. I say screw it and use it! It's benefical in every aspect. The only downside to technology is that it can become addictive and become an issue. As long as the client is first all is well!