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NSI hosted our first Illusion Soak-Off Gel webinar.  Read the rest of this entry »

You may have already heard about the new “refreshing” fish pedicures where feet are placed in pedicure bowls full of skin-eating fish. I couldn’t help thinking about being a young kid and seeing a news piece on TV about maggots and leeches used for medicinal purposes, so I guess it shouldn’t have surprised me that fish are being used to remove the dead skin from the bottom of the feet.
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We know how important it is to take care of our health. If we get sick, we miss work and miss income. It drains our pocketbook when we have to pay for medicine and doctor’s visits. Nothing new there. If our staff members come into the salon while ill and “share the wealth,” everyone loses out. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve had several people contact me in regard to an article that was recently written referring to the potential dangers of Ultra Violet Nail Lamps causing skin cancer.

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I recently read an article where a nail salon in the Baltimore area was using an electric unit to warm Acetone.  A woman who was having her enhancements removed to have a fresh new applied got severely burned on her face, hands, stomach and legs when the Acetone she was soaking her nails in ignited. Read the rest of this entry »

Have you ever been asked, “Is it safe to wear nail enhancements while pregnant?”  Probably.  It is a difficult question to answer because you are addressing the health of someone’s unborn child.  I did some research on the topic and came up with the following material that you can use when posed with this question. Read the rest of this entry »

I had been tossing around several ideas about this blog entry and then the topic became obvious.  Everyone is so concerned about the economic trend and how it affects them.  So am I! Read the rest of this entry »

A very interesting concept was recently brought to my attention while speaking with a colleague from Russia while we were both doing some work in Finland.  Sounds like espionage doesn’t it?
 
While chatting with my Russian friend, he told me that the highest form of flattery was for something to be “copied”.  Read the rest of this entry »

I recently returned from conducting a seminar on the Balance UV Gel System and Attraction Acrylic System for 91 nail technicians and salon owners.  The seminar was held in Malta, a tiny little island country smack dab in the middle of the Mediterranean.

I had never heard of Malta until a few years ago.  I was not even sure where it was located. Read the rest of this entry »

I see these terms all the time, so much so, that I don’t even pay attention to them anymore. My mind just goes into la la land. Organic and all natural are the most over used terms in our society.

I checked numerous definitions and learned the following:

Organic, as typically advertised, means that a product is produced without the use of pesticides, artificial fertilizers or synthetic chemicals and is applicable to food and other agricultural products. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Organic Program allows companies to label cosmetics as organic if they meet the same criteria governing its organic certification of food. The FDA and USDA do have regulations on labeling agricultural products as ‘organic’.
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