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		<title>ISSE Nail Competition &#8211; Part One: By Kirsty Meakin</title>
		<link>http://www.nsinails.com/blog/2010/03/09/isse-part-one-by-kirsty-meakin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m a great believer in preparation, especially when it comes to competing. Planning each and every detail of the categories I enter beforehand is a must. It keeps me calm and focused.
That said, in a normal situation this would be my plan; however, for me ‘last minute Annie’, this does not seem to be the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Too Many Bad Hair Days: By Rise&#8217; Carter</title>
		<link>http://www.nsinails.com/blog/2010/02/23/too-many-bad-hair-days-by-rise-carter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have the opportunity to travel frequently for my job and I go to many different climates.  It seems that the only time I have “good hair days” is when I can style it in my own bathroom.  
At home, my hair pretty much looks the same way at the end of the day as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Car Wraps: By Jessie Burkhardt</title>
		<link>http://www.nsinails.com/blog/2010/02/02/car-wraps-by-jessie-burkhardt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, you think you’re completely covered in marketing.  You’re running some print ads in local publications, have excellent signage on your storefront, run a successful referral program and you’ve even jumped on the social media bandwagon with a Facebook and Twitter account to promote your services and special offers.  Just when you thought you had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tween Parties: By Rise&#8217; Carter</title>
		<link>http://www.nsinails.com/blog/2010/01/19/tween-parties-by-rise-carter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nsinails.com/blog/2010/01/19/tween-parties-by-rise-carter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I’ve been seeing a hot pink stretch limo driving around in my town.  It certainly caught my attention &#8211; how could it NOT?  A few months ago, I saw the same car parked at a new salon in a new shopping center.  The sign over the salon was the same hot pink, “Sweet &#38; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buh-Bye 2009: By Rise’ Carter</title>
		<link>http://www.nsinails.com/blog/2010/01/04/buh-bye-2009-by-rise%e2%80%99-carter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nsinails.com/blog/2010/01/04/buh-bye-2009-by-rise%e2%80%99-carter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nsinails.com/blog/?p=163</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every couple of weeks, our Director of Marketing &#38; Communications says to me “It’s time for another blog entry.”  I sometimes draw a blank and truly don’t know what to write about that would be of interest to someone visiting the website.
Today, I know I just want to say what is in my heart.
I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Letter to Dr. Oz: By Rise&#8217; Carter</title>
		<link>http://www.nsinails.com/blog/2009/12/16/a-letter-to-dr-oz-by-rise-carter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nsinails.com/blog/2009/12/16/a-letter-to-dr-oz-by-rise-carter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This letter is in response to a segment on the Dr. Oz. program called How Manicures Affect Your Health.  You can watch the video at http://bit.ly/6lc4XM
Dear Dr. Oz,
After watching a video from a segment on your show called “How Manicures Affect Your Health” I am completely outraged at the inaccurate information on acrylic nails provided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being in the Know Could Save a Life: By Rise’ Carter</title>
		<link>http://www.nsinails.com/blog/2009/11/24/being-in-the-know-could-save-a-life-by-rise%e2%80%99-carter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As nail techs we have to know and understand a wealth of information.  Can you remember when we had to memorize all the nail disorders, diseases and causes &#8211; Tinea Unguis, Onychatrophia, Onychauxis, Leuconychia, Beau&#8217;s Lines, just to name a few.
I had looked at my father-in-law’s fingernails several years back and told him that he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Future Bookings: By Erin Snyder Dixon</title>
		<link>http://www.nsinails.com/blog/2009/11/10/turning-a-shortage-in-appointments-into-future-bookings-by-erin-snyder-dixon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nsinails.com/blog/2009/11/10/turning-a-shortage-in-appointments-into-future-bookings-by-erin-snyder-dixon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flipping through the appointment book is likely to bring a smile to my face as the holidays near. 
All those names back-to-back on the pages. Whew, there’s barely time to eat.  What wipes that smile away in an instant is hearing a client’s dissatisfaction in not getting that coveted appointment before her big holiday event.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tiny sized products, and samples, oh my!: By Erin Snyder Dixon</title>
		<link>http://www.nsinails.com/blog/2009/10/23/tiny-sized-products-and-samples-oh-my-by-erin-snyder-dixon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nsinails.com/blog/2009/10/23/tiny-sized-products-and-samples-oh-my-by-erin-snyder-dixon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Development]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nsinails.com/blog/?p=128</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just as the shelves of Halloween candy sprout bare spaces, holiday trimmings and treats appear a few aisles over. 
It’s this tiny shift that signals consumers to start making their shopping lists.  I secretly covet any of those tiny sized products. Okay, it’s no secret; I haul them out of many stores by the armload.



Our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enhancement Classification Confusion: By Rise’ Carter</title>
		<link>http://www.nsinails.com/blog/2009/10/05/enhancement-classification-confusion-by-rise%e2%80%99-carter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nsinails.com/blog/2009/10/05/enhancement-classification-confusion-by-rise%e2%80%99-carter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Product Information]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nsinails.com/blog/?p=83</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few years, I have been hearing so many different nail terms and verbiage that at times, I feel flat out confused; even as a veteran of over 25 years in the industry.  
I thought if I was confused, then surely other nail professionals were also feeling a little perplexed.  It must be [...]]]></description>
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