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Glass ceiling

Break the glass ceiling: how to attract premium beauty clients & grow your business

By Guest Writer | 12 March 2025

Beauty business mentor & award-winning entrepreneur, Stevey Powell, shares advice for if you’re experiencing the ‘glass ceiling’ effect… We start our beauty businesses with a passion for what we do and over time, build a loyal client base and keep our calendars booked. But for some of us, there comes…

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Mother’s Day: how to tailor nail treatments to mums-to-be, new & mature mums

By Rebecca Hitchon | 9 March 2025

Mother’s Day offers a chance to boost your treatment offerings to satisfy a range of clients. Let us show you how… Mums-to-be The aches and strains of a pregnancy warrant some well-deserved TLC, so turn your focus to expectant mothers. “Mothers-to-be have a lot to prepare for and depending on…

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Zero waste

5 steps to become a zero waste to landfill nail salon

By Green Salon Collective | 7 March 2025

Green Salon Collective (GSC) was founded in 2020 by environmental experts, campaigners and beauty professionals, with an aim to help member salons in the UK and Ireland to responsibly dispose of their waste. Here, GSC shares how to tackle your salon waste and become zero to landfill, to reduce your overall…

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Money

Nail that sale!

By Kat Hill | 8 May 2018

Are you shy when it comes to retail sales in your salon or upsetting a service? Tom O’Brien, director of Baroque Hair, reveal his top tips… Upselling is great for business – it increases profit, and shows your clients that you have a wealth of experience in the hair and beauty…

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Your gel polish questions: answered!

By Sophie Nutt | 3 May 2018

Hone your gel polish technique with advice from industry experts about the popular system, as they answer your pressing questions. “How can you tell when a polish is cured correctly and what does over curing mean for the service?” Charlotte Lowe, Jessica educator, says, “Over curing can occur more with…

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How to decide the right thickness for your nail enhancements

By Katie Barnes | 1 May 2018

Educator and award-winning nail technician, Katie Barnes, serves up tips on deciding on the appropriate thickness for nail enhancements… While nail enhancements are an enhancement of the natural nail and often extensions, the aim is still to create these to be as thin and natural-looking as possible while still ensuring…

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Brow treatments for over-plucked clients

By Kat Hill | 1 May 2018

Kirsten Desai, Brow by Mii educator, reveals her top tips for dealing with over-plucked brow clients… A good set of brows speak a thousand words; brows create a lift and add definition. By using the Brow by Mii bespoke methods and techniques and introducing new products, we will always produce…

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Why Instagram is great for your nail business

By Guest Writer | 30 April 2018

Theresa Cientanni, marketing expert and founder of My Social Salon, reveals why Instagram is great for your nail business. Instagram is a big buzzword in the social media realm. The platform is growing fast and currently has over 800 million active users. It’s creative and it’s powerful – and it’s…

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Spa consultancy suggests welcoming heartbroken clients

By Kat Hill | 27 April 2018

A spa consultancy has revealed ‘Break-Up’ spa breaks as a wellness trend to note. Raison d’Etre describes the break as a trip to ‘helps guests adjust to major life changes’ and for those ‘having to ‘break up’ with previous elements of their lives’, including relationships, life changes or even bereavement.…

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