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Nicks and cuts aren’t fun for you or your clients. For clients, a barber shop razor cut triggers anything from mild pain to genuine fear. Forums across the internet share scenarios like: My barber cut my ear. I didn’t see him disinfect his tools. Can I get HIV from barber scissors or HIV from a…

Want to create an atmosphere of warmth and welcome? Encourage meditation and relaxation?  Like many beauty pros, you might reach for a scented candle. But when you light up that Voluspa, don’t forget your final and essential step: blowing it out. Forgetting to extinguish a candle is a simple mistake with costly consequences, as D.C.-based…

“I am a nail technician and when I work my neck hurts when doing pedicures,” one Reddit user posted in a thread about painful nail tech problems. “Any help or tips for that?” “Wait until you have sciatic nerve damage and carpal tunnel,” another Redditer replied. “Repetitive injury is a definite cost of doing nails.…

Starting a massage therapy career comes with lots of big milestones and decisions. You’ll need to choose a class or training program to hone in your craft. Plus, you’ll decide what kind of setting you want to work in, like a spa, franchise, or hotel. Will you start your own business, or work for someone…

Ruined! Mutilated! Damaged beyond repair! We call those accusations the Thinning Shears Effect. Just ask TikToker keswickmoore, whose hair suffered  serious breakage after a bad run-in with hair thinning shears. It was only after three years of healthy haircare that she got her length back. “It resulted in a haircut on top of a haircut…

As a hairstylist or barber, you know that healthy, confidence-boosting hair doesn’t just come from the hair salon. To keep cuts and colors in top condition, your clients have to put in some work at home, too. Without the right hair products, tools, and maintenance routines, those bouncy curls and glossy locks can revert right…

If alternative medicine is your jam, then you’ve probably offered aromatherapy services or used them, yourself. With a global market of $8.6 billion in 2023 and an estimated 8.7 percent growth by 2030, the massage and wellness industries see profound demand for essential oils. But with this spiking demand comes an equal need for aromatherapy…

Beauty salon hazards like overflowing sink water damage or a flooded hair salon can happen in an instant. Imagine, after shampooing a client’s hair in the wash basin, a hairstylist didn’t turn off the tap completely. As she finished the client’s cut and style, water continued to fill the basin until it overflowed. Since the…

Since 2020, the work-from-home life has become more feasible and desirable than ever before. According to data from the Pew Research Center, more than one in five Americans will work remotely by the year 2025. It’s no surprise, then, that nail technicians desire the same opportunities with nail studios at home. Self-employment, control over your…