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I don’t know about you.  This year went by fast.  So fast, don’t blink……The Holiday Season is here. The holiday season is one of the busiest — and can be the most profitable times of the year for salons. Clients are booking appointments to look their best for gatherings, photos, and parties, while also shopping […]

There has been a whole ton of information circulating on social media regarding TPO in our gel polishes.  The news media has certainly been living up to their name “fake news”.  News isn’t news anymore.  The definition of news is “information about current events”.  Somehow, the news has turned into “information about current events “unverified”.

I’ve learned a lot this year as I’ve exposed myself to smaller trade show venues. I don’t even like to call them trade shows. To me, they are more of educational networking events. Here are my thoughts and experience from showcasing four smaller venues so far this year. Traditional trade shows are held in a

Here we are, less than 2 months shy of the final quarter of the year. My favorite!  Not because of the weather, although I won’t complain. Because for me, it’s seed planting time.  I take everything I imagine in making my Business better and I plant the seeds to make it happen in the coming

Work—it’s what most of us spend the majority of our adult lives doing. If only we weren’t so much in a hurry to be an adult!  If you take a moment to reflect, you’ll notice how drastically our working culture has evolved over the past few decades. From rigid schedules and suits to flexible hours

I remember in my younger years, going through some challenging personal times.  When I would depend on my friends and/or family to talk too, I had one friend in particular who would say “I’m saying this for myself as much as I am you”.  This is how I feel about this article.  We all needs

I think my article last week had the most responses I can remember in a long time. Email, text messages, directly to my blog and even phone conversations. As much as it pleases me to know my articles are being read….it saddens me to hear of so many people experiencing burnout. The #1 topic of

How to Manage Burnout in the Beauty Industry Burnout is real—and in the beauty industry, it can hit us all very hard. Between back to back appointment, client demands, physical strain on our bodies, and the emotional aspect of keeping everyone happy, it’s easy to reach a breaking point. (speaking from personal experience) You may

In our world of beauty we often wear many hats.  We’re technicians, listeners, problem-solvers, and yes, sometimes therapists. But we’re also educators, and it’s here that one of the most powerful communication tools can transform how we connect with clients and colleagues: the Feel–Felt–Found method. I learned about this method years ago when I hired