Job hunting .. To booth or not to Booth that is the question...

You be amazed what alot of salons are asking for in booth rentals. 200 a week. Some are 150. Other's 90. It varies. The most extream I've heard is 200. Guess that one is for the stylist who has boocoo clients.

Some offer commission but booth renting seems to be the in thing these days. I'm seriously thinking of going with the 50/50 comission. I need a job and aplace to call home. It isn't about making money it's about making my dreams mypassions for nails to come true.

We're getting desperate. We may have to hold off doing business together so my partner and best friend can support her family. I hate the fact that we can't work together for now but it's not forever. It bothers her a great deal but I just wanted to be confident for her. So she'll do it. Hopefully she'll get the job. And for now I'll work from home save up the money to pay the booth rentals. And maybe get lucky.

So those of you newbie techies and stylist. Don't give up .. Do decide what you can afford and hpoefully the new place of employment will be happy to help you. If they do then you've found a good place to start. Mojo Pie is 165 but Tony is awesome he's wililng to go 50 / 50 for comission. I may just stop by and go a head and take the job. May be slow but i get to be with people who are in the zone. Wish me luck.

Talk to the Hand!

It's official I've decided on the name of my company by none other than my best friend Russell ;) He had thoughto f it years ago. And i had forgotten. Kindly he reminded me and it fits perfectly. Talk to the hand! Sexy Sassy Classy ;)

I'm so excited *grins big* now just need to register it business wise....

Talk to the hand is registered trademark so it's mine mine mine! *researches*

C-Curves

I was sitting here thinking about that article by NSI

Do you "pinch" your clients' nails? Find out the
damage that can be done to the nail w/ this short cut to C curves: http://twurl.nl/8dl7di

So I got to thinking .. ( Yes thinking alot lately) I never did like the idea of pinching, simply because it was messy for me and ruins my polish *laughs* But also it was forcing someones nails to go into a deeper shape thant hey already are. For example look at your nails. How much of a curve from side to side do you have. Is it Flat? Loosly flat C? A real C or what ever shape you're blessed or cursed with?

Now Imagine forcing your nail to go into a C shape if you have a flat nail. .. It's like forcing yourself to wear a girdle that gives you a sharp deep waist line.

But once again I got to thinking. Those C curve sticks. Now shaping the nail tip into a c curve is good letting it fan out to the natural nail shape. Instead of forcing the person's natural nail into going C on ya Why not give the illusion of it being a c shape via the tip not the body.

So when I start working on clients I'm going to make sure don't use my thumbs to squeeze their nails on the sides but use the curve sticks and focus on the tip not the body. I'm just going to worry about making sure that tip has a good arch , apex ... and curve. And most of all.

Make sure my clients are happy and content with no discomfort and displeasure ;)

Experimenting back in school...

I was fiddling around with my best friend's nails. She wanted a glitter like tip in a purple hue. But not perminant. So what we did was painted it on instead. That was a interesting way of doing it but messy as heck. I think as a nail technician using it with acrylic or gel would have been a better option. I am more than willing to go the extra lenth to change the color. Less mess and fuss. But still it did come out looking nice though ;)