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When your clients discover they’re pregnant One of the first questions they will ask nail professionals is, “Can I keep wearing my nail enhancements during my pregnancy?”  The answer is YES; they can safely wear artificial nails!  There is no reason to believe wearing artificial nail enhancements or polish during pregnancy is harmful.  All artificial…

A term commonly used NSS. What does this mean? NSS is a term commonly used to mean Non-Standard Salons. So what are these?? Unfortunately, this is often used in association with Asian salons (along with other derogatory terms). This is WRONG!! There should be no racial association at all! What is ‘Standard’? This is ‘Industry…

CIDESCO approve and endorses the Essential Nail Professional Program “NailKnowledge is an approved and highly recommended resource to assist in the teaching and delivery of Nail & Beauty Qualifications written in accordance with the NOS. We find NailKnowledge a comprehensive tool to assist schools and individuals in their teaching and learning. “  Timea VaczlavikGlobal Head of…

Do your nails need to breathe? Let us put this question to bed once and for all!! Also, explain why it is almost true!!! But it isn’t true! One can see where it has come from though! Nails breathing or resperation Breathing or respiration is something animals do and, for us humans, it is literally…

Yes, they can, but over-curing is avoidable. It happens in two ways: 1) too much UV energy is used or 2) the nail coating is exposed to significant levels of UV energy after leaving the salon.  In other words, UV gel nail coatings can be over-cured in the short term and/or long term. Too Much UV Energy When…

Let us think about hand hygiene and nail scrub brushes. Part of the Gov guidance for re-opening after lockdown, and also the Habia Code of Practice, recommends nail scrub brushes to be available at the hand wash basin with a recommendation that every client uses a clean one at the end of a hand washing…