When I worked in the salon, on my menu, I offered artificial enhancements for one price. It was up to me to decide what I thought would work on a client, whether it be gels, silk wraps, or acrylics. Most of the time the client think she wants silk wraps, but what they do in every day life will not be conducive to that type of enhancement. In basically the same way and a stylist would not let the client tell her what brand or type of color or perm she wanted on her hair, I want to do the best service for the client and do what will be the easiest for the client to maintain depending on her lifestyle and condition her nails are.
Since I have been in the schools teaching, the same goes with our menu here.. The student along with their instructor do a consultation with the client and decide what type of enhancement is best for the client. I also want the students to learn that there is more to just a manicure or a pedicure, it is actually skin care, so we approach natural nail services in a different way as well. Hopefully, this will set them apart from the other salons out there. Darlene Sammons LMT, NMT, MNT Program Area Coordinator Delta Education Program Director for esthetics/nail technology Miller-Motte Technical College Chattanooga, TN (423) 510-9675 ext 234 In a message dated 02/10/09 23:18:44 Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Have been following this thread…and have been a bit troubled. IN my humble opinion….a nail enhancement is a nail enhancement,.,,is a nail enhancement. For me, how you get it off doesn’t define whether it’s “natural nails” or “artificial nails.” I personally have a lil bit of a problem with marketing that is misleading. There was a campaign in recent years in national print media about “manicures that last three weeks”….but it was really for traditional liquid and powder enhancements. Unrealistic expectations and “spin” don’t make for loyal clientele…for me, at least, --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/NailTech?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
