Texting your clients

In a-blink-of-an-eye i realized is Monday, no money came-in in the weekend, I need to do something.  Ding!!! Let me use my old technique: texting my clients.  What I did is just say hi to the ones I have not hear from them for a while and to the ones recently got their nails done, then I started reminding the ones that need a fill-in this week.  It only took me 10 minutes to text all of them because I have a group set-up of my clients on my cellphone.  The result: 2 fill-ins tomorrow and 2 fill-ins on Saturday.

Back in Puerto Rico I used the texting and it gives you very good results.  Most of them call back for an appointment and thank me because they tend to forget.  They like: "Oh please do not stop doing that you don't know what a great help is that" or "I was thinking about you but i didn't have your phone number."

Text messaging not only works for reminders is great for those slow days.  In my old job Wednesdays used to be the slowest day ever.  To the point that sometimes we were there 8:30am to 5:30pm to make NOTHING.  So I decided to text my clients and offer the things like:  "Only today wednesdays free 10 finger desing"  or  "Today only fill-ins $3.00 off."  Right away up to 3 appointment.  After several week texting my clients with different offers every wednesday my coworker saw the results and started to do the same.  After 2 months for this type of marketing wednesdays turned on a busy day and we did not even have to send offers any more.

Lesson:  Use your resources, specially if there is no extra costs.

13 Helpful Tips for E-file Users from NAILS Magazine

I am always very interested on topics related to the use of the electric files.  Why? Because many times the sensibility on our client nails, the red spots, the ridges, are because of a wrong way to use the e-files.  And I found this article at NAILS Magazine and decided to share it.

13 Helpful Tips for E-file Users

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Files, Buffers, and Grits, Oh My!

Top nail competitor Lynn Lammers offers an excellent description of filing grits, and how best to use them in this excerpt from her online NAILS blog, Competition Insider.
“I’ve been to hundreds of competitions and seen thousands of sets of competition nails, and one of the simplest mistakes I see competitors make (even seasoned ones) is to not use the file grits properly.
You see, acrylic is a form of plastic and we all know that plastics can be made in any shape or form with any texture or finish. That is why we (the nail industry) have an almost unlimited amount of abrasives (files and buffers) in probably 20 different grits and at least five different mediums: metal, glass, paper, cloth, and mylar, which is another plastic.
The way it goes is the higher the number, the finer the grit. 100 grit = coarse; 3,000 grit = high shine.
All artificial nail enhancements are one form or another of plastic, and all can be brought to a super shiny surface through different file grits with the exception of gels, which are shiny in their own right. But that’s a different story altogether.
When the grits are used properly, it is very easy to achieve a super high shine without wrecking your shoulder or elbow. The key is to use the grits in succession. Each file or buffer will put scratches in the surface of the nail and to remove the scratches you need to use the next highest grit.
So if you start filing the nail with a 180-grit file, your next file must be a higher grit, say a 220. Then a 280 and so on into the buffers. Buffers are finer grits, but still in the abrasives family, like 400-600. Then it moves into the high shiners like 1,000- to 3,000-grit. Be sure you go over the entire surface of the nail every time you change grits.
When you learn the succession of the file grits and learn to use them all, your filing and finishing will be easy-peasy and your finished nail will be so shiny it will seem as though you are looking in a mirror.”

Taken from: Nailsmag.com

The Waxing of the Toe

Toe waxing can be a great add-on for pedicures. It gives the client that little extra pampering so they know their entire foot will be smooth and clean for uninhibited bare feet flashing. Experienced pedicurist Cyndi Grohowski of Polished From Head to Toe in Haddon Heights, N.J., offers these five steps on how to do a flawless toe waxing.

1. Prep toes with your favorite cleanser to remove any lotion or oils from the toes and wipe them dry.

2. If toe hair is particularly long, trim with brow scissors, being sure not to trim too short. You want the wax to adhere to the hair not the skin.

3. Apply wax to one toe at a time in the direction of the hair growth. Then apply the wax strip to the wax.

4. At this point, use the “pat and pull” method. Just press for a few seconds and then pull. Continue to do this until the hair is completely removed. Grohowski prefers the “pat and pull” method because rubbing can cause the wax to become imbedded in the cracks of the toe, making it difficult to remove even when you pull the toe taut.

5. After removing hair from all the toes, apply a soothing cream.