Must-Have Nail Products Every Salon Should Stock

For any nail salon aiming to provide top-tier services, stocking the right products is crucial. Using Glitterbels as a benchmark for quality, salons can elevate their offerings and ensure client satisfaction with a range of essential products. Here’s a curated list of must-have items every salon should consider.

1. Professional Acrylic System

A comprehensive acrylic system that includes powders, liquids, and primers is fundamental. Glitterbels offers a variety of colors and formulations that cater to diverse client needs and preferences.

2. High-Quality Gel Polishes

Gel polishes are a staple in

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We’re Moving to Fifteen-Media.com!

Things are changing around here! As someone who isn’t a big fan of change, I am actually excited about this one. My blog Neon Notebook, is officially moving over to the website of my PR company, fifteen media! You can check it out here: http://fifteen-media.com/blog/

The content will still be the same, so don’t worry about that! We just wanted to put everything in one place, so it is easier to find. Thank you for following along for all these years, and I can’t wait to see what happens in the future.

4 Tips For Public Speaking

4 Tips For Public Speaking

If you haven’t noticed, I do a lot of public speaking. It has become second nature to me. To be totally honest, I would much rather be talking to a crowd of people than having a one-on-one conversation. Is that weird? It is something I should probably look into more.

I like the energy that comes from public speaking. No matter how many times I have done my DIY PR presentation, the

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Should I Use Help a Reporter Out (HARO)?

The question I probably get asked the most at my DIY PR workshops is: Should I Use HARO? I know a lot of small business owners do use HARO to look for media opportunities. If you don’t know what HARO is, it is an e-mail that is sent out 3 times a day where journalists can post what they are looking for in terms of the stories they are working on.

In my

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Getting Involved in the Community

 

Recently, I heard Roxane Gay’s interview on Girlboss Radio (which you should listen to if you are not already). I am about to majorly paraphrase, but in the interview, Roxane talks about what success means to her. She talks about that she knows she is successful when she can give back more than the universe gave her. This definition of success really resonated with me, and I couldn’t agree more.

It can be difficult to know

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3 Tips on How to Take Control of Your Time

3 Tips on How to Take Control of Your Time

I try to write blog posts about things that I am personally struggling with. I feel like I can’t be the only one that is having trouble with these things. I try to find solutions to my own problems and hope that sharing them can help some other small business owner.

Now that summer is over, my schedule has seemed to explode with meetings

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How to Write a Novel

Have you ever thought about writing a novel? Do it! It’s totally possible. I’m a single mom with two boys and a puppy and I work full-time in a demanding career. If I can do it, lots of people can. Here’s some advice on how to make it work.

Time and Energy

The hardest thing about writing a novel as a side career isn’t time. It’s emotional energy. Your job as an author is to show who your characters are by

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Dealing with Anxiety and Worry as an Entrepreneur

Dealing with Anxiety and Worry as an Entrepreneur

Dealing with Anxiety and Worry as an Entrepreneur

I have always been an anxious person. For as long as I remember, my mind always scans every situation looking for all the signs of what can go wrong while preparing for all the worst case scenarios. I do this way before anything has actually gone wrong, and most of the time everything ends up being fine.

Working for yourself can come with a string of ups

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5 Tips for Getting Your Product Into Holiday Gift Guides

5 Tips for Getting Your Product Into Holiday Gift Guides

Last year, it was estimated that Americans would spend $1 trillion on Christmas gifts, averaging a spend of over $400 per person. As millennials move into their prime spending years, that means small businesses have a huge opportunity to capture a market that has proven to prefer shopping small when finding unique gifts for their loved ones.

But how do they know what to look for?

Annual gift guides are what people consult when shopping for that perfect present, and now is the time to get your business featured on those quintessential

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Three Things I Wish I Knew in my 20s: Stacy Anderson

Stacy Anderson has a blog called, The Hurried Hostess. As someone who owns a small business, has a husband, two small kids, and two dogs – she is always running to the next activity.

But even a lack of time doesn’t keep her from wanting to host small get togethers with friends, make home cooked meals (that everyone will actually eat), or crafting a cute DIY project. She started

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