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Multi-Colored Nails: Saving Grace or Trendy Waste?

Joanna Popper | Posted 05.02.2013 | Style
Read More: Rihanna, Beyonce, Women, Fashion, Manicures, Style, Pedicures, Nail Salons, Comfort, Style News
Joanna Popper

I now had three different colors distributed on my ten fingers. It was an easy fix of a multi-hue mini-rainbow of blue and green. At the Awards show that night I got lots of compliments on my multi-color nails. I may have been perfectly on trend, but I wasn't sure how I felt about them

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Feet: From "Barbed-Wire" to "Baby Soft"

Dr. Susan Taylor | Posted 04.27.2013 | Black Voices
Read More: Skincare, Ethnic Skin Care, Rx for Brown Skin, Nail Salons Health, Skincare Advice, Nail Salons, Foot Care, Pedicure Foot Care, Pedicures, Black Voices News
Dr. Susan Taylor

Now that spring is about to spring, it's time to take a serious look at your feet and toes. There are a lot of beautiful sandals out there and I would bet that your toes and heals are not ready for prime time.

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5 Dangers Awaiting You At The Nail Salon

The Huffington Post | Dana Oliver | Posted 10.11.2012 | Style
Read More: Nail Salon Cleanliness, Nail Salons, Nail Salon Hygiene, Pedicure, Skin-Body, Nail Salon Dangers, Beauty, Slideexpand, NAIL SALON, Video, Nails, Whirlpool, Dennis Shavelson, Nail Care Tools, Dr. Dennis Shavelson, Foot Fungus, Foot Baths, Style News

I look forward to my Saturday afternoons in the pedicure chair. However, an unforeseeable prick with cuticle clippers or bruising from a foot file can...

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The California Nail Polish Scandal and What it Means for Your Manicure

Amy Ziff | Posted 06.18.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Amy Ziff, Toxic Nail Polish California, Carcinogens, Toxic Trio, Formaldehyde, Toxic Nail Polish, Safe Nail Polish, Manicure, Non-Toxic Nail Polish, Dbp, California Nail Salons, Nail Polish Scandal, California Nail Polish, Nail Salons, Health News, Nail Polish Toxic Trio, Nail Salon Scandal, Healthy Living News
Amy Ziff

I used to think a mani/pedi made for the perfect relaxing, healthy way to escape from my life for a few minutes. As it turns out, this seemingly-benign reward can be extremely hazardous for our health.

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Who Needed Facebook When You Had A Good Nail Salon?

Ann Brenoff | Posted 05.26.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Boomer Women Gossip, Girlfriend Bonding Time, Fifty News, Women Gossip, Gossip, Nail Salons, Fifty News
Ann Brenoff

What beauty parlors were to my mother, this nail salon was to me: a place of community, a spot where you came for sisterhood and women-bonding. It was "Cheers" without the booze and indeed, a place where everyone knew your name.

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Astoria Characters: The Woman in the Window

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 04.01.2012 | New York
Read More: Astoria, Michael Guo, Massage, Waxing, Emily Zhang, Ferrero Rocher Chocolates, Pipa, Manicure, Tianjin, Pedicure, Opera Singer, Mannequin, Butterfly Nail Spa, China, Nail Salons, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

Emily Zhang's story begins in Tianjin, an enormous city in northern China. The house was always filled with music, and, early on, Emily decided that she wanted to scale the scales, too.

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Did Tippi Hedren Invent the Vietnamese Nail Hegemony?

Disgrasian | Posted 09.10.2011 | Style
Read More: Vietnamese Nail Workers, Vietnamese Immigrants, Nails, Vietnamese-Nail-Salon, Tippi Hedren, Nail Salons, Vietnamese Nail Salon, Vietnamese, Vietnamese-American, Nail Ladies, Beauty Industry, Video, Style News
Disgrasian

Vietnamese nail workers have worse problems than bad, racist impressions -- they face the highest exposure to dangerous chemicals, and the government is doing very little to help them.

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WATCH: How Tippi Hendren Launched The Vietnamese Salon Industry

Sherman Oaks, CA Patch | Posted 08.28.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Cosmetology School, Vietnamese Refugees, Boat People Sos, Beauty Salons, Nail Salons, Vietnamese Nail Salon, Tippi Hendren, Los Angeles News

Actress Tippi Hedren, best known for her role in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and other films,  will be honored this Saturday by an organization of ...

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Nail Salons and Human Trafficking

Phillip Martin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Boston, Vietnamese Immigrants, Pimps, San-Francisco-Police, Nail Salons, Department of Justice, Sex Trafficking, In-Door Prostitution, Human Trafficking, Providence-Rhode Island, Lutheran World Service, Sgt. Arlin Vanderbilt, Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Business News
Phillip Martin

In recent years, law enforcement officials nationwide have reported increases in human trafficking. By some estimates there are around 20,000 victims brought into the United States each year.

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Sick for Beauty: Protect the Health of Nail Salon Workers!

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Cosmetics, Beauty Industry, House-Worker-Protection-Subcommittee, Worker Safety, Health, Nail Salons, Toxic Chemicals, Congress, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

Imagine how you would feel going to work every day and exposing yourself regularly to toxic chemicals that were eroding your health. Next time you get a mani/pedi, you should ask the same question.

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