I have been shouting into the wind for 17 years now that the biggest challenge our industry faces is an ignorant consumer populace! We have to educate THE MASSES. If I had a million dollars it would all get spent on massive ad campaigns to this end. It is also terrifying to know-- as well as personally insulting-- that the average consumer places more trust in what they hear in the media from people who have no experience in/with the professional nail industry than they do in the qualified nail industry professional who tries to educate them.
Maggie Franklin: Attitudes Salon; Visalia, CA "Visionary rebel dreamer; obviously way ahead of my time." Maggie's Website Maggie's Personal Blog Maggie Rants [and rav...@nails Magazine Myspace Facebook --- On Wed, 12/9/09, Diana Bonn <[email protected]> wrote: From: Diana Bonn <[email protected]> Subject: NailTech:: This dr. Oz stuff To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 4:15 AM I was telling Deb last week, that we failed, as nail techs, to get the correct information out to the consumer. We somehow did not get it thru to the public, we took a wrong turn somewhere along the way. And with this Dr, Oz thread, it just confirms what I was saying. Ask a question and...... You can go to any beauty school, and get different answers. You can go to any nail salon and get different answers. You can go to two different nail techs in the same salon, and get different answers. You can go to two different nail techs from different ethnic back grounds and get different answers. You can go to different manufacturers and get different answers. You can go to different State Boards and get different answers. No wonder we have hodge podge answers out there. We failed. We didn't get thru. We spent our time educating nail techs, one at a time, thought that this would work. It didn't. We didn't get it to the consumer. We left it up to the consumer to spread the word, it didn't work. The consumer will push any changes, not us. We somehow have to change the way we are getting the word out. I don't have the answers. I don't know. There will never be national licensing. we can't even get states to have a national drivers license, or insurance. I don't have the answers, but know that as hard as we have tried, it didn't work. JMHO diana from indiana -- 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. -- 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.
