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3 7 Celebrities Who Are Truly Passionate About Nails 1. Rihanna 2. Katy Perry 3. Lady Gaga 4. Rita Ora 5. Keyshia Cole 6. Beyoncé 7. Jesse J Signature Services I've Offered in the Past Year 1. Lemontini Pedicure: Create a foot bath with lemon slices, lemon oil, soap, and sugar scrub. Massage with lemon lotion from Qtica. Serve lemonade or a lemon martini. 2. Pedi for 2: This chocolate pedicure service is good for husbands and wives, mothers and daughters, or girlfriends. One pedicure happens at a time, so it's four hours of relaxing. 3. Hot rock pedicure with brass jewelry: Perform a hot rock pedi, but add Nail Veil jewelry from Sue Laing as a way to promote the product and introduce a new service option. Once clients like it, they'll begin to ask for it. KAREN NEW, ORLANDO NAJA GREEN, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIF., ATHENA ELLIOTT, HOUSTON 3 Things to Avoid in a New Hire 1. An attitude of entitlement 2. A lack of discipline 3. A lack of passion for the business KATIE CAZORLA, SHERMAN OAKS, CALIF. 7 Popular Scents for Services 3 1. Chocolate 2. Lemon 3. Lime 4. Orange 5. Grapefruit 6. Lavender 7. Vanilla Things to Look For In a New Hire 1. Polishing skills (attention to detail and careful work) 2. Customer service (know how to interact well in a salon setting) 3. Business sense (to be able to market oneself) KATIE CAZORLA 5 Places to Recruit Nail Techs 1. Licensing schools 2. Salon blog 3. Salon website 4. Facebook page of salon 5. Facebook pages of salon staff 1 >>> MAELING PARRISH, REYNOLDSBURG, OHIO 2 JANUARY 2013 | NAILS MAGAZINE | 153