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Itchy and Swollen Around Your Nails After Gel Polish: Allergy or Just Irritation?
Itchy fingertips after gel nails, swollen skin around the nail, a sore red nail fold: is it a gel allergy, plain irritation or the start of an infection? How the three differ, whether it can show up on your eyelids, whether an allergy lasts, and the signs you should not wait on. From Nanny Nails, a nail salon in Nakhon Phanom.
15 Red Nail Shades: Which Red Suits Medium Skin, Which Makes Hands Look Dull
15 real red nail shades: cherry, tomato, brick, oxblood, burgundy, red cat eye, red French, glitter and chrome. Which red suits medium Thai skin, which can make hands look dull, and red nails for New Year and Chinese New Year, from our nail salon in Nakhon Phanom.
12 Cat Eye Toenail Colours: Which Ones Make Your Feet Look Brighter in Sandals
12 cat eye toenail colours with real toenail photos from our salon and design ideas. See why a colour looks different on toes than on hands, how to match it to your skin and your sandals, and what cat eye toenails cost at our nail salon in Nakhon Phanom.
Gel Over Old Gel Without Removing It: Does It Really Ruin Your Nails?
Gel nails done over the old gel without removing it: some technicians will do it, but what happens under an old layer that has started to lift? How is a fill in the nail industry different from painting over, and do you have to remove gel every time? From Nanny Nails, a nail salon in Nakhon Phanom.
You Bought a Gel Nail Kit to Use at Home: 7 Mistakes That Wreck Your Nails Without You Noticing
You bought a gel nail kit and now the gel wrinkles, smears onto your skin, lifts early, or your nails feel thin after you take it off. Seven mistakes people make doing gel nails at home without noticing, plus a fair comparison of doing it yourself and letting a salon do it, from Nanny Nails, a nail salon in Nakhon Phanom.
Before Gel Nails: 6 Things Many People Do That Make Gel Lift Early
How to prepare before a gel manicure, and what to do before your first gel nails. Six things many people do out of good intentions that make gel lift early, where each one hurts the nail, and what to do instead. From Nanny Nails, a nail salon in Nakhon Phanom.
Grab Is Hard to Use in Nakhon Phanom. How Do Locals Get a Ride?
You open Grab in Nakhon Phanom and your destination does not come up, the pin lands in the wrong place, and the driver circles around. How do locals book a ride, which app finds the place, what to search for and what to tell the driver, from Nanny Nails, a nail salon in Nakhon Phanom that tested the ride to its own door.
Where Should You Learn Nails, How Much Does It Cost, and How Many Days Before You Can Take Customers?
Where to learn nails in Thailand: government community courses, the Department of Skill Development, or private academies. What nail courses cost, how many days they take, and what to practise before charging customers, from a technician who started with a 4-day, 4,999 baht course. Nanny Nails, Nakhon Phanom.
How Much Does a Nail Technician Earn a Month? Worked Out From a Real Salon Outside Bangkok
How much a nail technician earns in Thailand, what salon jobs pay, and how to work out the income of your own small salon, line by line, from real prices and our rough monthly sales. From Nanny Nails, Nakhon Phanom.
Lunar New Year Nails 2027, Year of the Goat: Which Red and Gold Designs Bring Luck?
When Chinese New Year 2027 falls, what the Year of the Fire Goat means, why red and gold, which colours people avoid, 10 real Lunar New Year nail designs with prices, and when to book so your nails last to Valentine's Day.