Salons

If you’ve ever traveled in rural areas in France, you may have realized a French peculiarity. Even in the seemingly less populated towns, there’s a hair salon. French startup Planity has been taking advantage of France’s love affair with hair salons to launch a SaaS product for these businesses in particular. Over time, the company expanded to other types of beauty salons, such as barbers and nail salons. And it has been working surprisingly well as there are now more than 40,000 small businesses relying on Planity…

Parents will do anything they can to help their children, and sometimes, that means extending a hand to their kids’ friends as well. But how far should they go in helping someone else’s child?Below, you’ll find a story that was recently shared on Reddit, detailing how one mother found herself in hot water after simply trying to help her young daughter’s friend, as well as some of the replies readers have shared.This mom didn’t hesitate after her daughter’s friend reached out asking for help with her hairImage credits:…

Although Frank Ocean dropped out of Coachella, it seems Weekend 2 was just as (if not more) eventful. Zendaya took the stage with Labrinth to sing “I’m Tired” and “All for Us” from “Euphoria.” And for those at home, Coachella took us behind the scenes of Emma Chamberlain’s looks with a YouTube video documenting her fitting. To top it all off, Mugler dominated the fest with looks for Bad Bunny and Blackpink. And don’t get me started on the fashion brand’s upcoming collaboration with H&M. I’m Steven Vargas, your…

There may be greater public health risks associated with the ultraviolet nail polish drying equipment used to cure gel manicures than previously realised. These ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting devices were studied by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, who discovered that using them causes cancer-causing mutations and cell death in human cells. The devices are a common fixture in nail salons, and generally use a particular spectrum of UV light (340-395nm) to cure the chemicals…

A new robot called Clockwork, is the world’s first autonomous robot for manicures A new manicure robot called Clockwork is the world’s first robot manicure company. Using an autonomous robot for manicures offers a quicker, cheaper, hassle-free way to get your nails done. The machine captures a series of photos of the user’s hand with built-in AI and 3D cameras, so it can build a multi-dimensional map. The artificial intelligence in the machine then uses that map to figure out where it needs to put the nail polish. This…