Cyndy Drummey

5 Things You Aren't Supposed to Say About the Nail Industry

Cyndy Drummey tackles a few industry sacred cows in this award-winning editorial.

Vietnamese Survey Answers Many Questions, Begs Many More

The question I throw out isn’t why aren’t Vietnamese salons doing more to improve their sanitation practices, but why isn’t the industry doing more to make compliance more practical? I

Where Is the REAL Power in the Nail Industry?

by Cyndy Drummey

You can use your power for the benefit of the industry or you can squander it if you let others talk for you. You DO have power. Discover it and use it wisely.

A Magazine for the "Other" 40%

by Cyndy Drummey

Why do so many Vietnamese immigrants choose the nail industry as a profession? How did it all start? And what is the future of the nail industry based on the growth of a single ethnic group?

Choosing Our Words Carefully

by Cyndy Drummey

The term “discount salon” used to mean a salon whose service prices were less than 50% of the national average, but the term no longer has the same meaning.

Editor's Note: It is Not an “Us/Them” Situation

by Cyndy Drummey

The nail industry is not the place it used to be: frankly, it's harder than ever to keep a business growing and competing in today's market, not just for salons, but for manufacturers, distributors, schools, and everyone else serving the professional nail salon industry.

Cyndy Drummey wrote