Last May, Austin, Texas, nail salon Lacquer provided services to women who are rarely able to take time for themselves: mothers of chronically ill...
https://www.nailsmag.com/604275/austin-nail-salon-brings-manis-to-mothers-of-children-with-cancer
Nail tech Stephanie Shelton of Greensboro, N.C., started her charity, Heal the Sole, because she wanted to use her professional expertise to give back to...
https://www.nailsmag.com/604140/north-carolina-event-provides-foot-care-for-the-homeless-1
After becoming a salon owner, Delane Sims wanted to help others succeed too, so in 1999 she began inviting struggling mothers to work at her salon and...
https://www.nailsmag.com/377981/nail-salons-charity-helps-single-mothers-find-success
Nail tech Ruthy Carter of Tofield, Alberta, Canada has always been an animal lover, so when a friend told her about a disabled kitten born on a farm who...
https://www.nailsmag.com/378663/my-other-life-ruthy-carter-kitten-caretaker
Portland, Ore.-based nail tech Courtney Havens is an important figure in children’s lives: She drives foster kids to school, appointments, and visits...
https://www.nailsmag.com/378799/my-other-life-courtney-havens-child-welfare-driver
For Yuba City, Calif.-based nail tech Kristina Carlson, manicuring became a life-changing experience when she visited the hurricane-devastated city of...
https://www.nailsmag.com/379475/nail-tech-provides-manicures-on-hurricane-damaged-caribbean-island