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We’ve done our share, hope you can help too! Especially to those children in affected areas who are virtually our neighbours. See below letter from Save The Children organisation!

Please donate now to the Asia Pacific in Crisis Appeal. A survivor of Typhoon Ketsana sorts through his family’s soiled clothes. Thousands of people in the Philippine capital and nearby towns were marooned by flashfloods after the typhoon hit the main island of Luzon. The typhoon then moved to Vietnam where thousands of children have been forced to flee. At the same time earthquakes and tsunamis battered West Sumatra (Indonesia) and Samoa. REUTERS/Erik de Castro. For the latest information and updates to our response please click here Asia Pacific in Crisis Appeal Funds are urgently needed for tens of thousands of children across the Asia Pacific region affected by the devastating typhoons, earthquakes and tsunamis that have battered the area over the past few days. Thousands of people have been killed and millions more are homeless throughout the Philippines, Vietnam, Samoa and West Sumatra in Indonesia. Your continued support of our Global Neighbours program has made a real difference to children’s lives throughout the world. Thank you. Children are the most vulnerable in times of crisis and Save the Children has issued a global appeal for emergency funds for the current crisis in the Asia Pacific region. These funds will enable us to respond to children’s immediate humanitarian needs and initiate longer-term recovery programs. Save the Children is mobilising staff and resources to provide humanitarian assistance to children and families in Western Sumatra, Indonesia where a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Padang on September 30. According to early reports, the quake destroyed homes and buildings, cut communication and electricity, and damaged bridges in and around Padang, home to 900,000 people. “Children and their families have been forced from their homes and into an extremely stressful and dangerous environment,” said Mike Penrose, Director Emergency Programs for Save the Children Australia. “We are currently sending teams to help and assist in their recovery”. “Save the Children is providing assistance to support our partner organisations in the Samoan capital of Apia and we are in contact with our programs in the affected areas to get a sense of the extent of the damage, and the immediate needs,” he said. Save the Children Australia is leading a major relief effort in the three worst affected provinces of Vietnam. Typhoon Ketsana which, struck the Philippines and Vietnam, has caused the worst flooding in decades. Millions of people have been affected, many losing their homes and belongings to the torrents of water that swept through their neighbourhoods and communities. The next days and weeks will be crucial to children’s survival and well-being. They have endured a disaster on a scale they and their families have never seen before. We need your help now to support children and families devasted by this crisis. Across the Asia Pacific region, Save the Children expects to: Deliver essential relief packages such as non-food items and shelter Distribute food Provide health and nutrition activities Prioritise child protection work, including Child Friendly Spaces that provide a protective environment for children Emergency education Livelihood support to help families regain income and provide basic needs. Thank you for your current support of Save the Children around the world. Any additional help you can provide for the Asia Pacific Crisis Appeal today will help children and their families in their time of need. Yours sincerely Suzanne Dvorak Chief Executive

It is official, Manhattan Nails salon has once again made it to the short list of the Mosman Daily 2009 Business Achiever Award this year in the very competitive category of Beauty Services. We would like to extend our greatest appreciation to all our wonderful customers who had voted for us.

Don’t forget that you are in a draw for “a weekend getaway prize for 2 at the Crown Plaza Terrigal” from the paper publisher. It has just came to light that one of our loyal customers and long term dear friend voted for us last year and she won that prize. It was quite a treat she told us. So good luck to you all! The winner could very well be one of our customers again this year.

So times are tough and we’re no exception. But come visit us at Manhattan Nails salon this Winter season to relax and get away from all that doom and gloom everybody is talking about. Life is more than just those big headline news about money going down the drains.

So lets talk about keeping some in your pocket at Manhattan Nails. We’re pleased to offer our customers selected nail care services and nail care products at a super discount during these Winter months of up to 35% off and more.

Click here to see the full details -> HUGE WINTER NAIL CARE SALES

Looking forward to seeing you at our nail salon soon !

It is that time of the year again. Here is a chance for our valued customers like yourself to win an indulgent weekend escape for two at the newly transformed Crowne Plaza Terrigal!

Do we stand out from the crowd in Mosman? Nominate us as your favourite business and WIN!

Follow this link and click the vote icon to vote online  - > VOTE NOW

or look for the voting coupon in The Mosman Daily or vote when you visit us at your next appointment.

Thank you for your continued support.

Manhattan Nails team.

Season’s Greetings from all of us at Manhattan Nails and best wishes for the New Year!

The festive season is a great for us to have some downtime and getting together for some quality time with family and friends. Manhattan Nails and staff will be doing the same when Christmas and New Year come.

In the meantime, we are remaining opened until Christmas eve, closing on 25th and 26th of December. Manhattan Nails salon will be back to get everyone ready for the 2009 New Year Eve party!

Wishing everyone a safe holiday and remember to keep your nails healthy and beautiful for this party season!

So you’ve spent months on end to grow out your nails, perhaps after you’d spent years wearing nail enhancements  but decided to take them off, using the perfect nail strengthener regime until you nails are now longer, stronger, and guess what … it’s about to snap?  It’s true and it is very common.

Once your nails have reached optimum strength, continuing to harden them can actually make them brittle.  And after all that effort! Well, too much of a good thing is not always a healthy thing.

But don’t despair though, there is an answer and it’s the new Maintenance Formula Nail Envy from OPI. That’s what the product rep from OPI distributor told us when she last visited our salon and we raised our common concern brought to our attention from clients. According to OPI, this newest addition to the Nail Envy Natural Nail Strengthener line, new Maintenance Formula has just the right balance of strengthening and protecting ingredients to help strong nails stay that way.   If nails are weak, start with one of the five Nail Envy custom formulas designed to get them strong — Original, Matte, Dry & Brittle, Soft & Thin, or Sensitive & Peeling.  Follow the directions carefully, and once your nails are beautifully strong, switch over to Maintenance Nail Envy to keep nails at their best.  Finally, you can now have strong nails that are your own, and keep them, too.

Many times we have been asked by clients and even other nail professionals if switching from one product line or type to another will alleviate skin allergy symptoms for those who opted for artificial nail enhancements.  Since we’d been trained and taught at Nails and Beauty Schools that all artificial nail related products ’share’ many of the common chemicals, we always tell them ‘no‘.  Once an allergic, we are allergic for life, sobering but true, so the best way to alleviate the problem of allergic reaction, is to soak off the enhancements in an approved remover, perform a good natural nail manicure, and prescribe a Nail Toughener/Strengthener (such as Toughen Up by Creative Nail Design, Nail Strengthener by OPI or Revitalnails Strengthener) that will help to give the nail plate more strength by revitalising the nail plate until it grows out naturally.

We notice that this is not a very popular answer and not at all pleasing to hear for clients, who insist that they had always wear enhancements in the past without such allergy or symptom. But consider the following technical notes from Doug Schoon, M.S., Vice President of Science and Technology, Creative Nail Design. 

Allergic reactions to many types of cosmetics may occur when the skin is repeatedly exposed to small amounts of allergy causing ingredients.  Dermatologists have a special name for allergy causing substances; they are called allergens.  For example, pollen is a common allergen.  In fact, most allergens are natural substances, (i.e. poison ivy, ragweed).  Some ingredients used in cosmetics may also be allergens.  Usually these ingredients are beneficial for the vast majority of people.  However, just as there are people sensitive to pollens, some people are sensitive to cosmetic ingredients.  Of course, the great majority never experience any problems.  But, a smaller number of people may develop skin allergies when exposed over a period of time.  Allergic skin reactions usually occur after several months (or years) of exposure to the ingredient’s.  It is important to understand that cosmetic related skin allergies usually don’t happen right away.

Fragrance ingredients are the most common cosmetic allergens.  In fact, sensitivity to preservatives (necessary for proper shelf-life) and fragrances account for most cosmetic-related skin allergies.  Of course, other types of ingredients may also cause sensitive clients to develop symptoms such as redness, itching or other signs of irritation.  Simple irritations usually reverse themselves when exposure is discontinued.  However, symptoms may worsen with repeated exposure or could develop into skin allergies.  Once skin develops an allergic sensitivity to an ingredient, the allergy will be permanent! Continue reading →

Since the recent TV current affair program reporting an unfortunate incident of a lady client who had her toe nails badly damaged and infected, allegedly caused by getting her TOE NAILS done at a cheap and unprofessional salon, naturally we were concerned and our clients had also raised their fears with us here at Manhattan Nails.

Here are what we think and like to reassure the points of difference between Manhattan Nails and other nail places:

Such a story tend to generate undesirable impact to similar business because the story generalised every other salon businesses in a negative light and failed to point out the good quality nail salon from the bad. This is not the first time such a story was aired. There were others with similar tone, whether in healthcare field, hairdressing cases and more. And the impacts were almost always the same. These stories supposedly meant to keep the public informed about malpractices and/or unsafe products and treatments. But somehow most of the times all we get were FEARS.

These sorts of stories are understandable, as often the media tend to only sensationalise the issue and do not examine the full story, from both sides in terms of cause and affect. We hope and wish that they researched their story professionally. Journalism is a profession with ethics and proper conducts right?
In any case, here at our salon, first and foremost, we take our customer’s safety and health issue extremely seriously. We take no compromises when health and safety are concerned, both for our clients and our nail technicians. Hygienic sanitisation and safe practice are of paramount importance. Even if that means turning away clients who have unsuitable nails condition, which we must ask to get medical treatment first before we offer any nail care services. Our loyal customers can attest to this. We called such practice professionalism and quality care. Every technician here is trained and well aware of this practice.

Secondly, we have never advised and/or done acrylic or gel enhancements on toenails for any clients ever. In fact, we very often advise against doing so when customer ask for or had them done from elsewhere.

Why? Well the current affair program mentioned above is one of the many reasons.

Without wearing acrylic or gel toenails, one is already prone to fungal infection naturally if personal hygiene are not observed sufficiently or neglected. If you have acrylic covering your toenails, this will increase the chance for infection ten folds because moistures and dirt will be easily trapped between the acrylic and the toenail plate, especially if the acrylic was not sealed properly during the enhancement process. This will become a place of breeding ground for bacteria. And you know how bad the feet can get since they go many places we rather not mention, particular in public showers in the gyms or pools etc, unlike your finger nails where you look after them much better than your feet, a very important part of the body but often a neglected area.

Foot care, whether from regular pedicure treatments or from your local podiatrist are essential. And remember to stay correctly informed and get the right treatments for them. If you are unsure, always ask the pros, not the TV reporters ! (only joking , apology to our TV reporter clients).