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A typical day

Salon opens at 10am. A gel manicure, an acrylic fill, a pedicure, a full set with art that takes two hours. Between clients, disinfect tools, wipe the table, run the file over. Walk-ins on a Saturday can mean no lunch. Hunched over hands all day under a lamp, breathing dust and fumes through a mask. Home-studio techs book their own days and do their own taxes.