The Thai Lyfe Podcast (Minh Thai)
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| 03 May 2024 | My Family Trip To Vietnam | Episode 1 | 00:16:16 | |
I decided to take my family on a vacation to Vietnam this March of 2024. I wanted my 3 young children to experience the life of their ancestors homeland. I also wanted to show them that the life that they have in American is much easier than the people that live in Vietnam. This trip was an eye opener because we gotten to visited Ha Noi for the first time and we saw the most beautiful scene in Ninh Binh. After Ha Noi, we flew to Da Nang and that is where we visited some relative and did some charity. This kind of trip is what makes me thrive to do better for myself in order to make a difference in other life. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 17 May 2024 | NAIL TECH = CLIENTELE | Episode 2 | 00:12:05 | |
Being a Nail Technician, the number one focus will be building a strong clientele. In today nail industry, there are so many way to grow your client such as social media, waiting for walk-ins, and referral. In this podcast, I will explain to you ways for nail technician to build their client and boost their career. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 18 May 2024 | Nail Pricing = Super Cheap | Episode 3 | 00:10:15 | |
When it comes to getting your nails done, a lot of clients believe that the price for nail has increase dramatically. However, I am here to share with you that the price for nails that you are paying right now is still cheap. With today technology, more nail techs are becoming artist, and the art that they are able to put on these nails can be very costly. Also, due to inflation, supplies and overhead expense also has increase a lot on the technician which forces them to raises their price in nail service. On the positive note, I will tell you why you are still paying for cheap nail price compare to the near future. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 18 May 2024 | $5 Mo' add on in the Nail Salon is not a SCAM | Episode 4 | 00:09:51 | |
If you ever gotten your nails done at an Asian Nail Salon, you usually will hear the term "$5 Mo" for every add-ons. Some client out there believe the term "$5 Mo" is a scam because whenever the client ask for an additional service, the nail tech would always say "$5 Mo". So, I will explain to you why Asian Nail tech likes to use the term "$5 Mo" versus other amount. I will also prove to you that '$5 Mo" is not a SCAM. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 20 May 2024 | Before you quit your 9 to 5 job to become a Nail Technician | Episode 5 | 00:11:38 | |
If you are working a 9 to 5 job right now and you are thinking about becoming a Nail technician because you see how easy it is, and the amount that nail tech are charging and you want to make that kind of money. Well, the answer is of course you can, but it will take some times and dedication to build skills and clienteles. In this podcast, I will share with you the process of starting out as a Nail Technician, which can be the break or make of your career in the nail industry. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 20 May 2024 | Nail Salons Are Not Racist | Episode 6 | 00:11:53 | |
Recent, there was a video that gone viral regarding a client not being happy with her nails because she had to paid $175 for a full sets of nails with French tips, and a full set on her toes, and a French pedicure. The client was very upset about the price and did not wanted to pay until they called they police. After the incident, the client went on TikTok and claimed that the salon was being racist against her. In this podcast, I would like to share with you my thought on the situation and why I believe nail salon is not racist. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 20 May 2024 | When I Got Phone Scam | Episode 7 | 00:10:56 | |
Phone scamming has become so popular, and everyday more and more people are being scammed and losing a long of money. Well, this happened to me when I first started my full service beauty salon. The phone scammer caught on a bad day and took $1300 from me and it really hurts. I do not want this to happen to anyone and hoping my story will keep you aware of these nasty phone scammers. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 20 May 2024 | Starting My first Beauty Salon | Episode 8 | 00:24:16 | |
Starting my own beauty salon was always the goal since I started my career in the nail industry. At first, I was thinking about purchasing somebody beauty salon, but most of them are so expensive and look outdated. So, I decided to do some research to see how much it would cost me to build my own salon, which that was the route that I took. In this podcast, I want to share with you my journey on my first start up beauty salon, so that you can use my experience to get your own salon going one day. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 20 May 2024 | License Nail Technician vs. Non-Licensed Nail Technician | Episode 9 | 00:11:02 | |
With social media today, you can learn how to do nails by watching on Youtube, Tiktok, and Instagram, which makes a lot of nail technicians don't want to go get their Manicuring License. From my point of view, it is always best to have a working license especially nail is a technical career, but I also understand that there are circumstances that prevent nail technician to be non-licensed. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 23 May 2024 | From Nail Technician to Content Creator | Episode 10 | 00:14:27 | |
In 2024, more nail technicians are becoming content creator, nail influencer, and educator. With social media, it has open so many doors for nail technicians to market themselves and create different ways to earn within their niche. Just like myself, this is how I went from being a nail technician, salon owner, and a content creator. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 23 May 2024 | Salon Stateboard Inspection Can Be SCARY | Episode 11 | 00:11:32 | |
A lot of times, we hear stories about state board inspection in a salon could be scary and costly. However, if nail technician follows state board rules and regulations then we should not be worries about the inspection. It is also important that we know the process of a state board inspection so that we would not be clueless when certain problem occur. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 23 May 2024 | Asian Nail Technician are NOT talking about the client in their language! | Episode 12 | 00:11:20 | |
In the nail industry, there are a lot of asian nail salon and a lot of them english is the second languages, therefore; you will hear asian nail technician speaking in their language in front of the client, but I can ensure you that we are not talking about the client. Most of the time, we are talking about who is taking in the next service, and where and such is the product. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 24 May 2024 | Most Common Ways Nail Technician Makes Money | Episode 13 | 00:14:56 | |
Starting out as a Nail Technician could be very hard to know which is the best route for you to make money. In this podcast, I will break down 5 different ways nail technician could make money and start their career out the right way. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 24 May 2024 | Nail Technician Up Their Prices In Service To Match Their Lifestyle | Episode 14 | 00:11:07 | |
In the nail industry, whenever a nail technician up their prices in service, then some client will assume that they are raising their price to match their luxury lifestyle. However, I have seen so many nail technician work so hard and put in so many hours to earn their luxury lifestyle and I will tell you how and why. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 24 May 2024 | When The Client Makes A Nails Appointment But Do A NO CALL NO SHOW | Episode 15 | 00:11:16 | |
As a nail technician, we really value our time and when a client decided to book an appointment, but do not show up or even call to let the nail technician know in advance can be very disappointing. This is the reason why a lot of private nail technicians are taking appointment deposit. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 29 May 2024 | Dating is challenging in today generation. | Episode 16 | 00:12:23 | |
Whenever I go to work at my salon, a lot of my client always talks about their dating life and relationship. After hearing so many break up stories from my clients, I come to realization that dating is not the same like before. Technology has make dating and connecting with other so much easier, but it could also end quickly. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 29 May 2024 | Now I know Why Marriage Is The Hardest Thing | Episode 17 | 00:13:15 | |
Growing up people would tell me, "Do not get married!" but I do not understand why. Well, now that I have been married for 11 years, I truly know the meaning of, "Do not get married!". For more content, please follow: | |||
| 29 May 2024 | Different Types of Nail Extensions That Works For You | Episode 18 | 00:12:18 | |
When you go to a nail salon today, you will see different nail extension services such as acrylic, gel press, poly gel, manicure, and etc. All of this methods can be so confusing for you as a client if you do not know which is best for your nails. In this podcast, I will break down all the details that will help you understand the differences between each nail extension methods. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 29 May 2024 | How Did I Survive The Last 11 Years Of My Marriage So Far | Episode 19 | 00:17:57 | |
There was an episode that I talked about how marriage is the hardest thing in life, and someone mentioned that I should talk about how to make a marriage last. Well, I am still trying to figure that you, but in the mean time, all I can do is share with you that I have been through in my marriage and how I over came all the emotional moment in my marriage. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 30 May 2024 | Does Wearing Artificial Nails Damage Your Natural Nails | Episode 20 | 00:12:21 | |
There are so people that believe wearing artificial nails can damage your natural nails. This could be true, and it could be false because it all depends on the nail technician that you are going to and how you self-care for your nails. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 17 Jun 2024 | How much do Nail Technician really makes? | Episode 21 | 00:11:04 | |
A lot of times client assume that nail technician makes a lot of money for what they charged for their services. However, client do not realize that nail technician also have other overhead cost such as supplies, rent, or commission base. In this podcast, I will break down 3 different ways nail technician makes their earning. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 19 Jun 2024 | Nail Chat with Nail Tech & Social Media Influencer Thuc Nguyen aka Naildadstudio | Episode 22 | 00:53:01 | |
When I was in Orlando Fl, I met up with Thuc Nguyen who is a nail tech, nail education, and social media influencer in the nail community. In this podcast, we will talk about going to beauty show, life as a nail tech, nail pricing, and dealing with different types of client. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 06 Jul 2024 | STEM Learning is the NEXT BIG THING with Robotic Coach Due Hoang | Episode 24 | 00:19:38 | |
STEM Learning is the next big thing in education. I got the honor to sit down with Robotic National Champion Due Hoang to talk about why it is important that kids should join Robotic program. In this podcast, my goal is to get as much answers as possible for parents that are interested in putting their kids in a Robotic program. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 05 Jul 2024 | I don't know want to be a Salon Owner anymore. | Episode 23 | 00:12:39 | |
In this podcast, I want to share with you the reasons why I do not want to be a owner salon. I know a lot of us nail technician, when we talk for someone, we have a vision that we want to own a salon and have our own business because we want to help the next generation. Well, after being a salon owner, I learned that you can help people, but some people do not want to be help. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 11 Jul 2024 | 3 Things That Nail Technician Needs To Avoid In The Nail Salon | Episode 25 | 00:11:08 | |
In this podcast, I want to elaborate about 3 things that nail technician needs to avoid in the nail salon. The first problem is when a nail technician is jealous of another nail technician. The second problem that we need to avoid is fighting over another clientele. Lastly, the problem that nail technician is not willing to learning new trend or technique to improve their skills and career. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 11 Jul 2024 | 3 Biggest Decisions That Will Impact You As A Nail Technician | Episode 26 | 00:12:20 | |
As a nail technician, we make decisions throughout our career to better ourselves. However, there will be 3 decisions that you have to make as a nail technician such as, when to increase your price in service, when to fired a client that is making your work harder, and when to quit a salon that you have been working for awhile. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 12 Jul 2024 | Some Eventful Stories That I Encountered In The Nail Salon | Episode 27 | 00:12:34 | |
As long as I've been a nail technician, I have seen and experiences many occasions in the nail salon that I am willing to share with you today. I hope this podcast will give you good laugh. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 15 Jul 2024 | What Is Your True Meaning Of Being Successful? | Episode 28 | 00:10:55 | |
The reason why I want to talk about being successful in this podcast because I know like success is being define by each individual. I believe that one person success is different from another person success. Some people success is define by how much money you have, and other people success is having a peace of mind and a full night of sleep. What is your meaning of being success? For more content, please follow: | |||
| 16 Jul 2024 | The Things That Make The Client Get UPSET In The Nail Salon | Episode 29 | 00:12:17 | |
Throughout my nail career, I have seen so mean situation that causes the client to be upset in the nail salon that could be preventable. The problems that I see happening in the nail salon that make the client upsets are not taking appointment client on time, rushing during services, speaking in their language in front of the client. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 22 Jul 2024 | Nail Technician Average Income is 21k-29k Yearly | Episode 30 | 00:12:18 | |
In this podcast, I am breaking the yearly income that nail technician really makes on average. I want to make sure you know what you are getting yourself into when thinking of becoming a nail technician. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 24 Jul 2024 | My Best Friend Gave Me An Interview About How I Started As A Nail Technician | Episode 31 | 00:25:20 | |
My best friend wanted you to know more about me, so he decided to take over my podcast and gave me an interview. In this interview, I share with you my start as a nail tech and how I merge into being a content creator. I hope this podcast inspire to be a nail technician or a content creator. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 10 Aug 2024 | Should Nail Salon Start Charging Client Before Services | Episode 32 | 00:10:24 | |
In the nail salon, there has been a lot of incidents where clients are running out without paying for services. In this podcast, I want to discuss the fact that nail salon should start charging the client before starting any services in order to prevent client from running out without paying. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 11 Aug 2024 | Do Not Let Any One Put You Down | Episode 33 | 00:10:47 | |
All my life, I have always be judge about who I am. In this podcast, I want to share with you some of my childhood and young adult life experiences when I have been judge for the career that I was in as a Nail Technician. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 12 Aug 2024 | Asian Nail Salon Treat Different Nationalities NOT The SAME | Episode 34 | 00:12:31 | |
From reading the comments on my social media page, I noticed that people are saying they are being treated different in the nail salon because of the nationality. In this podcast, I will explain to you that Asian nail salon do not treat anyone different. The only thing that we expects in our nail technician is hard working and honesty. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 14 Aug 2024 | 5 Funny Facts About Nail Technician Working In A Nail Salon | Episode 35 | 00:10:28 | |
In this podcast, I will list out 5 funny facts that most nail technician encounter when working in a nail salon. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 16 Aug 2024 | The Things That Clients Expect To Be FREE In A Nail Salon | Episode 36 | 00:12:54 | |
In this podcast, I will give you some example of things that clients want to be FREE in a nail salon. For more content, please follow: | |||
| 18 Aug 2024 | Nail Technician Gets The Worst Clientele In The Beauty Industry | Episode 37 | 00:12:40 | |
As long as I have been in the beauty industry, I have experience a lot of problem from client in a nail salon. I am not sure why nail technician get treated the worst such as client complaining about nail tech being too expensive, we do not clean our tools, and etc. For more content, please follow: | |||