It’s where Asian American women steal away to de-stress amid tensions; where elders get their perms and reminisce of their home countries between rinses. For many Asian Americans, the shooting ...
When celebrities walk the red carpet at Hollywood’s biggest events, they show off an unexpected statement piece — their nails. Bold colors, intricate designs and acrylics are spotted on the hands of ...
PHILADELPHIA - Kim Nguyen, her face behind a mask, worked with the concentration of a surgeon. She trimmed the cuticles of the long fingers before her, careful not to nick the skin. The hue on each ...
When Kathy Pham immigrated from Saigon, Vietnam, to San Rafael, California, in 1989, she was 18 years old and searching for opportunity. To make a living, Pham turned to a line of work a lot of other ...
In a boutique beauty salon in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, women recline on massage chairs as their toenails are filed, buffed, polished and carefully painted with a colour of their choice. "In summer ...
Nail salons are predominantly owned by Asians, no matter what community they are placed in (black, white, etc.). With the release of the video exposing a Brooklyn beauty shop attacking Black women ...
Consider the Nguyen Salon, a small but popular nail salon in Houston, Texas, owned by Mai Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American entrepreneur. Recently, Nguyen Salon fell victim to a sophisticated phishing ...