Most of what you've built as a nail tech lives somewhere that belongs to someone else. Your photos sit on your phone. Your regulars ask for you by name at a salon that isn't yours. Polish Perfect gives you four things that are yours: a profile page, a jobs page that shows the pay, reviews that stay in your name, and a feed of what's open near you. Here's what each one does and how they work together.
How the four pieces fit together
It all starts with your profile. That's a page in your name with your photos, the services you do, and your client reviews. Reviews land on it when a client scans the QR code at your station. When you apply for a job, the owner gets a link to it. And the feed is the part you check: open chairs and supply deals near you, once you're signed in.
- Your profile: one link, polishperfect.co/nail-techs/your-name, that goes with you from salon to salon.
- Jobs: a page of open chairs for every city. Every post says how the job pays, and you apply privately by sending the owner your work.
- Reviews: a client scans your code, adds a photo and a rating, and the review goes up on your profile and on the salon's page.
- The feed: every open chair, supply deal, and referral offer within the distance you pick, sorted by newest or nearest.
All of it is free for techs. You don't pay for a profile, a review, or an application, and you never will.
Your profile: a page for your work
Make your profile first, because the other three pieces connect to it. You need a username, a few photos from your phone, and the services you do. It's live as soon as you save it. Here's what one looks like.
A client's review, in their own words, with the photo they took of the set.
Client at the salon you work at
After that, the page fills in on its own. Every review a client leaves adds its photo to your portfolio, with the salon's name on it. Your rating is the average of every review you've earned, at every salon. How the profile works, in detail.
Finding a job without asking what the pay is
Every city has a jobs page. Anyone can look, and the newest post is at the top. Each post says how the job pays, one of four ways: 60/40 commission, 70/30 commission, booth rental, or hourly plus tips with a range. Right next to it is the salon's average tips per day, shown as a range. You can filter the page by pay, tips, schedule, and role, so you only open the jobs you'd really take.
Applying is private. You sign in, then send three to five photos of your work and a short note. That starts a message thread with the owner in your inbox. Nobody else is told, and nothing shows on your public page. Don't want to keep checking the page? A weekly email sends the newest openings in your city every Thursday. How jobs work, in detail.
Start with your profile. Everything else connects to it
It's free and takes a few minutes on your phone. Your reviews, your photos, and your job applications all lead back to it.
Reviews that stay in your name
A review on Google or Yelp belongs to the salon's address. When you leave, it stays there. A review on Polish Perfect belongs to you and to the salon where you did the work. The client scans the QR code from your dashboard, takes a photo of the set, rates it, and writes a line. Once you've confirmed you work at that salon, the review goes up on your profile and on the salon's page, with your name on it in both places.
Change salons and your reviews come with you. Confirm the new salon, and the next reviews land on the same page. How reviews work, in detail.
The feed: what's open near you
Once you're signed in, your dashboard opens on the feed. It shows open chairs, supply store deals, and referral offers from salons and schools. You see what's within a set distance of your city, sorted by newest or by nearest. It's a good thing to check between clients. And a job at a salon 10 minutes away shows up before one across the county. How the feed works for techs.
What's public and what isn't
Your profile is public. Anyone with the link can see it, and the tech directory lists it once it has a photo. Everything else stays between you and the person on the other end.
- An application goes only to the owner of that post. Your current salon isn't told, and nothing on your profile shows that you applied anywhere.
- A review only goes up for a salon you've confirmed you work at. So nobody can pin a stranger's review on you.
- The feed is yours to look through. Nobody sees what you save or open there.
Licenses aren't part of the profile or the application. An owner who wants to check one uses the license lookup, which reads the state board directly.
What to do first
- 01Create your profile. Add a username, your city, the services you do, and 3 or 4 photos of your best sets. It takes a few minutes on your phone.
- 02Download your QR code from the Reviews page of your dashboard. Put it at your station, or keep it on your phone to show a happy client.
- 03When your first review comes in, confirm the salon you work at so the review goes up.
- 04When you're looking for work, open the jobs page for your city. Sign up for the Thursday email if you don't want to keep checking.
- 05Apply with your profile already built, so the owner sees your work before they reply.
Step 1 is the only one that takes any setup. Create your profile.