Miranda Goodin welcomes Nailpro to Paint Nail Bar in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Miranda Goodin welcomes Nailpro to Paint Nail Bar in Louisville, Kentucky.
The Backstory
I visited Paint Nail Bar [in Nashville] for the first time about three years ago. When I walked in the doors, I fell in love with the brand. Everything was different. The salon was clean and refreshing, there was abundant energy and the atmosphere was uplifting and exciting. However, Louisville, Kentucky is about 2.5 hours from Nashville. I knew we didn’t have anything like that in our area. We visited a few more times on our trips to the area over the next year and decided we wanted to bring the brand to Louisville.
The Look
Luxury, modern, chic and refreshing, we love to be a place that clients come to unwind and relax. We want walking in the door to feel like a breath of fresh air to our clients. We keep our salon clean and bright.
Signature Services
We provide manicure and pedicure services. We offer regular polish, Dazzle Dry and gel polish manicures and pedicures. For nail enhancement services, we offer Apres Gel-X extensions and sculpted gel manicures with or without tips. We offer IBX nail strengthening treatments as well as paraffin wax treatments. We also offer simple and elaborate nail art. Gel-X has become very popular in our salon!
The Goods
Primers is our exclusive line of skin and nail care products. All ingredients are non-toxic, healthy, high performing and as responsibly sourced as possible using the best of science and nature. There are a variety of products such as cuticle oil, cuticle balm, body lotion, hand cream, foot scrub and hand soap.
Social Butterfly
We are on Instagram as @paint_louisville. We are on Facebook as well, Paint Nail Bar Louisville. We post about all of the services that we provide and the products we use in these services. We share nail art inspiration pictures. We post our technicians and staff along with some of our clients. We also share about our retail and events happening in the salon!
Up Close With Miranda Goodin
Nailpro (NP): What inspires you? 
Miranda Goodin welcomes Nailpro to Paint Nail Bar in Louisville, Kentucky.Courtesy of Paint Nail Bar Louisville
Miranda Goodin (MG): My family and seeing other people succeed and be happy inspires me. I love seeing my technicians grow in their career and watch their nail art come to life. I love being a part of their journey to success. I love seeing the clients come in with a vision with their nails and leaving with a smile on their face knowing they got exactly what they envisioned and more.
NP: What was the most challenging thing that happened while opening your salon?
MG: Coordinating every piece to keep the construction process on target was difficult.
NP: What piece of advice would you give to a new salon owner?
MG: Keep your eyes on the big picture. Believe in your business. Believe in your staff. Talk to everyone about your business.
NP: What motivated you to put health and wellness at the center of your nail salon?
MG: As someone who has always worked in healthcare, I wanted the health and wellness of my staff and clients to be the main focus. I know that working in and around chemicals can have serious side effects and/or repercussions.
NP: In what ways does your salon put the health and wellness of your nail techs and clients first?
MG: All tools used during the nail service have been sterilized in a hospital grade autoclave. Implements are pre-cleaned with soap and water, dried, sealed into a sterilization envelope and autoclaved. They remain sterile inside the envelope until your service begins. Autoclaving is the highest level of sterilization and is standard procedure at medical facilities in the U.S. (in accordance with AMA, FDA & EPA guidelines). This is the only process guaranteed to kill spores. Immersion disinfection, the standard practice used in salons, is not sufficient to completely eradicate all microbial life.
We also do not use UV lamps used for gel manicures – only LED! We have a one-time use of files and buffers. No matter how thoroughly cleaned, dangerous bacteria thrives in the plumbing and filters of whirlpool jets. Therefore, we have chosen ceramic pedicure basins that can be thoroughly cleaned between clients and are guaranteed not to harbor bacteria. At Paint, you can soak your toes worry-free with no “ick” factor.
At Paint, we believe that ingredients matter, which is why we are non-negotiable when it comes to which polish lines we use. Whether or not you are familiar with what 5-, 7- or 9-free means, we know that, if given the option, our clients want less exposure to toxins. Not only is this a critical component of our clients’ self-care (after all, taking care of yourself the healthiest way possible is key), but our talented nail technicians also reduce the risk of compromised health by working with less toxic products. Also, you won’t ever walk into Paint Nail Bar and experience unpleasant odors or see our technicians using drills .They aren’t necessary because our product lines are the healthies and cleanest (yes, think clean beauty) on the market.
NP: What is some advice you have for salon owners looking to make a shift to prioritize health/wellness in their salon?
MG: Educate your technicians on the “why” for everything you choose to do in the name of wellness in the salon. After that, educate the clients. Our clients love to know why we do things the way we do and also love to know that they have healthier options that at one time they weren’t aware of.
NP: I cannot discuss Paint Nail Bar without mentioning…
MG: our fume-free environment!
Come visit us…
Website: paintnailbar.com
Instagram: @paint_louisville
