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So Jen brought this to our attention like a week ago, man.

Nail salon started to freak her out a little bit.

Well, nail salons have always freaked people out.

And you guys remember when Paula Abdul had that thing where she almost lost her thumb because of an infection.

And that was an infection that she got at a nail salon that was not using, you know, hygienic tools to do the manicures and pedicures. And so I think it's on women's minds a lot, especially if you're somebody like me who has to have the manny and petty done. Hey, Adam. For the most part, are they safe? Are they clean? Or do you really got to know where you're heading? Well, I mean, it's just like anything. And we talk about restaurants on this show. Some are, some aren't. And really, I think the best advice is to be your own officer or your own

patrol when you walk into these places because there are nine board members on the state board

of cosmetology, all right, and they're all appointed by the governor. There are not that many

inspectors out there. And the state tries to go and inspect these places on a regular basis, which, if you're lucky, is once a year. So you've got to be your own advocate when you walk into these places and be looking. And if you see something, of course, you've got to go to the State Board of Cosmetology and let them know so that they can send somebody out to check it out. There's no rating system like there is in restaurants. There's not a number score or a letter grade score, no. I mean, they go in, they do an inspection, and that inspection is posted right when you walk in. It should be on the wall in, you know, plain view when you walk in a salon.

And you can look at it. And, you know, it's got a list of 28 things they're looking for.

Everything from cleaning the supplies to making sure that everybody is licensed.

And, you know, they go down this list. And if you're in violation, then you get fine.

And, you know, I found a couple of places

this week, and I pulled some of the most recent inspections. And one of them in particular

was fined over $2,000 because they had several different infractions when the inspector

actually walked in. So, you know, you should look for the inspection when you walk in. You're not

going to see a letter grade or a numerical score.

What are the infractions that they could get busted for? Just looking at some of the infractions that are on the list. Like I said, they want to make sure that the place is currently licensed. They want to make sure that the people working there are properly licensed. And there's a pretty lengthy process. They have to take exams and things like that in order to get the right license.

And that's one of the infractions I see come up. licensed and there's a pretty lengthy process. They have to take exams and things like that

in order to get the right license. And that's one of the infractions I see come up often when I look at

these inspections at nail salons are people that are working there without a license. And if they

don't have a license and you know, you're getting a manny-petty or whatever, that's kind of a concern as far as I see it, just because these people should know exactly what to do, especially when it comes to sanitizing the utensils and stuff like that. And if they're not licensed, they may not know what to do to actually make sure everything is safe. Or if when it comes to waxing. Yes. Because a lot of these places do waxing treatments

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