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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
In the lawsuit, Vietnamese American salon owners say California's labor code is discriminatory because it unfairly requires nail technicians to be classified as employees. (William Liang/For The Times ...