본 연구는 네일 케어 방법에 따라 위험지각과 만족도를 분석하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이를 알아보기 위하여 네일 케어의 두 가지 방식인 니퍼 케어와 드릴케어로 나누어 각각의 소비자의 인식, 위험지각 그리고 만족도에 대한 문항 구성하였다. 또한 인구통계학적 특성 문항을 포함한 설문 200부를 표본으로 하여 통계 분석을 시행하였다. 연구 결과, 드릴케어 와 니퍼케어 모두 위험 지각 구성요인이 만족도와 유의한 선형관계에 있으며, 통계적으로 유의한 수준으로 확인되었다. 두 유형 모두 성과적 위험지각은 유의하게 정의 관계를 보였 다. 시술에 대한 불안이 큼에도 결과적 만족, 즉 구매라는 행동 의도로 이어져 유의미한 가 치를 제공했다. 이러한 결과를 통해 네일 산업 연구에 시사점을 제시하였으며, 더 실증적인 결과물을 제시하여 산업의 발전에 활용할 수 있도록 하였다.

본 논문은 네일 케어 시에 이미 지각된 불안감과 효용성이 최종 만족도에 어떤 영향을 미치는 지에 대해 분석하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 연구의 목적을 달성하기 위해 네일케어 유형 중 드릴케어와 니퍼케어를 모두 받아본 적이 있는 고객을 모집단으로 설정하여 최종 160부를 유효 표본으로 하여 통계 분석 하였다. 설문 응답은 2023년 04월 10일~05월 10일 까지 오프라인 점포 방문 고객 및 구글 온라인 설문지 배포를 통해 네일케어 인지 및 경험 여부, 인식 및 만족도 및 인구통계적 문항을 조사하였다. 변수별 구성 차원의 타당성을 확 인하기 위해, Varimax-직교회전 방식의 요인분석을 실시하였다. 통계는 WIN SPSS 25.0를 사용하였다. 변수 간의 영향 관계 검증은 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 연구 결과로 드릴케어가 니퍼케어보다 고객 인식에서 불안함이 더 큰 관리방식이지만, 그만큼 지각하는 효용성이 크며 결과적으로 만족도가 더 높은 시술임을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 이러한 결과를 바탕으 로 향후 네일 업계 실무 종사자들의 전문성을 높이고 고객의 신뢰도를 높이고자 하는 시사점을 제언하였다.

Consumers’ desire for beauty has become a driving force in the beauty service industry which was further developed through specialization and segmentation. Nail-care service, which is one of the beauty services, is showing rapid growth, and intense competition among salons has become apparent. Thus, service management method and marketing strategy are required for customer satisfaction. Therefore, in this study, we tried to classify the nail-care services on the basis of systematization and realization of its characteristics which are fundamental when developing management and marketing strategies. The subjects of this study were women in their 20s and above living in Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Incheon areas. As a result, the nail-care service factors are classified as “external environment” (interior, celebrity, newness), “internal environment” (equipment and products, cleanliness, and environment), “location” (location and transportation convenience), “reputation” (good reputation), “technician skill,” “kindness,” “relationship” (relationship, empathy, and affinity), and “price and discount.” The consumer types of nail-care services were classified into three groups according to the degree of involvement of these concept systems. These results can be used as marketing basics and will be the basis for studying marketing strategies. However, the consideration of setting up a marketing strategy for each consumer type will be presented in a follow-up study.

Nail-care services are growing rapidly. If causes for the increase in nail-care service consumption is diversion or self-satisfaction, we can speculate that consumers perform self-care through nail-care services. Nail-care-service consumption should be allowed to increase because of the positive psychological effects such as improving mood or alleviating depressed emotions. Moreover, the psychological effects of nail-care services differ according to consumers’ tendencies. Therefore, this study divides the types of consumers, to investigate whether there is a difference in the psychological effects of nail-care services depending on the types. This study used the questionnaire survey method. Results of the study revealed that the sub-factors of self-esteem, extracted as two factors, were “personal self-esteem” and “social self-esteem”. Consumers were classified according to the sub-factors of self-esteem into four groups. There were differences in the psychological effects of nail-care services according to these four groups. It was found that all groups had psychological effects above the average value. This result indicates that only the degrees of psychological effects differ in accordance with the types of self-esteem, and that psychological effects generally play a large role in all types. Since psychological effects were positive for everyone regardless of their self-esteem, utilizing nail-care services considerably reduces the depression and anxiety of modern people. Nail-care services expected to become the basis of the nail therapy field.

Per capita nail-products use and airborne VOCs emission in four techniques of nail care (full coat coloring, UVgel polish, repair silk, and acrylic overlay) are estimated in this study. These assessments were carried out in a sealed test chamber using artificial hand and nails. A polish remover and a gel cleanser as cleanser and acrylic liquid as solvent were the most commonly used nail products in all 4 of the nail care techniques. Acetone, isopropyl alcohol, and methanol, which are major components of a polish remover, were commonly detected in all nail care techniques while acetone was detected the most. In addition to these airborne VOCs, a variety of other components such as ethyl acetate, cyclohexane, and toluene were identified in full coat coloring technique. In the process of UV-gel polish care technique, the main airborne VOCs were caused by solvents and were not involved in the curing process of UV gels (base gel and top gel) and gel bonder. In the case of repair silk nail care techniques, which generated the most VOCs, the total amount of VOCs detected was about 1,118.8 ± 359.6 mg/capita. Of the VOCs, butane (862.2 ± 283.9 mg/capita), which is contained in glue dryer, represented the largest share. In the process of acrylic overlay nail care technique, ethyl methacrylate (EMA), which is the basic element of acrylic, and highly toxic methyl methacrylate (MMA) were detected at 396.6 ± 42.3 mg/capita and 141.8 ± 8.2 mg/capita, respectively. The per capita data is very useful in designing a ventilation system for environmental improvement of a nail shop and setting a health care policy for nail artists and customers.