(Being a traveling manicurist) If there can be a traveling hairstylist, there can be a traveling manicurist. In fact, there already is. In Las Vegas, one woman reportedly pulled in $5,000 in one year just doing nails on a part-time portable basis. As with the hairstylist, the manicurist has to be good at her work, have the right equipment, and be able to get around. The same kind of marketing tactics will help: display ads, circulars, bulletins, publicity stories, and even handing a bunch of your business cards to the traveling hairstylist.