Meet Cyndy

For me, the beginning of my very long — and rewarding — career in the nail industry began inauspiciously when I got laid off from another magazine job in 1990. I loved the magazine, which was for hairstylists, but the concept never quite took hold, so the company closed the magazine and I lost my job very suddenly. However, I got a call for an interview from the publisher of NAILS before my first unemployment check arrived. So I guess it’s true that when one door closes another opens. All these years later, I’m still counting my lucky stars that I got my walking papers from the hair magazine.

 

The thing I like best about this magazine and this industry is the PEOPLE — the people out there in the nail business and the people in the office where I spend most days. The nail industry is filled with enjoyable people who believe, like I do, in the transformative power of beauty services. Sure, any nail tech knows that a pedicure can be a pick-me-up for anyone, but a true nail professional also knows that she can actually repair the self-esteem of a nail biter, for instance, when she helps a client break that bad habit.

 

Besides you, dear reader, I also love the people I work with (seriously, I actually married someone who used to work here). I’ve made some of my best friends here and we are sometimes more like family than colleagues. We work hard, we get to play around with beauty products, we travel together, we celebrate together, and we do work that I know makes a difference. Everyone should be so lucky. (That’s me in the picture with NAILS contributor and BeautyTech.com founder Debbie Doerrlamm at a recent trade show.)

 

(Even though I’m more behind the scenes now, I still enjoy hearing from you. So don’t hesitate to e-mail me if you have something to say.)

 

— Cyndy Drummey