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SEARCHWhile at ISSELB15, Holly got to see Jessica's new long-lasting polish and ONS's hygro gel.
Monday was day two for me at ISSE and it started out with exploring the booths and taking in some demos. Some booths I stopped by were: Nail Labo, Akzentz, ONS, the Blogger Café, Starlight, Jessica, Gelish, the Beauty Bus, the Beauty Bar, Nail Tek, Seche, and CND.
The Beauty Bus offers services to the chronically or terminally ill and their caregivers. If you would like some more info or to see if you can volunteer, click here.
Another booth you might have found interesting was Jessica. Kris Ruffin invited me into the booth for a walk through of their launch for the weekend.
Jessica launched Phenom which is their newest long-lasting polish creation. While a lot of the manufacturers have gotten away from using a base coat, Jessica designed their new long-lasting polish to be partnered with any of their current treatment basecoats.
This is a great idea as so many people would like to wear nail polish. The treatments can smooth the natural nail for a perfect nail surface to pull off polish on its own. The imagery caught my eye as a stunning piece and I appreciated the time Kris took to explain the product!
Another stop was the ONS booth to watch a demo of the hydro gel. Joseph Pham gave some insight as a coworker did the demo. It was pretty fascinating to watch and I’m curious as to how I can recreate the effects with the products I use. I’m looking forward to playing with it.
I ran into Helena and Ian from Scratch Magazine as well as the crew from NAILS, shopped a little bit, and just enjoyed the atmosphere of the show. To finish out there was a memorial for Vicki Peters at the competition awards. Afterward, it was time to head out and set up for the class I was teaching. That’s a whole other blog though lol.
Here I am sharing a very comprehensive and well-rounded almost back to work package of information for you from Virox (Rejuvenate) that is the complete set of materials to help you feel confident that everything is in place and ready to go, even if you are already back at work!
Every Tuesday for the next four weeks, Holly will be doing an alcohol ink tutorial.
National Nail Tech Day is May 30, and to celebrate YOU, Virox and I would like to offer up the opportunity to win a canister of disinfecting wipes.
Join me Wednesday evening 5/27/20 for a Live chat on Facebook with Dr Spalding to get some idea of what it takes to be that level of clean and safe.
If your salon has re-opened, you may have found some challenges with wearing a face shield while working. If not, here are some tips that could help save you some headaches when you do get back.
This video is a really awesome resource for figuring out a reasonable hourly rate for yourself in addition to seeing the average your area can bear in service prices in some ways.
Have you ever heard of the stages of grief? With everything going on, we are grieving our “normal”. That means you should give yourself permission to feel the way you feel.
Has all this PPE business got you down? Does it feel like it cramps your style? One way to help it cheer you up which will in turn cheer up your clients is to add some sparkle.
For those of you that like a little data with your info, here is some really interesting information from salon owner Michele Baker in Georgia. Being one of the first states to open left the salon owners to scramble to learn a lot of things on their own and many have been generous in sharing things they have figured out to help make operating in the COVID-19 world more systematic and understandable.
Holly orders Wildflowers Nails in a Box and tries it out Live.
Holly demonstrates how to do a vertical ombre on nails with the help of Winnie Huang.
Holly shares two videos to help you practice your liquid and powder technique.
Holly and Shelena Robinson show how to make a runway rose fit for everyday.
Holly helps you practice your hard gel technique.
Holly will be doing two Instagram Lives next week on PPE.
It has been quite a while since I made a video for the e-file chronicles so an update to that seemed in order. The latest installment is removing gel-polish from an enhancement.
Holly has a jam-packed week of live talks and demos on social media!
