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SEARCHTo do the weekend at Nail Camp justice, Holly will break it down into a few blogs for you.
Playing tourist with Braden from Nail Talk Radio. We went to see the troll under the bridge in Seattle. To give you an idea how big he is, that's a VW bug under his hand!
Have you been to #nailcamp yet? If not, you are missing out on the chance to say “This one time, at nail camp . . .” as well as some awesome education opportunities and a flat out good time! This was my first year to give it a go and it was so much fun. I think there was a goofy grin on my face at all times. The summer camp atmosphere made things feel laid back and this translated into an easy learning environment. To do the weekend justice, I will break it down into a few blogs for you!
The beautiful madness that is registration day.
To start the weekend off you can drive or fly into Seattle and get in a bit of sightseeing, meet up with some of the attendees for dinner, then ferry over the next morning for sign in. You are also welcome to arrive the day of registration, to accommodate whatever fits best into your budget and schedule. Day one consisted of registration and a class. The class for nail techs with five years experience or less was taught by Vicki Peters and the class for the more experienced nail techs was done by Amy Becker. I helped Vicki evaluate attendee nails and give them individual tips, so that’s the class I was in and have notes for. If you were in Amy’s class, please feel free to leave us some notes in the comments!
The one and only, Vicki Peters.
Vicki taught an abbreviated version of her Refine and Design class. She started out with tips on knowing your shapes. What is the client actually asking for? Their verbiage may not match yours, so you want to have a thorough understanding of shape in order to determine the difference between what they are asking for and what they actually want. For example, did you realize that there are three versions of square and two versions of round? She followed this with information on dissecting the nails to help train your nail eyes to understand great form. This included top view, side view, down the barrel, length view, client view, and the line of light. Using these aspects as you work will help bring consistency to your finished enhancement. Should you find yourself with the chance to take this class, I highly recommend that you do so.
For more info on nail camp, click here.
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!
