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SEARCHHolly discusses an affordable and convenient way to continue your education.
The most common reason I hear for nail professionals not attending classes or shows is that they are too far away and too expensive. With this in mind, I want to bring your attention to an inexpensive online database of classes.
What would you say if I told you that you could choose from 54 15-minute sessions for $7 a month? My hope would be that you are now impatient for a link to start gathering more information immediately!
First let me break the sad news: It is a resource very few nail professionals are currently using. This education is available worldwide from the comfort of wherever you have internet access and at $7 a month rate, I would really like to know what keeps every nail professional in the world from having a subscription.
I’m talking about Doug Schoon’s Face-to-Face series. New episodes continue to be added and he takes viewer questions, compiles them and answers them in in scientific detail. Once of the great things about this service is that the answers are based on science and facts, not brands or opinions. I’ve just finished viewing episode 54, here’s the descriptor:
EPISODE 54 – Part 1 of 3 – Can we trust nail products that come out of China? Can a nail product be both a gel and glue at the same time? Is acetone a safe solvent? Can some products prevent cracking and breaking which makes the nail plate stronger so it can grow longer? How can I separate the facts from the myths?
Do you know the answer to all of those questions? Are you sure? Do you know what cyanoacrylates are? They’re used for a lot of things and Doug talks about them explaining some chemistry. Part of being a nail professional that strives to advance the industry is continuing to learn. Knowledge is power and we all need to be powerful people! If you are not swayed by my personal belief that this education is vital to your knowledge, visit the page and watch a couple of episodes that are available free as a chance for you to see what it’s like before purchasing.
When you look it over and wonder if the $7 a month is worth it, I want you to think about money you frivolously spent over the last month. Can you afford to have less knowledge than your fellow professionals? Do you want to be part of the reason our industry is unable to elevate itself so that we can command the respect and pricing our beauty professional co-workers have earned?
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.
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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!
