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SEARCHThis year's NW Nail Retreat offered education, networking, and inspiration.
Have you been to the NW Nail Retreat on Vashon Island yet? If you missed them, I have lots of videos and pictures on my Facebook. Be sure to stop by and check them out. The FB live of the blindfolded nail polishing competition is especially funny!
This year’s retreat had a lot of great things to offer. It was a unique learning space as always, and a peaceful place to decompress and destress while learning. The retreat is located at Camp Burton on Vashon Island in Puget Sound, just off the coast of Seattle. It is extremely easy to access and boasts the beautiful colors of fall, inspiring #naileyes left and right.
It wouldn’t be a retreat without s’mores! There was a wonderful fire with great conversation, and Doug Schoon himself even helped get the fire going!
The meals at the retreat are each unique and themed, and one night there were fortune cookies for dessert. Vicki Peters was one of the people that helped with the brainstorming to create the event and it felt like she had a hand in some of the fortunes, mine felt like a message straight from her.
There were over fifty classes for nail professionals to choose from that were included in the cost of the retreat. Room and board is also included, so it is a lot like an all-inclusive work vacation. The classes ranged from nail structure to art, pedicure fundamentals to specialized foot care, e-file use to business, and social media to press releases. There was something for everyone and choices at every skill level. Raffles are done at every meal with prizes from Angel Feet, LCN, Famous Names, Orly, and Aerovex!
Doug Schoon was the featured keynote speaker and he presented some excellent information, including some new things that have recently been discovered. Make sure you are following him on Doug Schoon’s Brain https://www.facebook.com/DougSchoonsBrain/ to stay in the know as he shares a lot of knowledge freely with professionals.
I will leave you with some photos that give you a glimpse into life at the retreat. Give it some thought for 2020 as it will be the 10-year anniversary. It is a wonderful way to network while enjoying education and I hope to see you somewhere soon!
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!
