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SEARCHCongrats to Valerie and Sue, winners from the last blog giveaway!I’ve finally got a chance to sit down and read my July NAILS and loved the professional bucket lists! It inspired me to think of what
Congrats to Valerie and Sue, winners from the last blog giveaway!
I’ve finally got a chance to sit down and read my July NAILS and loved the professional bucket lists! It inspired me to think of what my own list would be. I would love to know what some of the things on your list would be, even if it is just one or two things.
To be fair here is what I have on mine, in no particular order:
1. Inspire at least one nail professional from every country in the world to recognize their own potential and find confidence in themselves.
2. Discuss, concept, and do the nails for Five Finger Death Punch, Nickelback, Halestorm, or Pink.
3. Work a show in London.
4. Work an event in Australia.
5. Do the cover nails for NAILS Magazine. (Done!)
6. Do the cover nails for SCRATCH Magazine.
7. Help name a set of nail colors.
8. Be named educator of the year within the state of Iowa by the Iowa Cosmetology Educators.
9. Work for a week in the CND lab.
Does anything on my list match your list? It was fun really stretching my mind and thinking of things that would be cool to do even if they seem impossible. Don’t hold back on your list; set your goals where your dreams are!
Today’s giveaway is Shellac, I have a few colors so there can be 3 winners of one bottle each. Guidelines for this one are easy:
1. You are the proud owner of a CND light so the Shellac will work properly.
2. You have not won one of my show giveaways yet.
3. You were not able to attend a major show in 2012.
4. Leave at least one thing on your professional bucket list if not more!
5. Drawing will be done on Friday with winners announced on Friday’s blog.
— Holly
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!
