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SEARCHEvery Tuesday for the next four weeks, Holly will be doing an alcohol ink tutorial.
Are you ready for me to bring you something that’s not PPE or Coronavirus-related? How about some abstract nail art? Abstract art is my very favorite style of art when it comes to paintings. Jackson Pollock being one of my top and Picasso being another one I would consider fascinating. It is art you have to really let go of any and all OCD tendencies to appreciate!
During my “Spring Break” as Nick Cardarella from Aerovex calls quarantine, one of the lives I did for you was Unbox and Learn. This was essentially me making a fool of myself trying to learn a product I literally opened for the first time ever under camera and tried to teach myself having only watched one tutorial video and taken some notes from the step by steps on the page I bought it from. One that I did was alcohol inks. While many of you probably jumped on them as soon as they came out I was like meh I can do that with alcohol and my pigments. Here's my reaction to them.
Starting 6/9/20 there will be an alcohol ink Tutorial Tuesday on my YouTube EVERY Tuesday for FIVE weeks in a row! All my love to those of you still waiting to reopen and to those of you trying to adjust to reopening. If you need some advice, someone to vent to without judgement, I’ve got your back, contact me through my page any time!
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The alcohol inks and Magic Matte topcoat I used are from Profiles Backstage, you can find theme 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!
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!
I recently posted on Facebook asking nail professionals what they had done for self-care lately.
