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Maisie Dunbar challenges cruise attendees to have the courage to chase their dreams.
In Vicki Peter’s memory, the Nail Those Profits cruise lives on through Nail Talk Radio. Once again it managed to be an amazing educational experience combined with wonderful opportunities to explore beautiful places. The cruise education occurs on days at sea, while the days in port are open for rest, relaxation, or exploration for the educators and attendees alike. To keep this post from getting too overwhelming, I will break it down into a few segments to cover the trip completely so you can get an idea if this is something you will want to do in the future.
Day 1 of education was a great way to start the cruise with a bang! It started with business owner and motivational speaker Maisie Dunbar discussing how we should dare to dream. Some quotes that attendees could take away as food for thought were:
> Dream so big you don’t think it is something you can actually achieve.
> Don’t focus on fear — focus on what you can get out of the opportunity.
> What have you been doing to make your dreams a reality? Who are you surrounding yourself with?
> Stay on course and get back up when you fall.
> If you have a dream, giving up is not an option.
> “A goal is a dream with a deadline.” — Napoleon Hill
As you can imagine, this presentation left us all feeling empowered and ready to go back home to the salon to continue working on our dreams, from becoming an owner to doing specific styles or designs.
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The afternoon class gave attendees some of the tools to build their success in the form of quick and easy nail design ideas from Profiles owners Ami and Traci. They showed how to create trending art designs in realistic, salon-friendly timeframes that would up the service ticket without adding unreasonable amounts of time. Some of the tricks to design included stamping, chromes, silhouettes, and hand painting. The photo of the designs will give you an idea of what we learned and you can find some inspiration of your own by following them on social media.
The Profiles sisters give attendees salon-friendly design ideas.
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Twitter twitter.com/PROFiLESnailz
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The following three days of the cruise were port stops at Cabo, Mazatlán, and Puerto Vallarta. You could spend these days with the friends or family you brought along for the trip or with other nail professionals. It is so much fun to explore the locations or kick back in the spa on the ship or even take advantage of the less crowded pools and decks on board.
A turtle sanctuary was a stop chosen by a few cruisers, myself included.
A whale-watching snorkeling trip taken by several attendees included a close encounter in the form of a hello boat bump from a humpback whale!
For the full range of photos from the trip you can visit the FingerNailFixer Facebook page.
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!
