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SEARCHFashion and nails collide at the Sydney Expo and Holly goes sightseeing while in Australia.
A sight to see, the Sydney Opera House.
The trip to Australia has been amazing and the Pacific Nail and Beauty team has been so good to me. I fly back home tomorrow with mountains of memories of beautiful people and a wonderful country.
Behold the beautiful Harbour Bridge.
The Sydney Expo was great! It is very similar to the other shows I have been to. Not as large as Premiere Orlando yet not as small as Long Beach. I did my usual demoing in the booth with a fun extra of interviewing with Professional Beauty (when it goes live I will share the link with you all). There was also presentation of nail fashion on the main stage/runway which was so amazing. How exciting for nails to be right up there with all the other branches of the industry?
This is the main stage where I did nail demos.
A big and heartfelt thank you to Glenn and Gary for making all of my tourist dreams come true while I was here with their families, Bec and Cherie. I have done and seen all the things we Americans envision Australia to have and to be within a small time frame. Much love and appreciation to all of the nail professionals that took the time out of their busy schedules to learn about their nail eyes in class as they became nail fashion designers and to those that stopped to say hello at the Sydney Expo; you are the reason I do what I do!
The Pacific Nail & Beauty group in the CND booth at the 2014 Sydney Expo.
With Cherie Pollard, global educator, Team CND member, and cool tour guide.
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!
