The perfect liquid-and-powder smile line is a challenge that can elude even the most determined nail professional until someone breaks it down in just the right way so that something clicks. For me it took lots of someones and lots of classes before the mystery of the smile line was no longer such a mystery.
Hopefully my journey that took years will make your journey easier and shorter with this tutorial video sharing all of the things I picked up along the way. Keep in mind to use the mix ratio that’s right for the brand you use; otherwise the technique is universal. You can find success even if we are using different products! Feel free to pause the video as needed and practice each step along the way.
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill
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!
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.
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.