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Front-row selfie full of nail geeks at the Swarovski training.
Gina Sylvestro is an industry powerhouse who puts her heart and soul into helping others. She and fellow nail professional Viv Simmonds created the group Crystal Culture. It was for doing education using Swarovski crystals. They were so successful that Swarovski took notice and have now used that business model to create official Swarovski-authorized nail art educators. As an educator for Crystal Culture, I was invited to update my training and become Swarovski authorized.
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The North American headquarters for Swarovski is in Rhode Island. Seeing as this was my first visit to that part of the country outside of a layover, I took a couple of extra days to see some of the sights. The training was led by Gina herself and featured important information about Swarovski as a company, a brand, and an icon. You can become a Swarovski-Certified nail professional by attending one of the classes held around the US. To find one near you visit www.crystalbeautyacademy.com.
Here I am seeing the Atlantic Ocean with Gina. It was freezing cold!
To join me on my trip around New England, check out the album on 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!
