Veteran nail technician Marti Preuss says her first set of nails looked like hammerhead sharks.” “My poor client said, ‘You’re not going to charge me for this, are you?’”
Salon business consultant, educator, competition judge, competitor, speaker, salon owner, nail video technician, magazine columnist, color and image consultant — Paula Gilmore has been all of these and more.
"After I started doing nails, I still did hair for a while, but I was making more money doing nails so I just transitioned into it,” Van Strander says.