Light Elegance Meets Bambi
Joseph McLellan, the operations manager for Redmond, Ore.-based Light Elegance, was playing golf with company president Jim McConnell when a baby doe ran right up to them.
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Mario Tricoci Nail Artist Wins With Turquoise
Mario Tricoci Hair Salons & Day Spas held a nail art contest for all 146 nail techs from its 15 Chicago-area locations.
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PBA’s “I Am Licensed” Campaign Wins Award
In February, the Professional Beauty Association (PBA) received the Public Affairs Council’s 2015 Grassroots Innovation Award for Social Media Innovation for its “I Am Licensed” campaign.
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NSI Opens First U.S. Training Academy
Nail Systems International has partnered with The Beauty Point Academy, a cosmetology school in San Antonio, Texas, to offer the first-ever NSI-approved training program in the U.S.
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Beauty Changes Lives Legacy Award Pays Tribute to Pivot Point Founder Leo Passage
The beauty industry united on Saturday, March 21, to celebrate the legacy of a man who revolutionized the business of beauty education. The Beauty Changes Lives Foundation (BCL) posthumously honored Leo Passage; founder of Pivot Point International, Inc. Passage’s wife Lenie, and son Robert accepted the award on behalf of Leo.
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OPI Global Artists Brainstorm New Nail Looks
In December, OPI hosted an intensive Artistic Design Preview with its global artists and invited guests at Siren Studios in Hollywood, Calif.
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Jessica Vartoughian Honored by Japan Nail Association
Jessica Vartoughian was honored with the Japan Nail Association’s Certificate of Gratitude in November for her outstanding contributions to the Japanese nail industry.
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Meet the Winning Mural-Makers
Congratulations to the talented winners of this year’s NAILS Mural Contest — one an industry veteran and the other a relative newcomer.
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PBA Adds Free Membership Option
The Professional Beauty Association (PBA) has introduced a new membership structure consisting of three new membership types: E-Member, Individual Member, and Business Member.
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CND Out to Rescue Damaged Nails
The new nail repair treatment is infused with keratin protein, jojoba oil, and sweet almond oil.
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Beauty Bus Foundation Delivers Big Time
In October, the Beauty Bus Foundation announced that it has reached a new milestone, delivering more than 25,000 Bags of Beauty, valued at more than $3 million dollars, to clients and caregivers nationwide.
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Dunbar Wins Minority Business Enterprise Award
Nail tech Maisie Dunbar of Maisie Dunbar Spa Lounge in Silver Spring, Md., has received the distinguished 2014 Top 100 Minority Business Enterprise Award for the Mid-Atlantic Region.
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Fun for All: NW Nail Tech Retreat
More than 110 nail techs descended on Camp Burton, just outside of Seattle, in October to attend the fourth NW Nail Tech Retreat.
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Are You the Next NAHA Nail Professional of the Year?
If you think you have what it takes to be named Nail Professional of the Year, you’d better get your application ready to go.
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A Quicker Fix for Plantar Fasciitis Pain
A new study published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports finds that a simple exercise, easily done at home, is faster and more effective at treating plantar fasciitis than conventional treatments.
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NAILS Names Lavette Cephus Next Top Nail Artist
Lavette Cephus of Beaute Asylum in Toledo, Ohio, edges out Lexi Martone and Danielle Costantino to win NAILS Next Top Nail Artist 2014-2015.
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Jan Arnold Recognized for Community Service
CND co-founder Jan Arnold was one of five finalists honored by San Diego Magazine as part of its 2014 Woman of the Year Awards.
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