Nail tech and instructor Pauliina Laramee never shrinks from a challenge—or an opportunity to help those in need. Laramee, owner of the Institute of Nail Sculpturing in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., ushered in the millennium in New Zealand by completing her seventh marathon in about five hours.
Carol Perdue, nail technician. In her other life: dogsledder.
Her geological expeditions have included a field trip to California’s Mono Lake and to Death Valley.
Patti Smith, who, at age 58, still gets quite a kick from her second career — nails. Smith, owner of The Nail Suite in Mississauga, Ontario, began doing nails three years ago after her career as a chef was put on hold due to illness.
After eight years as a member of the Detroit Police Department, Pamela Sawyer traded in her weapon for a different sort of gun—an airbrush.
A Helping Hound: Nail tech Cindy Plettl-Jackson trains puppies as service dogs for PTSD sufferers.