VietSALON Nail Artistry Competition Sponsored by CND Brings Nail Industry Together
Please join me in reaching out to our entire industry so that we can all elevate our standing together as an educated, united force!
Please join me in reaching out to our entire industry so that we can all elevate our standing together as an educated, united force!

Eva Sollberger, multimedia producer for Seven Days, a publication in Vermont, visits Allure Salon in South Burlington, Vermont, and talks to salon owner Jen Trần, her daughter Ly, and her sister Hannah, as part of her Stuck In Vermont video series. She also shares a glimpse of how the small, tight-knit Vietnamese community in Vermont spends the Lunar New Year.

Filmmaker Adele Pham shares her full interview with former U.S. Congressman Joseph Cao, the first Vietnamese-American to be elected to Congress, at the state senate for a bill hearing requiring the next member of the Louisiana state board of barbering and cosmetology to be someone who is Vietnamese that works within the nail industry. The Louisiana Board of Cosmetology has been accused of discriminating against Vietnamese-owned salons.

CND partnered with Advance Beauty College (ABC), for this year’s Tet Festival and Little Saigon Tet Parade on Feb. 12 – 14 to honor the Vietnamese-American community and its tremendous contributions to the professional nail industry. Hollywood legends Tippi Hedren and Kiều Chinh recently joined CND's Jan Arnold to honor the Vietnamese-American community and to offer an exclusive sneak peek at an exciting new product set to launch in April.

Dusty Coots Butera, who helped teach the "Original 20" Vietnamese women how to do nails, emerges with new photos and her story.

Starting at a refugee camp in Sacramento in 1975, the establishment of Vietnamese-owned nail salons in America paved the way for a new generation of beauty industry businesses.

American International Industries (A.I.I.) demonstrated their commitment to developing the next generation of industry talent by hosting an A.I.I. Educational Consultant (AEC) training in July specifically for the Vietnamese nail professional community.

Photos from a night honoring Tippi Hedren.

On October 8th, Bellacures Brentwood and OPI Products honored Hollywood icon Tippi Hedren for her humanitarian efforts in aiding Vietnamese refugees after the Vietnam War and in developing the nail industry.

Lydia Nguyễn của Bộ Lao Động Hoa Kỳ, Phân Bộ Lương/Giờ, giảng về Luật Tiêu Chuẩn Lao Động Công Bằng (lương, làm thêm giờ, lưu trữ hồ sơ, và làm độc lập trong tiệm nail) tại Hội Thảo Cộng Đồng Luật Lao Động ở thành phố Westminster, ngày 26, tháng 7, năm 2015.Lydia Nguyen from the U.S. Department of Labor speaks about the Fair Labor Standards Act (minimum wage, overtime, recordkeeping, and independent contractors) at the Community Forum on Labor Rights in the Nail Salon Industry, held on July 26, 2015 in Westminster, Calif.

Tony Phạm, phó giám đốc khu vực của Bộ Lao Động Hoa Kỳ, Phân Bộ Lương/Giờ, giảng về vai trò của Bộ Lao Động Hoa Kỳ bao gồm Luật Tiêu Chuẩn Lao Động Công Bằng (lương, làm thêm giờ, lưu trữ hồ sơ, và làm độc lập trong tiệm nail).Tony Pham, assistant district director for the U.S. Department of Labor talk about the role of the U.S. Department of Labor, including the Fair Labor Standards Act (minimum wage, overtime, recordkeeping, and independent contractors).

Cô Phương An Đoàn, điều hợp viên chương trình của Liên Hiệp Ngành Móng Tay Lành Mạnh California, giảng về an toàn hóa chất và các bệnh truyền nhiễm trong tiệm nail tại Hội Thảo Cộng Đồng Luật Lao Động ở thành phố Westminster, ngày 26, tháng 7, năm 2015.Phuong An Doan, program coordinator for the California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative, speaks on chemical safety and infectious diseases at the Community Forum on Labor Rights in the Nail Salon Industry, held on July 26, 2015 in Westminster, Calif.

1,017 exhibitors and 30,000 attendees experienced the high energy that Cosmoprof North America serves up consistently year after year.

Tomson Nguyen and Tracy Tran both have parents who worked in nail salons, but when coming up with the concept for GLO Nail Bar, they realized there were many tweaks and upgrades that could be made to improve the quality of service.

Get in the spirit of Lunar New Year with this Year of the Goat step-by-step.

Award-winning filmmaker Adele Pham delves into the salon world in her new feature-length documentary #NailedIt: Vietnamese & The Nail Industry.

CND education ambasssador and nail artist Jenna Le talks about her humble beginnings and the importance of paying forward her knowledge and experience in the nail industry for the documentary, #NailedIt: Vietnamese & the Nail Industry. www.naileditdoc.com