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After only a year and a half, The Polish Room in Orlando, Fla., packs in a steady, nail art-loving clientele. The tight-knit staff even travels to the Premiere Orlando show together for education and shopping.
This month as I was putting together our Crowdsourcing piece I discovered that there are many things that scare you.
In 8 days, executive editor Beth Livesay saw 18 nail salons across six states. That’s a total of 2,730 miles!
Executive editor Beth Livesay traveled coast to coast touring salons and talking to nail techs. Here are her pictures from the road.
My last leg of the trip was an ambitious one. I traveled to Baltimore to tour salons in the surrounding area, which included Middletown, Del., and Silver Spring, Md.
Columbus is a college town that is home to two sidewalk-based salons that benefit from the young crowd always on the run.
Omaha is home to up-and-coming nail art studios featuring some of the rising stars in the industry.
Wall art and the art of running a salon went hand-in-hand in Denver, Colo.
Knieya Peterson’s quirky tribute to the 1993 baseball movie The Sandlot and Beth Elliott’s detailed painting of Rihanna both captured the judges’ imaginations, leading to a tie for top place! These two worthy winners are joined by excellent entries representing celebrities from Gene Simmons to Queen Elizabeth II.
I wrap up the Northern California leg of my tour by visiting two more salons.
