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Produced by Ship To Shore and Vicki Peters, Nail Those Profits at Sea will set sail for the 21st time on January 15, 2012 for a seven-day cruise onboard Carnival’s Glory.
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Produced by Ship To Shore and Vicki Peters, Nail Those Profits at Sea will set sail for the 21st time on January 15, 2012 for a seven-day cruise onboard Carnival’s Glory.
Vicki Peters has worn many hats in the nail world. And that’s to be expected since she’s a 30-year veteran of this industry she loves so much.
Nail product manufacturers tell us their story in the space of a cocktail napkin.
Step-by-steps for doing a backfill, smoothing calluses, surface shaping, and natural nail work. Plus, e-file tips and tricks.
Clients can drain you and not even realize they’re doing it, says Vicki Peters of Vicki Peters Nail Products. But for the sake of our mental health, it’s important to be able to create some emotional distance between yourself and these clients. To help, Peters shares a technique she learned from her mentor Norm Freed, a psychologist, to erect boundaries. It’s called “The Bubble”:
Mastering your acrylic liquid-to-powder ratio will help make work easier and more fun.
Here is a quick rundown to give you a little info on some of the more common enhancement systems.
Vicki Peters has redesigned the popular VP Safety bit for full nail contouring and cuticle work.
Nail Those Profits At Sea (NTP), an educational cruise for nail techs, has been sailing the waters of the Caribbean and Mexico for more than 17 years. This year we ventured into new territory and took to the northern seas of Alaska. Nail education, networking, and plenty of fun were in order as we set sail in August on the Carnival Spirit.
Nail technology school tries to give techs a good foundation for a successful career, but it often falls short. We polled a few of our peers – fellow nail techs and educators – to find out what gems of misinformation they encountered as students and as trainers.