My Other Life: Sherri Traweek, Scareactor
Nightmare on Singapore Street: Nail tech Sherri Traweek spends her Halloweens performing as a scareactor at a haunted house.
by Judy Lessin
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Nightmare on Singapore Street: Nail tech Sherri Traweek spends her Halloweens performing as a scareactor at a haunted house.
NAILS associate editor Sigourney Nuñez can’t get enough of this industry, so she’s going to nail school in her spare time.
She’s With the Band: Nail tech Heidi Bargmann, owner of Perfectly Polished in Minneapolis, Minn., happily spends much of her free time assisting a local band called GB Leighton.
Hooping It Up: Nail tech Torie Bastian credits hooping, one of the flow arts, with an increase in confidence and better posture and overall health.
Take a Bow: Raised in South Texas, Ruben Eduard was just 4 years old when he picked up his first stringed instrument. By the time he was a freshman in high school, he was playing viola professionally for a local symphony orchestra.
Repo Gal: “I’ve had people pull guns on me, had angry folks yell and run after me as I drive away, had nasty notes left on my desk, and even received threatening text messages,” says nail tech and car repossession agent Brandi Melvin.
Rocking Her World: Athena Elliott may be a bling and glitter gal in the salon, but put her out in nature and you’ll find her on the hunt for rocks and fossils.
A Trove of Toys: Nail tech Hope Szymanski and her boyfriend have bonded over a shared love of Power Rangers collectibles.
Success on the Set: New as she is to the business, nail tech Yuko Jarowicz earns more as an actor, extra, and model than she does as a tech.
Dressed to Thrill: “I was costuming when most people thought it was just for Halloween,” says nail tech Wendy Carlson of Designing Lines Salon and Spa in Kokomo, Ind.