Week 1: I Hope There's Still a Class Next Week

Well this was an odd day. The first and only day of class this week and there may not even be a next week. Each class has to have a minimum of 8 students and sadly

My Fashion Week Diary

When I went online to check out the winners of the CND Nail Style Competition, I had to doublecheck the name of the first-place winner. When I confirmed that it was really my name, I just started jumping and screaming — I’d just won an all-expense-paid trip to New York Fashion Week!

Week 3: Salon Practice and Sanitation Lessons

My first full week of working on clients in the school was a welcome change form the pace of the week before. We were finally working on clients and were out on the main floor of

Enjoy the Latin Life at Mi Cumbia

This Latin nail oasis nestled in the heart of Philadelphia offers all-organic services, with ingredients inspired by the owner’s family home remedies from Colombia.  

Week Two: Shapes and Sizes

This week was all about book work and practicing with acrylics. I completed seven out of 10 chapters, and played with creating different nail shapes. I also performed a few manicures and pedicures on real clients. Yes, I’m touching people now!

Week 5: Showing Progress

Wow, this was an easy week. Even though I had long days every day due to my self-inflicted work schedule after school and an emergency run to the AT&T store to replace a non-functioning cell phone,

Week 4: Getting in a Lot of Practice

It has been a sad week in our school — we lost two students. One was becoming a very close friend and had to withdraw for health reasons. I am going to miss her and her

Kendra's First Week

I started my first week of school on Monday and it was awesome. There were a total of nine students, including myself. The first part of the morning we went over school rules and what the

What a Weekend I had at Premiere Orlando!

Here’s a quick run-through of my busy days at Premiere.