Bride Wears Acrylic Nails Embedded With Father's Ashes
When Kirsty Meakin's cousin Charlotte Watson's father passed away before her wedding day, the two came up with a way to keep him present with her by embedding his ashes in her nails.
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SEARCHMENUSEARCHWhen Kirsty Meakin's cousin Charlotte Watson's father passed away before her wedding day, the two came up with a way to keep him present with her by embedding his ashes in her nails.
Maisie Dunbar discusses her efforts to help end sex trafficking in her community.
Last May, Austin, Texas, nail salon Lacquer provided services to women who are rarely able to take time for themselves: mothers of chronically ill children.
Nail tech Stephanie Shelton of Greensboro, N.C., started her charity, Heal the Sole, because she wanted to use her professional expertise to give back to the community.
After becoming a salon owner, Delane Sims wanted to help others succeed too, so in 1999 she began inviting struggling mothers to work at her salon and assisting them with their needs.
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Maisie Dunbar recently got the chance to speak at the Girls Who Rule the World Retreat, a mentoring program for young girls. She also arranged manicures for them. She shares her experience in this blog.
There are so many opportunities for us to put love and compassion out into our communities through the career that we love.
Nail tech Ruthy Carter of Tofield, Alberta, Canada has always been an animal lover, so when a friend told her about a disabled kitten born on a farm who needed a home, it was second nature to take the animal in.
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Polished Girlz, a non-profit organization that brings nail art to girls with special needs and frequent hospitalization, provided manicures to two patients of Children's Hospital Los Angeles as part of a yearly quinceanera event.
For Yuba City, Calif.-based nail tech Kristina Carlson, manicuring became a life-changing experience when she visited the hurricane-devastated city of Nassau, Bahamas, with a group from her church.
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"I wanted to give back for my 50th birthday," says nail tech Maisie Dunbar. "I decided that since I was going to be in Houston for the Super Bowl, I wanted to partner with a local shelter and pamper its residents."