Sure, human trafficking might not be a subject you expect to see in the pages of NAILS, but it is happening in some nail salons right here in the United States. And thanks to one New York-based salon owner who is shedding light on the sad situation, maybe as an industry we can take a stand and do something about it.
It is estimated that during the years of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade 12 million people were enslaved. Today, the estimate is 27 million worldwide. Some of those slaves are working in nail salons, and one nail tech has had enough.
Carmen Jimenez, nail tech. In her other life: child protective services social worker.
Debra Rowlands, nail tech. In her other life: family/community partnership specialist.
Congratulations to Washington D.C.-based manicurist Lidia Schaefer, who was honored as a “CNN Hero” in June after she sold her home and her car in order to raise money to build a new school in her native village in Ethiopia.
Elisabeth Weber, nail technician. In her other life: social worker.
A salon in Florence, Kentucky helps with a blood drive in Cincinnati.
The second-annual Nail Artists Helping Children Charity Nail Competition takes place Sunday, November 4 in Rockford, Ill.
These techs gave this year's winners a run for their money!
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