So, every time Ali comes over, she brings new things and teaches me new techniques!
It was so fun today, as she has just come off the Nail Talk Radio cruise!
She brought along some colored chromes from Wildflowers, some opals from Athena Rocks, and the beautiful nude from Akzentz, called “Conceal”
We added the colored chrome pigments to various nails, and actually faded the two together on a couple of nails. We added gold foil beneath the opals and encapsulated them with hard gel.
A close up of a couple of finger nails for you!
I would watch Ali’s page as I am sure she will post them in the sunlight! #stunning
The lovely Stephanie, Akzentz Ace Educator, is hosting a Options Gel Class this February in Phoenix.
If you have never taken a Options Gel class, this is a great time to do it. Stephanie is quietly talented and can share a ton of techniques, as well as her passion for nails.
The $200.00 class fee includes the gel kit needed to do the class and turn a profit in salon.
Further information on the exact location is forth coming. You can reach out to Stephanie at stephanie_herbert@rocketmail.com
In this ever changing world of nails, there are many ways to create great works of art and generate cash flow doing something that you love.
You can work in spas, full service salons, booth rent or own your own business. You can become a manufacturers educator or be a freelance nail stylist to the stars!
Another way to generate income while staying within our field is being offered by Liz Morris from The Nail Hub.
Liz is a licensed nail technician, educator for Akzentz and Liz is the distributor of Akzentz products for AZ, CO, NM, NV, UT.
Akzentz is a Canadian company that was founded in 1989, so they have plenty of history and for the last 27 years, their goal has been to provide nail technicians with the products, tools and support to excel in the professional beauty industry.
Liz and I at a show.
If you have ever met Elizabeth, you know her intense passion for elevating our industry. She believes deeply in proper training, and use of professional products. She also believes that as nail techs, we need to be good business people as well. She teaches business classes along side her work with Akzentz. She gave us a great business based Facebook Page to help us with the business of nails as well. You can find it at https://www.facebook.com/groups/SalonOwnersUnited/
Her territory as a Akzentz authorized distributor is large and as such she is looking for regional distributors to help get professional products out to professional people.
Elizabeth’s partial mission statement is as follows
…to help educate nail techs of all ages and skill levels in a effort to create a more successful generation of nail techs’ and to elevate the industry as a whole.
Recently, Liz welcomed Amanda Bowen-Trujillo to her team for Nevada. She is based out of Las Vegas and is very excited to be a resource for not only products but also support with anything you or your salon might need.
So, if you are of like mind and if you are interested in joining The Nail Hub team as a regional distributor, contact Liz at sales@thenailhub.com
The other day, I got a lovely bit of “Nail Mail” from my friends at Akzentz. It contained the new Luxio fall colors in the convenient mini sizes! Such a great way to try all the new colors! The collection is called “Secrets Series” for 2016 Today I finally got to try them. I did a simple statement nail with “Conceal” as the base color and added “Incognito” on top of the uncured base color to swirl together. Then I added foil in dark green to add some contrast.
The rest of the nails were top coated with Matte Top Coat and on the pinkie I did a simple stripping of regular Gel Top Coat to add even more dimension!
Luxio is a soak off gel polish with a easy to use consistency and beautiful color options. You can find out more at www.akzentz.com
Thank you Akzentz for sharing with me. I love these colors and the ease of use with Luxio!
Also, stay tuned for some very exciting news about Liz and The Nail Hub. You won’t want to miss this post. It might just be the game changer your looking for!!!!
If you have never taken a Options Gel class, this is a great time to do it. Stephanie is quietly talented and can share a ton of techniques, as well as her passion for nails.
Today I finally got to try them. I did a simple statement nail with “Conceal” as the base color and added “Incognito” on top of the uncured base color to swirl together. Then I added foil in dark green to add some contrast.
