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Champion nail artists Steffi & David Fowler relaunch website & add an exciting feature – SNI Nailflix

By Alex Fox | 13 July 2021

Signature Nail International SNI presents ‘SNI Nailflix’ – https://www.signature-nail.com/en/education/nailflix/ .  This new and exciting digital platform is brought to the global nail industry by Steffi and David Fowler who 15 years ago made the decision to open the first product-neutral education academy, Signature Nail International. Steffi and David had at that…

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Why you shouldn’t teach without a teaching qualification

By Katie Barnes | 15 June 2021

Teaching without a qualification to do so is unfortunately something we come across in the nail industry and it causes a lot of debate. Teaching without a proper qualification is no different to performing nail services without a qualification – we will always come across it and the lack of…

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Nail educator Rachel Lunn discusses the attitude towards nail education, the importance of elevating industry standards & the power of practice

By Alex Fox | 13 June 2021

Great expectations …by Rachel Lunn @rachel­.lunn_nails https://m.facebook.com/The-Nailroom-254269057922527/ @rachel­.lunn_nails I trained as a nail tech in 2003. Gel polish had not yet been born and the trend was pink & white acrylic enhancements, one colour polish or a manicure. Nails were just starting to grow into a more popular service that everyone…

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Want to be a better nail stylist? Cultivate your clever with a 5-day bootcamp or 10-week intensive nail masterclass

By Alex Fox | 21 May 2021

Nail champion, expert, educator & mentor – Ela Loszczyk has crafted a series of classes, workshops & bootcamps all focused on the nail professional for a career enhancement injection. People say that one small thing or decision can change your whole life in an instant. Well it’s true. Here’s my…

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Get a taste for technique: new masterclass membership for nail techs

By Alex Fox | 28 April 2021

For over a decade Be Inspired Online has been delivering high quality education to thousands of nail pros with its huge catalogue of courses and range of educators. But for those who aren’t ready to invest in a full course yet still want to learn something new each month, then…

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Calling all nail professionals: Doug Schoon answers the Q: Does a universal monomer exist?

By Alex Fox | 12 April 2021

Does a universal monomer exist? Can I use any brand of ‘acrylic’ liquid & powder? Doug Schoon, in his capacity as expert on The NailKnowledge education team, offers a short, concise video that highlights the issues with mixing systems. In his section called – Too embarrassed to ask? – Doug…

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Nailympia medalist launches nail workshops after winning gold

By Alex Fox | 24 March 2021

Gold medal winner (Division 1) of the Invent A Nail Shape category of the first Nailympia Online championship, Angelique Blenckner presents her online nail workshops. Soon to be launched at www.honey-nails.net, Angelique confirms her classes differ in structure, content and intensity. The workshops she cites are, “Quick Starter Workshops that…

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Nailympia Online 2021 champion launches online learning

By Alex Fox | 16 March 2021

Champion nail tech and artist, Olena Oezman has launched an online nail academy. Utilising her time efficiently during the pandemic, Olena focused on creating a portal of nail education, in order to further her reach as an international nail tutor and trainer. And the timing is excellent, since taking part…

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Roadmap: Nail & beauty training to recommence from 8 March in England

By Kat Hill | 1 March 2021

In-person nail & beauty training in England can resume from 8 March as part of Prime Minister, Boris Johnson’s lockdown exit strategy. The British Beauty Council & Marian Newman, of The Federation of Nail Professionals (FNP) have confirmed via Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy that ‘independent/private training providers’…

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Nail students showcase sustainability themed competition creations

By Guest Writer | 20 February 2021

Sarah Brenton-Sara, lecturer in Level 2 & 3 Nail Services & Beauty Therapy at Truro & Penwith College, reveals what her students achieved at their annual Cornish Skills competition… Here we are again with another remote competition and this time it is our annual Cornish Skills competition. Last year showed us the amazing…

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Safari themed nail comp inspires techs in lockdown

By Alex Fox | 20 February 2021

It’s exciting and delighting to come across Facebook groups where support, unity and inspiration are the names of the game. Invited to judge a weekly nail competition for a nail group on Facebook, I, Alex Fox, was charmed by what I found when I got there. The FB group, Nails,…

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Facebook Classes set to support the delivery of online nail education 

By Kat Hill | 11 February 2021

Social media platform, Facebook, is set to offer a new function which allows users to create and host interactive and live classes on its platform. Ideal for nail educators and brands, the Facebook Classes tool can be used to host paid workshops and training via the app or website. The…

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The pros & cons of online nail education

By Chloe Randall | 4 February 2021

Scratch chats to award-winning nail artist and brand ambassador for Georgie Smedley Group, Diana Pajeva, about the pros and cons of online learning in the nail industry. “When looking for the right online course, nail professionals should, first of all, check the the quality of the course and ask themselves…

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Learn essential nail info with ‘Nail Knowledge’ online education platform

By Alex Fox | 17 January 2021

Introducing Nail Knowledge… After nearly two years in the planning, an idea voiced by Kevin Nicholls from Roo Beauty to Marian Newman has resulted in Nail Knowledge; fact-based online learning with a difference. Nail Knowledge provides the information and understanding essential for the nail professional. It’s presented via three masterclasses;…

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Want to create the perfect smile line?

By Alex Fox | 16 January 2021

Tracey Lee of Beauty2trs highlights her own course, which focus’ on the creation of the perfect smileline. If you’re looking to learn more about the tips & tricks to make beautiful sharp smilelines in gel, acrylic, acrygel or all three, check out the lessons ‘Create Your Perfect Smileline’. https://beauty2trs.com/classes/?product_cat=&author_id=&class-category=&lang=English&q=smileline How…

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