NailSplash.com Education for gel nail technicians
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Nailsplash.com
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Hi, my name is Barb; I am first and foremost a Nail Technician and Educator of Nail Technology. I am the webmistress and author of Nailsplash.Com (an Educational Website for Professional Nail Techs that offers over 400 pages of free education and information for nail professionals), and also the owner of the online supply store GelNails.com and President/Creative Director of Nail Splash, Inc. Many nail techs know me simply as "Nailsplash" from the internet and message boards. I have over 12 years experience in the nail industry as a nail tech and 10 as a teacher. I not only teach nails.... I DO nails in the salon...just like most of the nail technician students I teach!
I am a nationally certified and active educator for the National Cosmetology Association and an Illinois state board licensed educator of Nail Technology. The designation of NTA (Nail TechAmerica) was awarded to me in 1993 and as such I a member of the Americas Teaching Committee for NCA. I also hold national certification as a nail technician. I am a 10-year member of NCA with local affiliation and membership in Cosmetologists Chicago and the Illinois Cosmetology Association. Recently I joined a newly formed association called INTA (International Nail Technicians Association) and hope to become active with them as well.
Other achievements include being an award winning competitor, competition trainer, competition judge, beauty industry author (my website and instructional manuals and video tapes as well as published in Nails Magazine), editor (Milady's Art and Science of Nail Technology reviewer), licensed nail tech (IL) and licensed teacher of nail technology (IL). I am currently a salon owner, and formerly a nail school owner. Recently I was profiled by Nails Magazine as one of the "50 Most Influential Nail Techs" of the decade. I am often quoted and used as a source for articles in Nails and Nail Pro Magazine as well as other consumer magazines (such as Self and Allure) I and have recently started writing freelance articles for Nails Magazine and contribute regularly to the "Help Desk". In 1998 I was profiled in Crain's Chicago Business Newspaper in an article about entrepreneurs in the beauty industry.
