Image: facehunter
Love Always xoxo
S.A.A.
Kamis, 25 September 2008
Rabu, 24 September 2008
Japan Nail Association (JNA)
Ecsalonce have trained a fair share of Japanese nailist, thanks to our wonderful, dedicated Japanese educators. The question of JNA license arise, whether a nailist must be "licensed" by JNA to work in Japan ?
JNA is one of 3 established nail associations in Japan. JNA is set up by salon/school private owners and educators and being the biggest nail association in Japan, they have gained credibility for setting high standards and requirements to become a nailist. It is a business and also to impose a self-checking system.
Contrary to some beliefs and rumours circulating in the nail industry, it is not required by law, nor is it compulsory to have a JNA license to work in Japan. Many salons in Japan are not JNA licensed and likewise many non-JNA licenced technicians also work in a JNA salon. It is most important that a nailist have a good disposition, attitude and skill that benefits the salon. It is common to note that a JNA licensed salon owner or educator would prefer to hire another JNA licensed technician, but this is not always the case.
For overseas Japanese who wants to become a nailist and work in Japan eventually, the most important thing is to learn the right techniques from a reputable international nail systems that comes with a good, solid education with proven track record. It is also wise to choose a nail system that is in place and recognized for their quality and reputation by the Japanese nail industry.
JNA is one of 3 established nail associations in Japan. JNA is set up by salon/school private owners and educators and being the biggest nail association in Japan, they have gained credibility for setting high standards and requirements to become a nailist. It is a business and also to impose a self-checking system.
Contrary to some beliefs and rumours circulating in the nail industry, it is not required by law, nor is it compulsory to have a JNA license to work in Japan. Many salons in Japan are not JNA licensed and likewise many non-JNA licenced technicians also work in a JNA salon. It is most important that a nailist have a good disposition, attitude and skill that benefits the salon. It is common to note that a JNA licensed salon owner or educator would prefer to hire another JNA licensed technician, but this is not always the case.
For overseas Japanese who wants to become a nailist and work in Japan eventually, the most important thing is to learn the right techniques from a reputable international nail systems that comes with a good, solid education with proven track record. It is also wise to choose a nail system that is in place and recognized for their quality and reputation by the Japanese nail industry.
Selasa, 23 September 2008
Senin, 22 September 2008
Minggu, 21 September 2008
Black and white Beauties
kate "the supermodel" Moss
Taylor Momsen
Daria Werbowy
Jane Birkin
Catherine "the new supermodel" McNeil 
Clemence Posey
Cathrine Denuve and Yves Saint Laurent
Natasha?, Sasha, Lily, Doutzen and Catherine
'Le Smoking' Yves Saint Laurent
Love Always xoxo
S.A.A.
Sabtu, 20 September 2008
Pink Eye.
Every where I turn now, I see PINK AND ORANGE!
Take a look:
Take a look:
Photos: facehunter, chictopia, sartorialist and the David Jones catalogue.
Love Always xoxo
S.A.A.
Jumat, 19 September 2008
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.
How bold are these colours? I am in love with them right now, too bad I could never afford any of it. Tear. Oh well at least I can dream right?
For your viewing pleasure:
photos: Style.com (click to make larger)
For your viewing pleasure:
photos: Style.com (click to make larger)Love Always xoxo
S.A.A.
Kamis, 18 September 2008
Girl. You, are. Beautiful.
How pretty is this girl? INSANE!
I think this image came from garance dore? I think? Or maybe it was facehunter? No, I'm pretty sure it was garance!
Love Always xoxo
S.A.A.
Going Tribal
I had so much fun playing with my new impression tool from Loni and did these nails on Vanessa using color drops, crinkled aluminium foil and impression tool. These tribal inspired nails turns out really cool.
Rabu, 17 September 2008
90210
Ok so I just finished watching the second episode of 90210 and can I just say, Pwhaoooooo! Is that one insane show or what? The clothes are incredible and the boys are way hotter! Actually Silver's clothes are what's incredible. But for those of you who have not witnessed the genius of Silver's clothes let me describe: Hippie Luxe meets California chic. Right so words don't really do the outfits justice so what you should do is type into youtube: 90210. And then you can all blab to me how fabulous it is, like I wasn't the one who told you to get on it.
Love Always xoxo S.A.A.
Senin, 15 September 2008
She Did It Again!
Check out this cool set of MMVeteran nail art by Viv Simmonds that placed first in Nailpro Anaheim 2008 recently. Congratulations Viv !XXX
Long time no see....
Admittedly I hate it when Bloggers apologize for not writing for a couple of days however since I have been MIA for about 2 weeks, I thought that it was necessary here. Sorry. There done, now get over it and listen up! Here's the deal, I have A LOT to talk about with very minimal time to do so. I also am planning huge renovations and updates and new segments in the next up coming weeks despite the fact that I am leaving to go to the snow in about four days! AHHHHHH Hectic. I know!!!
So what you can expect for the next few days is:
Posts 2-3 times a day
Major updates to side bars and other things and;
Lots and lots of scheduled posts for the week I am away.
Sound good? Cause it will be dammit!!
Love Always xoxo
S.A.A.
P.s. God I have missed writing that!
Minggu, 14 September 2008
HRTE After Hours and Still Playing !
We had a go at Loni's nails, hailed the princess of HRTE cincy this trip with Gina, Tammy, Joseph and me completing the entire set of peacock nails till 3am in between tears and laughter while she passed out and Gina had it on "candid camera" which of course will not be shown here...LOL....
High Road to Education HRTE
HRTE Cincinnati is a riot ! I touched down in Singapore today (Sun) at 1.15am from at 24-hour flight from Austin. Felt like I've just woken up from an amazing dream. 3 days in Cincy with the HRTE having the time of my life indulging in nothing else but nails with such talented and generous bunch of nail techs and 3 days of leisure in Austin, I'm finally back to reality more inspired and motivated than ever.
Tammy started a great thing here, it takes a lot to organize this, to bring educators and nail techs together for a class continuously, though she makes it seem so effortless. All the educators and assistants involved, Alice, Gina, Joseph, Loni, Rhonda, Diana, Amy, Cenita, Natalie are so passionate about what they do and always ready to share their skills and knowledge and helping others to succeed is remarkable. The spirit of the HRTE got me on my feet and wings to travel more than 20hours from Singapore to be a small part of this educational trip, I'm so happy I made it, thank you all. You guys have a great thing going and everyone deserves a chance to attend such a wonderful class, go for it !
I'm so happy to meet everyone in Cincy, some of you from the boards, tho I apologize for not being able to remember all your names. I can't thank you enough for giving me the opportunity to share some nail fun with you and hope I have opened your eyes to many possibilities in nail artistry.
Thank you and hope we will have another chance to play again....soon
Kamis, 04 September 2008
Nail Artists at Work in Sydney
Check out Samantha's Geisha girl ! I'm so proud to see her finished work, I had such a great time working with the class. This is only the stepping stone and I'm sure we'll see more wonderful work from her! Thank you Samantha for sending me the image and I really hope to see the rest share with us here.
Sydney
I just had the most wonderful trip to Sydney, beautiful country, warm and friendly people and I had the pleasure of training a bunch of very talented nail techs who does awesome work. Viv Simmonds, my host held a competition class prior to the show and her team scooped an amazing 15 awards in total, one would expect nothing less when groomed by a national champion with more than 38 awards and counting...
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