With mono stripes and Cath Kidston inspired print designs... The ideas keep coming!
Happy nail arting lovelies!
Jess x
(designs are all made with EzFlow Trugel and Orly Gel FX)
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Nail art craziness
With the increasing trend on nail art, salon requests are on the up so a few of my lovely gel polish ladies also wanted to get on the scene too.
With mono stripes and Cath Kidston inspired print designs... The ideas keep coming!
Happy nail arting lovelies!
Jess x
(designs are all made with EzFlow Trugel and Orly Gel FX)
With mono stripes and Cath Kidston inspired print designs... The ideas keep coming!
Happy nail arting lovelies!
Jess x
(designs are all made with EzFlow Trugel and Orly Gel FX)
Monday, 19 March 2012
Polished Salon Offers
Seasonal Spring Offers 2012
At Polished we have put together a few seasonal offers and these will be changing through out the year
At Polished we have put together a few seasonal offers and these will be changing through out the year
File & Polish Friday! Half Price File & Polish every Friday, get your nails ready for the weekend
After 5
visits receive 15 % off next treatment
After 10
visits choose free Orly mini Polish & save 10% off a file and polish
After 15
visits choose free Orly 2oz Cream & receive free hand or foot massage with
treatment
After 20
visits receive 30% off next treatment
All Polished t&c apply, please contact the salon for more details.
All Polished t&c apply, please contact the salon for more details.
Sunday, 18 March 2012
Pro Beauty Show, EzFlow Re- Branding and TruGel
2012 So Far...
Cant believe where 2012 is going its going to be Easter before we know it!!
With EzFlow we have been in the process of re-branding for the UK market. The EzFlow UK team have produced all the imagery at a fun photo shoot that took place at a old hotel in Birmingham back in November, 11. Its been really good fun getting ready for the relaunch at Pro Beauty London (ExCel) show which was at the beginning of March.
Below is the main campaign image we have been using to promote the launch
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| "Let Your Nails Do The Talking" |
Pro Beauty Show
Along with the New EzFlow look we had a new look stand for the show, I've been with EzFlow for 10 years and its the best looking stand I've ever seen, loved the set up, massive well done to the team and George who put it together
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| Beck, Amber, Me, Katie |
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| Demo Desks at the front of the stand |
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| Day 2 of the show Mike, Claire, Me, Beck, Amber, Vikki, Charlene |
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| my show look |
The show was super busy and I even managed to convince my boyfriend to meet me at the end to drive me home as i needed new feet!
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| EzFlow TruGel in Black Opal over acrylic natural nail overlays |
Monday, 5 December 2011
Getting in the Christmas spirit!
Crimbo is getting closer and on Saturday one of my clients who is a die hard acrylic design fan wanted something different for 2 weeks until her Christmas appointment when we go bling crazy! So here is what I can up with...
What I used-
Base Colours
Black Glitter Polish- Androgynie (from Holiday Soiree collection)
Red Glitter Accent Nail Polish- Star Spangled (From main collections and now in minis too!)
Ribbons and Baubles
White Ribbons- Instant Artist Crisp White
Red Baubles- Instant Artist Fiery Red with Star Spangled Polish to enhanced round
shape. Instant Artist Beige (which is a cream colour) for the highlights. Bauble caps were Luxe Polish (From mini man and foil fx) Ties were Instant artist Jet Black
Gold Baubles- Instant Artist Crisp white then Instant Artist Solid Gold then Luxe Polish with Sea Gurl Polish (from Birds of a Feather collection) to enhance roundness and Instant Artist Beige for the highlights, Ties- Instant Artist Jet Black.
The design really put me in the Christmas spirit... not that my decorations will be going up until at least next week!
Happy Polishing!
Jess xoxooxox
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| They are hand painted using Orly Polish and Orly Instant Artist Paints |
What I used-
Base Colours
Black Glitter Polish- Androgynie (from Holiday Soiree collection)
Red Glitter Accent Nail Polish- Star Spangled (From main collections and now in minis too!)
Ribbons and Baubles
White Ribbons- Instant Artist Crisp White
Red Baubles- Instant Artist Fiery Red with Star Spangled Polish to enhanced round
shape. Instant Artist Beige (which is a cream colour) for the highlights. Bauble caps were Luxe Polish (From mini man and foil fx) Ties were Instant artist Jet Black
Gold Baubles- Instant Artist Crisp white then Instant Artist Solid Gold then Luxe Polish with Sea Gurl Polish (from Birds of a Feather collection) to enhance roundness and Instant Artist Beige for the highlights, Ties- Instant Artist Jet Black.
The design really put me in the Christmas spirit... not that my decorations will be going up until at least next week!
Happy Polishing!
Jess xoxooxox
Sunday, 23 October 2011
Matt & Glitter
I posted a photo of these nails on both my Twitter and Facebook that I did the other week on a client and loved the effect so much I had to write a blog about it.
Frolic from the Orly Happy go Lucky collection has been so popular in the salon with all my clients. It goes on really smoothly (and like all Orly polish it has the famous gripper cap). The colour has really nice even coverage so 2 thin coats are fab.
My client wanted something purple and not to complicated so a signature nail was the answer. I used 2 coats of Orly's Bubbly Bombshell from Pin Up collection (for better coverage I used a coat of Frolic underneath) which gave the nails some glitter sparkle.
To finish off and give good contrast I went for the Orly Matte Top which turned shiny Frolic matt.Hope you like them as much as my client and I did!!
Jess x
Jury service & cupcakes!!
Well I haven't posted in a long time, so thought I'd better get back blogging!
Where time goes I will never know!! Plus I discovered an iPhone app so I have no excuse!
What have I been up to the last few months...
Jury Service
I completed my jury service at Croydon crown court back in June. It was such an interesting experience, and one I would definitely do again if I'm summoned. I has 2 cases, the first week was a mobile phone robbery and the second week was drug smuggling at Gatwick.
If you are ever called up to do jury service, be warned there can be lots of waiting around, waiting in the jury assembly area to be called for a case, waiting to go into actual court from the jury room... Court time we were told was never the same as normal time. If they had to go over any points of law then the jury are sent out, and told an approximate time it will take, always always double it!!
Cupcake Fun
It was my birthday in August and I wanted to do something different with my day to celebrate. So decided on a cupcake lesson, how to perfect icing cupcakes etc. I had a looky on the old Internet and found a few bakeries in Brighton who did parties/classes, but some where quite pricey per person. Then I remembered there was a new cupcake shop in Crawley, Cupcake Genie. I found their website and emailed them. They do parties (for any age not just kids!) and the price was reasonable, so I booked up a party on my birthday for a few friends, my boyf (he didnt get a choice!lol) and my mum too. Jo the owner was lovely and welcoming. We started off by making fondant roses, which Jo made look so easy! Surprisingly Gareth's rose turned out really well. Then we all had fun cutting out and making fondant shapes with glitter and all spangly icing things to decorate our cupcakes with. Next came the icing. Jo had 2 flavours we could choose from, chocolate or vanilla (both were yummy!). The trick with the icing was to stand over the cake, so the bag was upright not too angled and just go for it. I have posted photos of my finished cakes. Please note that the fondant colours were premixed before the party and Jo's daughter picked the colours.
If you are interested in having a party for yourself or your kids. I would recommend the cupcake genie highly. Or you can just to pop along and try some of the yummy cakes then check out The Cupcake Genie website http://cupcakegenie.co.uk/
Jess x
Where time goes I will never know!! Plus I discovered an iPhone app so I have no excuse!
What have I been up to the last few months...
Jury Service
I completed my jury service at Croydon crown court back in June. It was such an interesting experience, and one I would definitely do again if I'm summoned. I has 2 cases, the first week was a mobile phone robbery and the second week was drug smuggling at Gatwick.
If you are ever called up to do jury service, be warned there can be lots of waiting around, waiting in the jury assembly area to be called for a case, waiting to go into actual court from the jury room... Court time we were told was never the same as normal time. If they had to go over any points of law then the jury are sent out, and told an approximate time it will take, always always double it!!
Cupcake Fun
It was my birthday in August and I wanted to do something different with my day to celebrate. So decided on a cupcake lesson, how to perfect icing cupcakes etc. I had a looky on the old Internet and found a few bakeries in Brighton who did parties/classes, but some where quite pricey per person. Then I remembered there was a new cupcake shop in Crawley, Cupcake Genie. I found their website and emailed them. They do parties (for any age not just kids!) and the price was reasonable, so I booked up a party on my birthday for a few friends, my boyf (he didnt get a choice!lol) and my mum too. Jo the owner was lovely and welcoming. We started off by making fondant roses, which Jo made look so easy! Surprisingly Gareth's rose turned out really well. Then we all had fun cutting out and making fondant shapes with glitter and all spangly icing things to decorate our cupcakes with. Next came the icing. Jo had 2 flavours we could choose from, chocolate or vanilla (both were yummy!). The trick with the icing was to stand over the cake, so the bag was upright not too angled and just go for it. I have posted photos of my finished cakes. Please note that the fondant colours were premixed before the party and Jo's daughter picked the colours.
If you are interested in having a party for yourself or your kids. I would recommend the cupcake genie highly. Or you can just to pop along and try some of the yummy cakes then check out The Cupcake Genie website http://cupcakegenie.co.uk/
Jess x
Monday, 11 April 2011
Big move 2011
At last we have moved. Polished has a new home, big yay!
Our new location is:
Polished
The Office Building
Gatwick Road
Crawley
West Sussex
RH10 9RZ
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The Office Building was built in the 1950's and a long time ago my Dad did his engineering apprenticeship in the same building. It was just meant to be!!
Our move went surprisingly well. like when I moved out of my shop, I just didn't realise how much nail and salon things I own. But between Becky, myself, Uncle Den, Ray, Bub and a very handy Fed Ex van (thanks to my Dad) we moved in quickly and are settling in just fine.
My fab boyfriend (with glossing help from my Mum as I was still working in my old office) started the decoration of my room, so it went from boring magnolia to glorious bright white. A few things still need organising but we are just about there.
My day off has changed this week so hopefully we are going to pop up to ikea tomorrow to get us some salon storage (boxes and packing are no longer cool!)
I actually have window that open and am allowed to put in a extractor fan too, so fresh air will make it so much more comfortable for us all.
Everyone has been so friendly and Becky and I have already discovered a yummy deli across the road (I must stop the hot chocolate trips!!lol)
All my clients and students that have visited us so far have all really liked our new home and with the fresh air, brighter and a more open space I think our big move was really worth it. Big smiles and yays! all round!
Better go for now boyf needs picking up from gatwick at 2.
see yaaaaaaaaaaaa
Jess x
ps I promise pictures will follow soon!!
Our new location is:
Polished
The Office Building
Gatwick Road
Crawley
West Sussex
RH10 9RZ
View Larger Map
The Office Building was built in the 1950's and a long time ago my Dad did his engineering apprenticeship in the same building. It was just meant to be!!
Our move went surprisingly well. like when I moved out of my shop, I just didn't realise how much nail and salon things I own. But between Becky, myself, Uncle Den, Ray, Bub and a very handy Fed Ex van (thanks to my Dad) we moved in quickly and are settling in just fine.
My fab boyfriend (with glossing help from my Mum as I was still working in my old office) started the decoration of my room, so it went from boring magnolia to glorious bright white. A few things still need organising but we are just about there.
My day off has changed this week so hopefully we are going to pop up to ikea tomorrow to get us some salon storage (boxes and packing are no longer cool!)
I actually have window that open and am allowed to put in a extractor fan too, so fresh air will make it so much more comfortable for us all.
Everyone has been so friendly and Becky and I have already discovered a yummy deli across the road (I must stop the hot chocolate trips!!lol)
All my clients and students that have visited us so far have all really liked our new home and with the fresh air, brighter and a more open space I think our big move was really worth it. Big smiles and yays! all round!
Better go for now boyf needs picking up from gatwick at 2.
see yaaaaaaaaaaaa
Jess x
ps I promise pictures will follow soon!!
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