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Esthetics
Brows, Manis, and More! 2x Graduate Danica Di Giovanni lives and breathes beauty at her very own salon, Beauty by Dani!
Nails
Meet Celebrity Nail Artist Vanessa Stern—one of Vancouver's best with a loyal TV&Film, editorial and campaign clientele!
Roshanak was a Quality Assurance Officer in a Petrochemical plant in Iran for over a decade before she came to Canada with her young daughter in search of a more creative life. Soon after arriving, she decided to enrol in our Nail Studio program, and ever since, every one of her dreams came true.
To honour International Women's Day 2021 we're taking a look at just a few of the inspiring women who started their journey at Blanche Macdonald.
Known for taking on intricate and challenging nail art requests, Nail grad Sarah Deptuck has found her calling at Nanaimo's premier Nail Salon, The Nail Lounge!
Tatiana Tavares is a fierce multi-hyphenate whose talents and dazzling personality are always on display in her beauty studio located in the heart of Vancouver's historic neighbourhood—Gastown! From makeup and lashes to manicures and press-on nail sets, Tatiana is truly a beauty triple threat!
Always having her own nails done, Kristine decided to learn how to do her own nails after high school. It wasn't until she started doing nails on other people that she realized she actually wanted to do nails as a career! Only a handful of years later, Kristine's at-home nail business Kaebaby Nails is booming. She's booked up five months in advance!
Fostered by her love for Japanese nail art and inspired by Nail program grad and Salon owner Keiko Matsui, Catherine set out to open her very own private luxury salon known as Sunday Beauty Boutique in Vancouver's stylish Kitsilano neighbourhood.
Jamie Yin's professional journey to started with a simple realization. When she came to Canada in 2004, Jamie noticed a gap in the Canadian Nail market. So she took her nails into her own hands. Buying over 200 bottles of nail polish, Jamie taught herself everything that she could about the techniques behind the art of Nails. She went onto train in Shanghai, Japan and at the Akzentz Nails' education center, eventually becoming one of their line Educators. Since then, Jamie has won multiple nail art awards and was recently recognized as one of Swarovski's eighty Authorized Nail Art Educators! We are so thankful that she's at Blanche Macdonald sharing her knowledge in our Nail Studio classrooms.
With over a decade in the Korean and Canadian industries, Yuri Song has proven herself as a world-class nail artist. These days you can catch her working as a Nail Artist at Style Lab HQ or in the hallways of Blanche Macdonald, where she instructs our artificial nail module.
From Nail Student to Entrepreneur: Sunday Beauty Boutique owner Catherine Tsang
Jamie Yin: Akzentz, Swarovski and BMC Nail Educator
Yuri Song: Nail Artist at Style Lab HQ and Blanche Macdonald Nail Studio Instructor
Min Pak: The Mastermind Behind Blanche Macdonald's Nail Studio Program
Alejandra Ramazzini: Blanche Macdonald Nail Studio Instructor and Owner of Bodega Nails
Nail Studio Grad Lana Sheen Lacquers Nails and Hearts in Victoria
Vancouver Studio and Film Nail Artist Vanessa Stern
Stefania Flex flexes Nail skills at international Fashion Weeks
Insta-famous artist Little Mythy elevates the Vancouver nail scene one set of a talons at a time.
Meet the owner of the charming Onyx Aesthetics Studio!
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