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First Look
Gelish U.S. Dean of Education MaeLing Parrish utilized
her background in art to establish herself as one of the
top nail educators in the U.S. Find out what makes her
tick in the one-on-one interview below.
BY AMY MACGREGOR
PHOTO BY SCOTT STACER
What is your favorite nail art to do and why? My
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Tell us about your first educator training where you
were the trainee: To preface this story, a "jelly-bean" nail
looks like a jelly bean cut in half length-wise and stuck on
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"salon-style" sculptured nails and not "professionalstyle" sculptured nails. I was asked to apply a pink-andwhite sculptured acrylic on our practice partner, which
I thought I did a pretty darn good job on. Gari-Dawn
Tingler, who was the dean of education at the time,
took one look at it and sarcastically said, "Nice jelly
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What is your favorite Gelish color and/or collection?
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with my toes and I like to create a teal-mermaid design,
which I always layer with one of the colors from the
Gelish Aurora collection.
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knew that I wanted to be an educator for a nail company
– I actually fell into it by accident. It lets me help other
technicians hone their skills and learn new techniques.
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light bulb goes off in her head.
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saw an ad in a nail magazine and the whole nail salon
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clean – a clean slate…you can do anything with white.
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Who's the most inspirational person you've met and
what makes him/her inspiring? The most inspirational
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who passed away recently. He was one of those people
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thought of. He really changed how people think about
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