Magazine for the professional nail industry.
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TECHNIQUE} behind the scenes A Beauty Blitz While we see nail tech Lisa Wong at many of the major trade shows working at CND's booth, we last saw her in our photo studio creating a lovely French twist look for our June 2008 cover. The Vista, Calif.-based tech has been doing nails for 20 years, 16 of them as an education ambassador for CND. "I've been in this industry for 20 years and I still love working," says Wong. As a mobile nail technician, she spends about 80% of her time servicing clients, often doing private parties. She travels to the Los Angeles area every two weeks. "I have the privilege of working at Sony Studios (in Culver City, Calif.) on some of the corporate staff," she says, noting that they tend to choose Shellac. "I see about 12 clients a day for up to three days at a time." The day of our shoot, she was flying to San Francisco for a CND educational event. Her favorite trip was two years ago when she went to New Zealand to teach CND master classes. "I traveled all across New Zealand for 13 days with our distributor going into salons," says Wong, who also notes she went bungee jumping off a bridge during New Zealand's winter-month of July. In addition to education, Wong has also done editorial work for Vanity Fair, Women's Health, Flair Canada, and Entertainment LA. But the best part about her job is inspiring other nail professionals. We hope you'll all be inspired by these awesome knit-textured nails she did for this month's cover. We asked CND education ambassador Lisa Wong (left) to recreate a knit-pattern on the accent nails of our model Ciara. She created a unique textured look using a variety of nail products and a window screen! 102 | NAILS MAGAZINE | NOVEMBER 2013 PHOTOGRAPHY BY VU ONG/KIMBERLY PHAM