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PASSION BREEDS SUCCESS Q&A; WITH GELISH CEO AND FOUNDER DANNY HAILE BY CHRISTIAN RUVALCABA PHOTOGRAPHY BY TED EMMONS Growing up, you spent a lot of your time in nail salons and working with different products. What made you decide to start doing nails? Here's the backstory: I loved playing little league baseball when I was younger. There was a pro-pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers who would come into my aunt's salon — he threw an awesome knuckleball. He would always come in and have a piece of acrylic nail put on his thumb to help his knuckleball. So when I was 11 years old, I actually went into the salon and started putting acrylic on my thumb so I would be able to throw HRU\JRSLIHSS;OH[»ZOV^0ÄYZ[NV[PU[VKVPUNUHPSZ What was the stepping stone that influenced you to pursue your career as a professional nail technician? My family owned several nail salons around southern California. Initially, I didn't want much to do with the chain of salons, but one day, my aunt asked me if I would go and deposit a check for her at the bank. "Sure," I replied. As I was standing in line at the bank, I looked down at the check and thought to myself, "Wow…this is the kind of money you can make doing nails?" After that, I signed up for beauty school and received my license and started working at my family's chain of salons. 12 WINTER 2013 NAIL STYLE