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52 | NAILS MAGAZINE | APRIL 2014 S H O W coverage ISSE LONG BEACH Long Beach hosted the West Coast's largest professional beauty event from January 25-27. The International Salon and Spa Expo (ISSE) hosted 40,000 attendees and boasted a sold-out expo floor of more than 350 top international beauty brands. In addition, 150 classes and live stage performances also took place. If you missed this event you can always attend next year's show January 24-26, 2015. ISSE Brings Together Top Exhibitors, Education, and Competitions Hollywood Beauty Supply's Howard Ngo, VietSALON's Kim Pham, and salon owner Jessica Saelim caught up with Contego Spa's Paul Bogart, Lindsay Ta, Leena Nhan, and Peter Ta. The FingernailFixer, Holly Schippers, showed of her Empowered Nail Art with nail tech Guin Deadman. Pampered Perch founder Theresa Cantu debuted new designs with Carla Lynn and Sharon Mullarkey. Britney Tokyo and Natalie Minerva (here at the Nail Labo booth) are joining powers to create Tokyo Swag, a series of nail art classes. } { nails f le Vetro's Aki Matsuba introduced the new Japanese line of gel- polish to show attendees. Celebrity nail techs Elle Robin and Tom Bachik (with his wife, Liz, on the right) caught up at the Gel II booth. It was work and play for LeChat's Wendy Valenzuela, Yvonne Vuong, Eng Nguyen, Connie Le, Yvette Holt, Marcia Burtlow, Tina Hong, and Blanca Reyes. Hong, and Blanca Reyes. Young Nails' Greg Salo wows the crowd with his energetic demos at every show. LaVaque Professional's Juliana Roy and Barry LaVaque featured demos from celebrity techs and products from partnering brands. Nhan , and Peter Ta. B t h c Holli Holliday and Pamela Jaye collected donations for the PBA Beauty Bar. Attendees donated $5 or more and in return received samples of various beauty products. The Famous Names team (left to right: Jim and Linda Nordstrom and Ken and Lisa Cooper) launched their new product, IBX, a nail strengthening and repairing system. 01 4 Wink Cosmetics' Miguel Salina and Megan Cox enjoyed the brand's fi rst trade show. The girls of Bio Sculpture Gel (Lauren Renteria, Shannon Reed, Melanie Visser, Elsie Visser, Kozue Fukano, and Kristin Worthington) are always photo-ready. n a 0 4 1 4 s h o w . i n d d 5 2 na0414show.indd 52 2 / 2 4 / 1 4 3 : 5 2 P M 2/24/14 3:52 PM