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APR 2017

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26 | NAILS MAGAZINE | APRIL 2017 } { nails file NAILS' Mini Masterpiece Contest allows you to express your creativity and show off your skills while channeling your inner DaVinci, Picasso, or O'Keeffe. To enter this year's contest, all you have to do is select a famous work of art and reproduce it on a nail tip. You may turn the nail tip sideways to accommodate a horizontal painting. All entries must be received by NAILS by Tuesday, May 9. Send your nail tips to Mini Masterpiece Contest, NAILS Magazine, 3520 Challenger St., Torrance, CA 90503. Let us know the artist's name and the title of the original work of art and don't forget to send your contact information, including phone number and email address. Please also include a color print-out of the original painting. Call for Entries: NAILS Mini Masterpiece Contest >>> PHOTOGRAPHY BY WOODSON LEGACY PORTRAITS Girls Auto Clinic has an all-female staff of mechanics. Nail by Lee Antolini For inspiration, check out winning nail tips from previous years at www.nailsmag.com/minimaster. Clutch Beauty Bar combines industrial and feminine elements. Auto Clinic Repairs Cars and Nails When Patrice Banks opened Girls Auto Clinic in Upper Darby, Pa., she wanted to empower women by providing trustworthy car services and educating them about car maintenance. She also wanted to help them to keep their nails freshly manicured and looking great, which is why she opened Clutch Beauty Bar inside the garage a month later. Banks was a self-described "auto airhead" before she decided to leave her job as an engineer and become a mechanic. "I would joke, 'My car needs an oil change, but I'm going to go get a mani/pedi instead,'" she says. Feeling that mechanics were taking advantage of her, she tried to find resources to educate herself on car repair, but had trouble finding anything. That's what inspired her to become a mechanic herself and open an auto clinic that would employ only female mechanics. More unusual still, the clinic would feature a salon where women can get manicures, pedicures, and blowouts while they wait. Clutch Beauty Bar mixes an industrial look with touches of femininity. "Our hair stations are toolboxes and we have a tire sink, but it has a lot of color," says Banks. It offers a range of nail services, including hard gel, gel-polish, and traditional polish. Banks has found it a challenge to find good nail techs, but she's encouraged by her customers' excitement about the new business. "It's about female empowerment," says Banks. "Women are the number- one customer in the auto industry, yet we feel so left out and taken advantage of. Here women can come, get their car done, get their nails done, feel good, relax, and know they're going to be taken care of and be comfortable." Nail by Ashley Loveridge

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