Cruising in 2013

One of the greatest perks in my line of work is the ability to travel beyond my own imagination ! My family nicknamed me (with pun intended) the "World CEO" because of my frequent trips.

Whenever the person seated next to me in the plane asks what I do for work, I have progressed from the once long and detailed explanation about nail art  to now just a simple answer - product and skill development. It's just unfathomable to many people that teaching the art of nails can take you places around the world....similarly, passionate nailtechs travel everywhere to learn from the best !

So, if you've not heard about education on a cruise ship, or missed the last boat, here it is again in September 2013 !

For more information, check out Cruise With The Nail Stars Website

Here are some photos from the first Cruise with the Nail Stars on the largest cruise ship in the world the Oasis Of the Seas and you can view the clips on You Tube

Don't miss out !

 

 



My Team

 ONS South East Asia Team in Melbourne

 

I love our dynamic team of talent and dedicated educators. Such a beautiful group of people and a joy to be around with. Always inspiring and amazing that nail is a universal language that has no communication or cultural boundaries. We always seem to understand each other perfectly well once the file and brush starts making magic !

 

ONS South East Asian and Australian Team in Melbourne

Global Nail Design Awards (GNDA) Melbourne, Australia 2012

 

L-R : Viv Simmonds, Amanda Niarhos, Catherine Wong, Debra Purtell, Olga Menshikova

 

Another exciting instalment of the GNDA down under where the Australian and international competitors came together to pitch their skills and enhance their career.

More info at www.gnda.com.au

 

VIVCAT L.A

VivCat LA was like a reunion of nailtechs and good friends of the nail industry. While everyone had been busy with their respective schedule, classes, tradeshows and work, this was definitely a good break to be able to have some play time with nails and work with some cool designs.

 

 

VIVCAT Orlando

Orlando, Florida always had a relaxing effect on me and so one of the best VivCat class this season was right here ! The girls were such fun to work with and there was good interaction and full of laughter in this laid back, creatively educational atmosphere.

The beautiful pool view from our classroom 

Amongst the designs that were covered in the class - the Cat embedded 3D by me and the Denim by Viv

All you gorgeous people that made our day !

NAILPRO USA End of Season 2012

We made it to the NAILPRO 2012 Team Cup again !

Great to catch up with all the nail greats and also competed with the best.

I feel that as age catches up, time seems to run out too fast, there's so much to do and so little time !

  

 

Jenna my fantasy model

Irene my Design Sculpt model

  

 

L-R : Marilyn Garcia (CND), Viv Simmonds (ONS-VivCat), Sam Biddle (Be Creative) and me

L-R : Viv Simmonds(ONS-VivCat), Gina Silvestro(Akzentz), me, Joseph Pham (OPI), Trang Nguyen (ONS) 

 

 

Gina Silvestro, me, Rachel Mouritsen & Anita Lime-Sims

Global Nail Design Awards Gold Coast, Australia

The 3rd Global Nail Design Awards (GNDA) was held in Gold Coast in April at the Twin Towns Resort. The weather was supposed to be nice and cool around 20degrees Celcius unfortunately it started to rain non-stop the day we arrived and the weather only cleared up on the day that we were leaving Gold Coast.

I had the pleasure of judging the Poster competition, Flat Art, Fantasy Art, Sculptured Nails and Gel Manicure. Did not judge 3D !

I have to say that the Poster entries in the Masters level this year was phenomenal - very inspired and excited to see the next one and to get all my novice girls to start competing.

The turnout for this year's competition was great despite the gloomy weather.

Majority being Australians, there were also contestants from Japan and Malaysia and entries from as far as Germany and Singapore.

It was such a great pleasure to catch up with friends and industry professionals.

Congratulations to all who participated in the competition and especially to everyone who placed, job well done especially to Olga Menshikova who won the Overall Champion once again !

Also Congratulatons to our educators and Singapore team who made top 3 in the art categories ! (Yoko - 2nd Flat Nail Art Open, Erica - 1st 3D Nail Art Masters and Jess - 3rd 3D Nail Art Masters)

Do check out the next Global Nail Design Awards in Melbourne in October 2012

For more information go to : www.globalnaildesignawards.blogspot.com

Upcoming Classes Overseas

Thank you for all your emails and enquiries about my classes overseas, here are the schedule and if you're interested to attend any one of these, please register at the link provided or enquire directly through the organizers of each respective events :

CATHERINE WONG Classes
Munchen, Germany 19&20 March, 2012
http://www.odysseynail.de/catherinewong_anmeldeformular.pdf
Austria 21&22 March, 2012
http://www.beautynoblesse.at/102/News.html


VIVCAT Classes
Featuring Viv Simmonds from Australia and Catherine Wong from Singapore
You get 2 educators in one class, how cool is that :)
More info on our schedule and class details here :
http://vivcatdesign.blogspot.com
VIVCAT Gold Coast, Australia (April 30th & May 1st, 2012)
VIVCAT Orlando, USA (June 5, 2012)
VIVCAT Los Angeles, USA (Aug 21 & 22, 2012)


CRUISE WITH THE NAIL STARS
15-22 September, 2012
Cruise with the Nail Stars Hosted by John Hauk
Featuring John Hauk, Tom Bachik, Lynn Lammers, Rachel Mouritsen, Catherine Wong, Laura Campos, Jim McConnel & Jamie Schrabeck Ph.D.
3 Days of Education 9:00-3:30pm demos individually  / 3:30 - 5:00pm hands-on with all the stars at one time, you can hop around and pick their brains !
September 15-22, 2012
The Oasis of the Seas will set sail from Ft. Lauderdale, FL and visit three ports:
Labadee (Haiti), Falmouth
(Jamaica) and Cozumel (Mexico).
Cabins start at $850.00 Per Person
$250.00 Education Fee (Non-Refundable)
After July 2, $350. Book early and save!
Payment plan available when booking early!
Group ID # 913281
Book Your Education John Hauk
john@cruisewiththenailstars.com
937.901.1531 

Sail away on the world’s largest cruise ship with the nail industry’s best educators. During our weeklong cruise, experience three days of intense education to inspire the nail star in you. Mix business with pleasure as you enjoy fine dining, first-class entertainment and fun in the sun. Ideal for nail professionals, salon and spa owners, friends and ...your entire family!

http://cruisewiththenailstars.com/
 https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Cruise-with-the-Nail-Stars/272360349493506

New NAIL Season Beginning With Korea!

The annual event to look forward to is the ONS Global Educator training in Korea where 20 countries come together to learn the latest and the best techniques, network and share their expertise over 3 days of bootcamp

Following the training is the largest international competition event of the year with over 600 participants in both technical and design categories sponsored by Odyssey Nail Systems

Team Relay

Team Spirit from Australia

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International Judging panel

Korea (KNA) Judges - Mr Lee Son, Ms Lee Mi-Sun & Ms Choi Kyung Hee

Mr Matsuura (Japan) & Anita Lime-Sims (Nailpro Judge USA)

Top Artist Award demonstration

my book

Competitors and Participants from all over the world

Beautiful Mexican costumes - they won Best Costume Award !

Victory is sweeeet !

I received 2011 Best Artist Of the Year Award

The awesome supporting staff which made the event such a success

my adorable & talented Korean students

with our new team from Thailand & Vietnam

The dream team of talents from Taiwan and Singapore

Our Korean student category Grand Champion - Hyoryeong Park

So cute and so talented ! 

We owe all great achievements to the heart and mentoring of this man!