liza smith
Well-Known Member
my earliest memory of what i wanted to do is......
age 11, i gave a make-up demo to my class & announced to them that i was going to b a make-up artist for the bbc 8) ...
my experiments with my hairstyles (incl. skinhead, mohichan, & pink spikes :shock: ) led me to college to do hair & beauty for 3 yrs at thanet.
during my last yr i was working behind the bar at the local snooker club, which was frequented by the manager of the local dept. store.
i casually asked him if he'd thought of having a salon in the store, & he said yes!
that was 1987, bodylines was born & within 2 yrs i'd had to move premises twice due to bigwigs (don't ask!).
in 1989, my client & friend christine told me that she wanted me to do her nails, as she didn't want to keep travelling 20 miles to have them done.
me.. i said, i don't do "false nails" :evil: ( 3 yrs of brain washing at beauty college :shock: ).
however, i was going to salon international at wembley( b4 the days of stand alone nail shows),
i agreed that i would visit all the nail companies there & i'd get them to each do 1 nail on me.
i expected them all to b gruesome; some were :shock:
however..... i visited this one stand called creative nail design...
someone called gigi did a nail on me that p....d all over the others! (i wonder why?!)
i signed up with creative & did my training at the london school of manicuring (just b4 the days of designer nails)
gigi continued to be & still is my biggest mentor, who knows, without her nail at "salon", i might never have been bitten by the bug that is NAILS :fire: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lol liza xx
age 11, i gave a make-up demo to my class & announced to them that i was going to b a make-up artist for the bbc 8) ...
my experiments with my hairstyles (incl. skinhead, mohichan, & pink spikes :shock: ) led me to college to do hair & beauty for 3 yrs at thanet.
during my last yr i was working behind the bar at the local snooker club, which was frequented by the manager of the local dept. store.
i casually asked him if he'd thought of having a salon in the store, & he said yes!
that was 1987, bodylines was born & within 2 yrs i'd had to move premises twice due to bigwigs (don't ask!).
in 1989, my client & friend christine told me that she wanted me to do her nails, as she didn't want to keep travelling 20 miles to have them done.
me.. i said, i don't do "false nails" :evil: ( 3 yrs of brain washing at beauty college :shock: ).
however, i was going to salon international at wembley( b4 the days of stand alone nail shows),
i agreed that i would visit all the nail companies there & i'd get them to each do 1 nail on me.
i expected them all to b gruesome; some were :shock:
however..... i visited this one stand called creative nail design...
someone called gigi did a nail on me that p....d all over the others! (i wonder why?!)
i signed up with creative & did my training at the london school of manicuring (just b4 the days of designer nails)
gigi continued to be & still is my biggest mentor, who knows, without her nail at "salon", i might never have been bitten by the bug that is NAILS :fire: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lol liza xx