Hạnh Lisa Đoàn from Victorville, Calif. submitted this nail art mural to NAILS Magazine's 2011 Nail Mural Contest. The mural, titled "Vietnam, Forever in My Heart," depicts a countryside village in Vietnam complete with a fisherman, a woman wearing an aó bà ba and children, one of whom is riding a water buffalo. Her mural received an honorable mention, claiming a spot in the March 2011 issue of NAILS.
I had the pleasure of speaking to chị Hạnh, and wanted to know her inspiration behind her mural.
"I wanted to introduce other nail techs to our culture. This is how I remember Vietnam," she told me. "Hồi nào cũng nhớ, I always remember."
Hạnh has been doing nails at her nail salon for 19 years and now owns two salons. For many who left Vietnam after the war to seek a better future for themselves and their children, talking about the past can be difficult.
"Life here is too fast and stressful," she says, "this image reminds me of a time that was peaceful with no stress, sống nhẹ nhàng, where we lived lightheartedly."
Even so, she can't imagine how life would be had she not come to the United States. "This country is everyone's dreams and I am very grateful to God and to this country for giving me the opportunities I would not have had otherwise," Hạnh says.
CND hosted another successful "I Heart CND" event, this time joining forces with Whale Spa at Whale Spa’s showroom and beauty supply store in Garden Grove, Calif.
The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival will showcase four Vietnamese films during the week-long festival, May 5-11, 2017 at the new CGV Cinemas in Buena Park, Calif.
The Harvard Business School Association of Orange County (HBSAOC) invited Advance Beauty College to talk about their experiences in obtaining their “American Dream” for the HBSAOC Leadership Series.
Mẫu móng 4-D mừng Xuân Ðinh Dậu của nghệ sĩ móng David Hoàng thật tỉ mỉ với nét hoài cổ khi dùng kỹ thuật sơn mờ làm nền.
Có cơ hội được biết Lefty chỉ mới hơn một năm khi tôi đi dự sự kiện Huấn Nghệ Cố Vấn Việt của hãng A.I.I vào tháng Bảy năm 2015, ấn tượng về anh trong tôi khá rõ nét, là một người có óc khôi hài, thân thiện và rất cởi mở khi chia sẻ về nghề móng.
My-Linh Nguyen, a nail tech in South Seattle, was shot and killed in an attempted purse snatching in South Seattle, Wash. Police are still looking for the suspect.
Former nail salon owner Qui Nguyen won the grand prize of $8 million and the gold bracelet in the 2016 World Series of Poker Championship in Las Vegas.
Join us on Sunday, April 17th, at the Viet Film Fest as we celebrate the Vietnamese nail industry. Viet Film Fest is featuring a whole screening dedicated to nails!
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