KOKOIST EDUCATORS
PAOLA PONCE
KOKOIST USA Head Educator
@paolaponcenails
Paola Ponce is a Japanese Gel aficionada! Once she crossed paths with Japanese Gel in 2015, she wanted nothing to do.. with nothing else. After niching down and achieving booked-solid success as a specialized soak-off gel specialist, primarily with potted gel systems, Paola decided to close up shop and start a new career as a nail educator. She now shares her success with the world through her YouTube channel, blog, and online courses so that the next generation can quickly find success in this industry specializing in soak-off gel.
KOKOIST PREMIER & EXCEL CERTIFICATIONS LEVELS 1 & 2 ONLINE
Learn the Japanese Gel products & techniques that have taken the elite world of Japanese nail artists by storm!
What is included:
KOKOIST history and beginnings
A thorough product debrief (so you know the exact details of your products for best use!)
Step-by-step of gel manicure and structured overlay
Modern nail art techniques, and...
Advanced gel nail application like extensions (free-form and Gelip!).
The Nail Thoughts Certification is a program to certify you in the application of long wearing structured overlays using Nail Thoughts Base (NTB).
After taking and implementing this course you will have the knowledge and tools to help you apply Nail Thoughts Bases quick and efficiently, so that you can reduce your application time and end up with overlays that require minimal finish-filing and last 3+ weeks!
Nail Thoughts Bases are offered in clear and tinted shades. The NTB in clear is a two-in-one product with base and build components suitable for overlaying short to medium-length natural nails. The tinted bases are 3-in-1, with the same characteristics of the Clear Base, but with color added to them. The NTBs are a low to medium viscosity, offered both in bottle or pot form for your convenience (same formula).
In this course you will learn:
Manual prep (using cuticle tools and hand files)
How to overlay a short nail length
How to overlay a medium nail length
How to fill using NTB
How to rebalance using NTB
One Nail Thoughts signature design + 1 freestyle design
Here are the materials you will need for this certification:
Bottled NTB Clear
NTB Strawberry Lemonade (Potted)
NT Brush Kit
NT Color Gels: Rose Quartz, Fresh Sheets, Spritzer, Isla Vista
NT Glassy Top Gel
180g Board File & Emery Board
Nail Thoughts Training Manual
Embellishments of choice (stickers, studs, crystals, etc.)
All of your table supplies for gel manicures