Manis for Smiles is an internet instructional platform that provides a membership-based expertise with programs and sources for nail strategies in each English and Spanish. Along with the programs already included on the platform, we add new courses and masterclasses every month, that includes particular friends. We even have a group chat for members, month-to-month giveaways and group Zoom periods to offer steering and reply all business-related questions within the nail trade.
The Mission of Manis for Smiles
For me, doing nails is greater than only a job; it carries a function. Listening to, loving and caring for every consumer touched my coronary heart in some ways. It was not nearly making a living or having a ‘profitable’ enterprise, however about leaving a long-lasting affect on my shoppers’ lives.
Over time, I acquired concerned in schooling and have become obsessed with instructing different nail techs how you can use their occupation for a larger function. On the similar time, I had been serving for over eight years with the group Imaginative and prescient International, collaborating in mission journeys world wide, and now I’ve the chance to work full time on this group. This group conducts one thing referred to as “Spa Experiences,” on every journey, the place we purpose to revive dignity, present hope, love and luxury to girls and ladies globally. This challenge was born by combining my ardour for schooling, the necessity for a close-knit group and the enjoyment of spreading like to girls by way of nail care. The last word objective and biggest reward is just not solely to see different nail techs develop on this occupation but in addition to carry hope and assist to girls in want. Usually, that is mirrored in a smile when their manicure is finished—therefore the identify: Manis for Smiles.
Advantages of Platform
Membership and Pricing: My dream is for each girl to be a part of this challenge, with out worth being a barrier. Conscious of the financial scenario in lots of international locations like Mexico, Chile, and Argentina, I needed to provide a worth that wouldn’t be a monetary burden. That’s why I set the membership charge at simply $9, permitting entry to all content material—like a Netflix for nail artists.
Particular Visitors: Manis for Smiles isn’t just about one individual; it is about a complete group of girls with goals, aspirations, and challenges. Each month, our particular friends not solely present a course stuffed with their experience but in addition share one thing of excessive worth: an interview the place they focus on all the pieces behind the success they’ve achieved. For 40 minutes, every particular visitor solutions questions associated to their private {and professional} life, sharing their highs and lows of their journey as nail techs and entrepreneurs.
The Trigger: The center of the challenge: One manicure for one smile. By being a part of this group, a part of the cash collected helps us buy all the pieces wanted to offer manicures and “spa experiences” together with Imaginative and prescient International to locations like: Sierra Tarahumara, Chiapas, the Amazon, Colombia, Turkey, Italy, France, Morocco, India, and native occasions in shelters and orphanages. Along with nail merchandise, we purchase face paint and hair merchandise to type the ladies’ hair, together with private hygiene merchandise for every of them.
Manis for Smiles Trade Impression
As a Latina nail tech, initially of my profession, I couldn’t discover a lot info in Spanish. I noticed superb platforms with programs I needed to take, however a lot of them had been solely in English. Providing sources in each languages, English and Spanish, offers larger assist to the subsequent era of nail techs in Latin America, Europe, and the US. The second motive I consider the sort of challenge is essential is that it helps us look past ourselves. It makes us a part of one thing greater than simply private or monetary success. It unites us as a group, permitting us to see the wants of others and use the items and abilities that God has positioned in our fingers for a larger affect. That is the place the phrase “group over competitors” actually involves life.
3 Methods to Get Concerned
There are numerous methods to be a part of this challenge.
Member: You’ll have entry to all of the content material on the platform, and also you’ll robotically be a part of the trigger: One mani = One smile!
Donate Merchandise: Identical to Mia Secret, you possibly can develop into one in all our sponsors. When you’d wish to donate new or used merchandise (in good situation), we’d like to obtain them for the kits we use for every girl and woman. When you’d wish to donate monetarily, you are able to do so on to Imaginative and prescient International, and thru them, we will purchase what is required with the cash you donate.
Objects Wanted:
Common nail polishes
- Nail clippers
- Information (240 or 180 grit for pure nails)
- Buffers
- Cotton
- Nail Artwork decorations (nail decals, glitters, flowers)
- Prime coat polish
- Cuticle sticks
- Sugar scrub
- Hand cream
Educator: Are you obsessed with schooling and wish to provide a course on the platform? We’d like to have you ever as a particular visitor! When you’re involved in being a part of this, please e-mail me at [email protected] for extra info.
Programs Supplied
The platform provides over 20 programs given by totally different nail techs and feminine entrepreneurs, who share their data on product software strategies, nail artwork strategies, branding and design, press-on nails course, wellness and social media content material.
What’s Subsequent?
My short-term objective is to boost extra consciousness about Manis for Smiles and to develop the group together with the tutorial content material. I’d love to finish 2024 with roughly 50 programs obtainable on the platform. Subsequent yr, we’ve got a giant dream to present manicures to over 500 women and girls in North Africa, Sierra Tarahumara, Colombia, France, Spain, Turkey, the Amazon and India. We additionally plan to launch our Schooling for Girls initiative, specializing in girls in excessive poverty and people with backgrounds of abuse and home violence. This challenge will begin in Colombia, the place we’ll start educating girls who’ve the will to enhance their lives and assist their households however lack the sources to take action. By Manis for Smiles, they’ll obtain all the required merchandise and schooling to begin a profession as nail techs. This can assist restore their dignity, give them hope, and equip them to realize their goals.
Michelle Quiroz, also called Miish (@ohchamomilenails), is a Mexican nail tech, graphic designer and entrepreneur based mostly in El Paso, Texas. Her work is understood for its minimalistic and clear designs, delicate floral artwork, and vibrant Mexican Talavera patterns.
