Dec. 9—LIMA — An hour after the doors opened Monday morning at A Nail Spa by Nina, multiple customers had already received services. As the soothing music filled the spa, so too did the whirring of the drill bits and the rushing of water from the manicure tubs.
The spa celebrated the addition of Nina’s Permanent Makeup on Monday. Services include permanent makeup microblading; powder brow for eyebrows, eyeliners and lips; microblading; and plasma for wrinkles.
Owner Nina Anhthu Nguyen has nearly 30 years of experience as an Ohio-licensed manicurist. She has served the Lima community at her spa, A Nail Spa by Nina, 2314 Harding Highway, since 2012.
It has been a pivotal year Nguyen.
With the addition of two cosmetology-licensed employees since June, Brittney Brown and Chelsea Lott, Nguyen is expanding the business and hoping a new crowd of faces follows along.
“That’s why I’ve opened myself,” she said. “Now I’m where I’m comfortable to train new people and to give the young generation that passion and continue in my beauty industry.”
Brown and Lott spoke highly of Nguyen as their boss, manager and trainer, as well as their personal goals for the future.
A mother of five, Brown joined the spa in June.
“Doing nails is my passion,” she said. “Nina is amazing. I’ve been doing nails for 12 years, and I’ve learned more in the few months I’ve been here.”
Lott, who has done nails for 10 years, agreed.She joined the team in November.
“Nina’s an amazing boss,” she said. “A goal for the future is to expand what services I’m doing. So far, I do nails, toes, waxing, and Nina is in the process of teaching me how to do eyelash extensions and some other stuff.”
Once the expected demand comes, Nguyen and her team have extra space next door to the left of the current location. Nguyen emphasized demand has to be there for any moves to be made.
“I’m not going to put the money to invest in, and then people get up and leave,” she said. “I want to see how they adapt in the environment and build their own clients and expand it.”
Nguyen’s passion of making people feel good fuels her every day, and there are no signs of it slowing down.
“The moment someone says ‘Oh Nina, I love it’ that’s what I feel, I love it,” Nguyen said.
Nguyen has her certifications in phibrows, phicontour, phiremoval, and philings.
More information can be found at the spa’s website, vagaro.com/anailspa, or its Facebook account, A Nail Spa by Nina.
Reach Cade Higgins at 567-242-0351
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