Megan Ustienny

Megan is based out of Calgary, AB and works out of her home-based salon. Her passion for nails began at an early age, doing glue on tips in front of the tv as a girl. She became a Respiratory Therapist, but choose to stay home with her kids, which was the perfect time to start … Read more

Julene Cote

Julene Cote is from Red Deer, AB. She started her Passion for nails in June of 2020 and was certified in August if 2020. From the beginning, she has developed a loyal client base that allows her to express her art and creativity. Julene has continued to hone her skills and learn new techniques by … Read more

Zina Ammar

My name is Zina, I have been married for 20+ yrs and a mother of 4 I started my nail journey and received my nail certification in 2018 from Amore Ultima.  It has been an amazing and exciting experience.  I am grateful for this career. I take great pride in my work and will continue … Read more

30 Years???

Amore is a Canadian, woman owned company started by Stefania Anderson in the early 90’s. It is a long story, but to try and summarize, she started in the hair industry and moved over to esthetics once she sold her hair distribution business. (She originally brought Paul Mitchell to Canada in the 80’s). Through industry … Read more

UV or UV/LED?

After 30+ years of bringing great UV products to the market, we are now incorporating more UV/LED gels into our system. However, not wanting to change the products that thousands of techs know and love, we have maintained the core line of UV gels in our system.  Our UV gel components are quality, time tested … Read more

Hema, What’s the scoop?

There are a lot of discussions about HEMA these days. Everyone has likely seen the following ingredients listed on product labels. HEMA and di-Hema. First, we need to discuss the differences between them. Di-Hema and HEMA have very different molecular structures, with di-HEMA being a considerably larger molecule than HEMA. HEMA is a known high-level … Read more

Julie Funk

Julie started getting her nails done back in 2004 as a way to stop biting, they were sooooo short! Julie’s nail tech used mostly Amore products on me, and she was loving them as they always stayed on, even while Julie milked the cows!! Julie’s husband passed away in 2010 and she had to find … Read more

Helena Killinger

Helena became a certified nail technician in June of 2018. She is married with 4 children (2 boys and 2 girls).  Helena has always been artistic and growing up dreamed of becoming a hairdresser. That never came to pass, but a friend introduced her to doing nails, and she was hooked. Before nails, she worked … Read more

Jody Bachynski

Jodie began her nail career in 2009. She is a Journeyperson Nail Technician and a Certified Swarovski Nail Technician.  Jodie believes education is the key to moving forward in this industry. She has advanced her skills by training with many Nail Masters including Pauline Feinauer, Emese Koppanyi, Amy Becker, Olesja Nikolenko, Carla Collier, Sam Biddle and … Read more

Kat Hains

Kat has always had an affinity for drawing and artistic expression. She became a certified nail technician in 2013 and hasn’t looked back! It excites her to bring her brush to 10 small canvases everyday and fulfills her artistic passion in a way that she never thought possible. She is an adventurous experimenter and is … Read more