Affiliations

Stephany Safronovich

Stephany has been in this lovely industry for 5 years. In 2012, she was married, began her nail career and now is the mother of two rambunctious boys! She has taken many classes developing her educational foundation and her skills! Stephany has been published in Nails Magazine and she became an Amore Ambassador in September of 2017. In July of 2018 Stephany took another step in her journey by becoming an Amore Educator! Passionate about learning and creating, she feels excited to help others in the industry through her role as an Educator with Amore Ultima. Stephany has learned so much, and accomplished much more than she thought possible in the last five years, and met so many amazing techs and people in the industry, that she now strives to be a mentor to other technicians! Stephany is on Instagram @steph_saf

Lori Snooks

After spending several years working in and managing a Dental office,  Lori decided it was time for a change. With the support of family and friends (and even her nail tech) she decided to train to become a nail technician. Lori opened her home salon in Fort McMurray, where she has resided for 43 yrs.  Lori became an Amore Ambassador in November of 2017 and qualified to become an Amore Educator in February 2019! She is an avid user and LOVER of everything AMORE!  She posts her stellar work on Instagram @gel_icious_gel_nails

Tanya Warner

Tanya was born and raised in Southern California. In high school she became intrigued with the beauty industry and this inspired her education, mentorship, career, and passion.

Over the last three decades, Tanya has completed countless courses and upgrading in order to keep up-to-date and bring the best possible experience to her clients. She started working in this industry being educated in OPI acrylic and Backscratchers Fiberglass and was an acrylic tech until 1997. When she moved to Alberta from California she decided to see what all this talk about “gel nails” was about!

Tanya enrolled at Marvel College in Red Deer and became certified with INT gel. Tanya used INT along with many other brands. A fellow tech urged Tanya to try Amore and after only a couple months of using Amore she was SOLD and in love!

Tanya’s family moved a handful of times over the next few years, and in 2011 she moved to Grande Prairie. Needing to establish her clientele again, she set out to take a few refresher classes, and in 2012 met Chris Jammer. Chris had just become an Amore Educator and Tanya was her first student. Tanya officially became certified with Amore in 2013.

Currently Tanya owns and operates Just Imagine Nail Design in Red Deer. Her goal now is to further her career by becoming an Educator and take the Amore brand across North America
She became an Amore Ambassador September 2018 then became an educator in September of 2019.  Tanya’s  work is on Instagram @justimaginenail

Hayley McBride

Hayley moved to Canada in 2008 from the United Kingdom. After being in the jewelry industry for 15yrs she decided to try something new and gained her nail technician certification from A Nail Above the rest in a Lacombe
Hayley’s nickname ‘magpie’ was given to her by her parents and friends when she was young due to her love for anything sparkly. It’s only fitting that she likes to include rich Amore colours and glitters embellished with crystals in her unique nail art.
Hayley says she’s is truly thankful for the encouragement she has received from both her clients and her family. They knew there was a creative talent in her even when she couldn’t see it herself.
Meeting new people, being inspired daily, and making people feel good is a beautiful thing that Hayley aspires to in her nail career.
She became an Amore Ambassador in April of 2018, a Swarovski certified nail artist and her work has also been published in ‘Nails’ magazine throughout the past 2 years, Hayley became an Amore Educator in February 2020 and is eager to educate new aspiring nail technicians.
She posts frequently on instagram @nailzbyhailz

Katie Dominiuk

Katie Dominiuk  is an Amore Trained Technician since 2010 and has perfected her skills through advanced education and hard work! She regularly posts her dazzing nails on instagram @kdazzlesnails and works out of salon in Sherwood Park, AB.

Verna Morrissette

While working full time as an Educational Assistant at her local high school, Verna was certified at “A Nail Above the Rest” in March 2013. She began doing nails full time in the fall of 2013 when she had a health crisis that required her attention.

When asked about her art, this is what Verna had to say, “I’ve always loved art in it’s many forms. I believe women are like art…each are beautiful in their own unique way. So my love for art & making women feel good just naturally go hand in hand with doing nails. I love a challenge so there is very little I will not attempt, either on practice nails or on those clients that are willing to sit while I create. I really enjoy working with Amore Gel products because of the versatility, ease of application & awesome lineup of colours. The company and staff have been very supportive and have offered many options to improve the quality of my work. Amore rocks!!!”

Verna’s work can be seen on her facebook page or Instagram under NailZensation Studio. 

The reason she chose that name is…Nail because she loves everything nails! Zen because her pen & ink art is similar to zen doodle/zentangle and is an art form that she finds very relaxing & fulfilling. (sen)sation because her work creates a reaction of interest & excitement. 

Verna is married to a wonderful man who supports her in pursuing her passion. They have been blessed with two children, a son-in-law & three wonderful grandsons. 

Natalie Kinal

Graduating from Lakeland College in 2012 with honors, Natalie is a nail tech/ clinical aesthetician. Passionate about everything nails, Natalie continues her education through advanced training.  

Using both acrylic along with gel; she specializes in 3D art and hand painting. Natalie devotes ample amount of time to prep work as well as shaping.  

Natalie was introduced to Amore by Rheanne Thackeray. She completely fell in love with the line, and has never looked back. Check her out on Instagram @natalie.kinal or Facebook Natalie.Kinal. She is currently working out of Red Deer, AB.

Lisa Ord

Lisa has been a certified Nail Technician and Aesthetician since 2001. She now operates from her home in Stony Plain, Alberta. Lisa loves all things nails and all things Amore. She enjoys continuing her education and she prides herself on being passionate about what she does and creating quality gel nails and designs. You can see her work on Facebook, Esthetica @Lisaordsalonandspa or on Instagram, @esthetica.salonandspa

Kari Kostiuk

Kari took her training right here with Amore Ultima in 2014. She continues to grow her homebased buisness in Provost, Alberta. She posts on Instagram @karikostiuk

Wendy Mockford

Wendy Mockford is a Certified Nail Technician, she owns her own salon in Strathmore, where she was raised and is proud to have her own business, Inspire Nails by Wendy. She has taken many nail classes to upgrade her skills and knowledge of the nail industry and loves the ever changing and evolving nature of the Beauty Industry.
Wendy has been in various areas of the industry since the age of fifteen, from hair and makeup, to nails, and it is her true passion to make others feel beautiful and look their best. She loves sharing her love and loyalty to Amore Ultima products with her customers and other nail technicians.

Tabitha Warholm

Tabitha has been a certified nail technician through All About Nails, by Kari McQuitty, since 2013. What drew Tabitha to becoming a nail tech was being her own boss and the ability to be creative while making women feel pretty. She ran her salon out of her home until January 2017 when she joined All About Nails in Strathmore. 

 Tabitha loves to create with her clients and enjoys all aspects of nail art. She uses her previous certification in Visual Design through out her design process and art creation. One of her favorite things to say when asked why she likes being a nail tech, she says ‘I get to be an artist without starving’. Everyday she challenges herself and works hard to improve her craft. Tabitha posts on Instagram @phatnailscalgary

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 always trying to master the newest designs and loves to teach others how to achieve them.

Kat opened her home-based nail salon in 2016 where she works full time. She loves that the beauty industry is full of amazingly talented people and she thrives when she is surrounded by them! This includes her amazing Amore family with great people and products. She proudly became an Amore Ambassador in March 2018. You can check out Kat’s work on Instagram @x.deadly.claws.x

Jodie 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 more.

She believes that the health and safety of each client is paramount.  Her work has been published in Nail pro Magazine.

She is passionate about correctly structured nail enhancements and strives for perfection. She loves colour, abstract art and has a flair for transforming nail enhancements into extensions of beauty. You can see her work on Instagram at @jodiebachynski

Brianne Jacob

Brianne Jacob grew up in the small and beautiful mountain town of Cranbrook, B.C. She first discovered her passion for nail art in her preteen years, though it wasn’t until she was 25 before she decided to follow her passion and start her nail career. With a main goal to become her own boss, Brianne was trained through Amore Ultima to be a certified gel nail technician in 2013. By 2015, Brianne had successfully fulfilled her dream and become her own boss and now runs her own successful business.

Subsequently, every year she has continued to expand her skills through further education to progress her career in the nail business. Brianne has become a certified master pedicurist through NASP, with over twenty other nail related certificates, from e-filing training, to advance shapes, to nail art. She has recently also become a certified Swarovski nail artist. She has also placed in the top three finalists for two themed nail-art competitions, winning metals.

Her goal is to eventually become an educator in nail art, to teaching others upgrading skills training, to training new nail technicians from scratch. You can find her nail art work on Instagram @angeliciousnails where she shares her work, including some step-by-step nail art tutorials and photos of her dog (“Amore”).

Megan Wachs

Megan Has been a cosmetologist since 2010 and received her Journeyperson’s as a Hair stylist in 2013. Then in 2018 She received her Journeyperson’s in Nail care Technician and Skin Care Technician. She runs an in-home salon called The Black Orchid Beauty Bar in the city of Martensville where you can book in for services and one on one training.

Megan is extremely passionate about education and in 2017-2019 was the head of education at Nove Academy in Saskatoon. All of her students can agree that she has passion for this industry and likes to stress about proper sanitization practices in their own salon. They will also agree that even though she encourages them to use and try multiple gel systems she still always goes back to recommending Amore Products!
You can find all of Megan’ s work on Facebook and Instagram @theblkorchid

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 a job that would allow her to support her two young sons and be able to stay home. Julie decided to take a nail tech course, and made sure to find someone who taught with Amore products. Julie wanted the same quality she enjoyed on her own nails.

Julie was certified in 2011 and knew she found her dream job. Julie loves working with Amore Ultima products, the quality and durability makes it her go to product. Julie has taken numerous extra courses to take her knowledge and abilities to higher levels.