Licensed manicurist and multi-Japanese-brand certified nail stylist and educator Paola Ponce discovered her niche after she won first place in an online Japanese gel nail competition six years ago. Ponce specializes in soft-potted gel nail systems for her salon services.
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With filled client books, Ponce ventured into entrepreneurship within the nail industry, where she now educates fellow nail technicians on how to master gel nails using soft-potted gel only, so that they, too, can achieve salon success and career freedom of being their own boss.
