At a young age, Christina loved doing makeup, hair, and nails. While she was attending university, she decided to attend nail school at Petra V Pro and has now been doing nails for 3 years. Christina loves creating nail art and making you feel awesome with your nails!

In her free time, Christina likes to spend time with her big family, reading, and watch shows.

Athiou has always loved art and started doing nails as a creative outlet. She went to nail school at Nova immediately after high school and started working a week after graduation! Athiou loves a fun conversation but doesn’t mind a quiet appointment. Athiou enjoys doing all types of designs especially 3d and any type of extension method!

Shyla found her passion for nails by learning to do her own gel extensions at home, which eventually led to a love for nail art! Working at the front desk at Nail Ninja SLP inspired het to attend nail school and begin her apprenticeship after graduation.

Outside of work, she is college student and part-time nanny. She lives to travel, spend time with friends and enjoy reading, thrifting, junk-journaling, and talking about sociology!

Lauren began doing nail art on herself at 9 years old but started to seriously get into it during her last years of high school. After graduating in 2023, she attended Petra V Pro to get my nail license. Her favorite service is anything involving nail art whether simple or detailed!

Outside of work, she enjoys making traditional art using different mediums such as paint, pencil, and bleach on t-shirts.

Growing up, Kang was always fascinated by the world of beauty and self-expression. As a teenager, she would spend hours doing her nails in her room - it was like watching a work of art come to life. Her family encouraged her to attend nail school and she joined NAIL NINJA after graduation. 

Kang loves watching a client's face light up when they see their finished nails, knowing she played a small part in their happiness. To her, doing nails is more than just a job - it's a creative outlet, a way to connect with others.

Isabella started her nail journey in 2023 and is so excited to share and grow with you all! She started doing her own nails at home and quickly fell in love with the artistry behind it. She attended Atelier Academy in Hopkins, MN, after her sister suggested she attend nail school. She adores a gel mani and is obsessed with chrome. She’s a vegetarian who loves pasta, (her favorite noodle shape is cavatappi). Isabella is a dog mom to a German Shepard, who of course lets her mom hand file her nails.

Kate fell in love with nail polish and nail art back in elementary school, where would spend hours decorating her nails for any holiday. After being told to get into nails most of her life, she finally decided to jump in and got her license as a nail tech from the Atelier Academy of Beauty in 2023.

Kate has been developing her detailed art skills for years and loves to experiment with new products and trends. She always loves a new challenge; painting logos, characters and techniques. When she isn’t doing nails, she’s spending time with her fur baby Pieper, running, or doing something outdoors with friends. Kate would love to hold your hands and bring your crazy nail designs to life.

Kelly has had a love for nail artistry ever since she was a little girl. She loved to create cool designs and would change her polish color every day! After she was finished, she would practice pedicures and the most creative designs on her moms nails. Kelly re-ignited her passion for nails in highschool when she took matters into her own hands after her visit at her local salon.

After highschool, she moved to Las Vegas and went to Milan Institute of Cosmetology to get her licensing as a nail technician. In school she was known for her meticulous hand painted designs. Now she's back home and very happy to be working with Nail Ninja.

Creating has been the center of Savanna’s world since kindergarten. And after 9 years in the graphic design world (& a teensy “quarter life crisis”), she went back to school for nails at The Atelier Academy of Beauty. She hit the ground running at Nail Ninja as soon as she graduated in June of 2024. For her, doing nails is the perfect combination of satisfying her perfectionism and exploring her creativity. Savanna loves on point shaping, nail art inspired by random objects, and making her clients laugh!

When she isn’t at Nail Ninja, Savanna is out on walks with her adopted senior lab Chopper, reading, baking, or thrifting!

Lucia is a bubbly and kind extrovert who loves good conversation! She enjoys getting to know new people and making her guests feel like friends. (If you’re interested in a silent appointment, just say so!)

Lucia graduated from Nova Academy in July 2023. She loves to thrift in her spare time. She loves all things beauty related and loves to make her guests feel beautiful! She can’t wait to give you the nails you’ve been dreaming of!

Michelle is passionate about creating healthy and beautiful nails while proving a relaxing, wonderful experience for her clients. Whether that is a classic manicure or turning your fingertips into trendy little works of art, she is here to help you achieve your vision come to life!

Hope has always loved art and used it as a way to find her place in her large family. She launched herself into her nail career by wanting to create art in even the smallest of mediums. She believes in wearing your nails as a showcase of your style and self love. She loves to provide services that make you feel good. In her free time you can find her reading, painting, quoting every movie she’s ever seen, screaming along at concerts, and spending time with her loved ones. She graduated from Saint Paul College in December of 2023 with the drive to continuously hone her craft. One day she hopes to find herself working alongside some of the top brands in the beauty industry on product development and education.

Kara fell in love with doing nails when she was just 11 years old after buying her first glitter nail polish. After working in the tech industry, she embarked on a big career shift and enrolled in the nail program at the Atelier Academy of Beauty in the end of 2023. Kara loves keeping up with the latest nail trends, natural nail care, and helping people learn to love their feet through relaxing and restorative pedicures. When she is not doing nails, she likes to spend time with her husband and cats in their home in Saint Paul.

Kimberly has loved doing nails since she was a child, so when looking to leave the corporate world for something new, a profession as a nail tech was the perfect fit. She got her license in September 2019, started working immediately, and hasn't looked back.

Her interest include gel manis, and structured manis. Whether abstract, mix and match, floral, or embellished in studs and crystals. She loves nail art!

Cashlin has always been obsessed with the tiny canvas of nails and has been creating nail art for herself since she was a kid! After studying French for a few years in college, she attended the Atelier Academy for nails. Since starting her professional nail career, she’s loved creating nail art for others! Whether it’s a character, pattern or fun color, she finds joy in making others love their nails. Outside of work, you will find her spending time with her partner or dog. She loves rewatching sitcoms, playing video games, crocheting, or reading.

Chris Esparza started doing his own nails as a self-care ritual about four years ago and that grew into learning nail art and finally, going to Atelier Academy to get his license to be a full-time tech! He is a self-proclaimed nerd and gamer at heart. He likes to work with structured gel LOVES nerdy nail art. His goal as nail tech is to inspire others to wear nails, regardless of gender!

Sydney graduated from St. Paul College in 2018 and has been doing nails ever since! Growing up, she loved doing my own nails and practicing nail art. After some time in art school, she decided getting my nail tech license would be a better fit.

She loves cuticle/prep work, and a clean single color. She loves cutesy art like Sanrio, or sparkly like cat eye! 

Outside of work, she spends most of her time with her daughter. She loves anything interior design related, thrift shopping, and reading

Thao grew up in a household with Aunts that were nail techs! This made her naturally develop a love for nail art and nail health from a young age and led to her attending and graduating from LA Beauty School in July 2021. She loves working with structured gel and gel polish and her passion lies in creating the perfect nail art to bring joy to each client!

As experimental as she is with nail art, she enjoys picking up new hobbies and learning new topics of interest. Her current interests includes Astrology, Animal Crossing, Cats and True Crime.