Sweet Squared

For the past eight seasons CND has created effortless, yet elegant, nails for Jason Wu’s runway shows and now they join forces again to develop The Jason Wu Collection: four fabulously femme Colours and one Effect that honour women through wearable, timeless shades. 

Sweet Squared LLP is proud to announce that Samantha Sweet is the latest addition to the Non-Executive Board of Directors at PHAB; pronounced ‘fab’ it stands for Performance in Hair and Beauty.  

Marian Newman is using her 25 years experience in ‘nails’ and passing on her experience and ideas to help you create the ‘Image of perfection for you. Improve your Nail Skills and ‘dip into’ the world of image making.

Join us on 7^th June for the Bournemouth launch of ‘Shellac’!

All Beauty Therapists, Nail Professionals, Students & Salon Owners Welcome, doors open at 10am!

Join Layla and the Bournemouth team to find out the buzz with Shellac, come watch demo’s, partake in play-stations and get advice, support and much more throughout the day!

Square Award Winners 2010!!!

Annual Open Day Sunday 16th May 2010 

All Nail Techs and Beauty Therapists welcome...come along for good food, fun and meet old and new friends.  Many Industry Icons will be available all day for advice and support.

Congratulations to the following finalists of The Squares Awards 2010!  Awards will be presented at the Square Awards Dinner on May 1st Saturday night at 7:00pm.  For info on Awards evening tickets please call Sara Grant on 0113 217 2803. 

What kind of party would it be without some ass-kicking awards? The Squares are our own unique way of honouring passion, creativity, leadership and excellence in our industry from our very Sweet perspective!

CND (Creative Nail Design), the leader in professional nail, hand and foot beauty, is proud to introduce the first hybrid nail color after nearly five years of development in its state-of-the-art laboratory.  Now you can say good-bye to chips, smudges, and dry time and say hello to Shellac™ Hybrid Nail Color! This revolutionary product applies like polish, wears flawlessly for 14 days of high gloss shine, and is removed in minutes.   

Whether you are a student who has just qualified or a salon owner with years of experience, you can put yourself or your salon forward for a prestigious Square Award!

Internationally known scientist, author and nail researcher Doug Schoon is excited to announce the re-opening of Doug Schoon’s Brain.

The Event is a one of a kind two day ‘nail professional education and inspiration extravaganza’ led by some of the most respected names within our profession.

The Creative Academy + Manchester is officially open and who better to head it up than the inspiring Julia Moran. Julia opened her first salon in the UK 23 years ago and has since built up a reputation for being one of the best in the business.

On October 16th thru October 19th CND (Creative Nail Design) held their Global Distributor Conference at the Grand Wailea Hotel on the beautiful island of Maui – Hawaii.  During the conference a hundred representatives from CND’s international global distributor partners, were introduced to new innovations, marketing tools and brand new Foundation Course material.  On the final evening a Luau was held by the beach and John Heffner, Jan Arnold and their CND Executive team presented awards to their top international performers

On Saturday October 17th CND (Creative Nail Design) kicked off their 30th Birthday and Global Distributor Conference by honouring 5 special women they named ‘Global Goddesses’.  Gigi Rouse was one of these five names bestowed with this very special honour.  Jan Nordstrom-Arnold talked about ‘Early Innovators’ – women who had the courage to bring something new to their country and start an industry where none was present.

Gigi Rouse will be hosting a 'nail tips & trouble-shooting' day in Bournemouth on Monday 16th of November.  Both Gigi and Samantha Sweet along with Layla and her Creative Academy+ Team, will be on hand to help inspire all attendees in perfecting nail skills; marketing advice, pricing and service menu info and general customer support.

Sweet Squared has been shortlisted for not one, but THREE awards in the ‘Beauty Guild Awards of Excellence’ – Best Customer Service, Best Nails Supplier and Best Supplier Specific Training. Click on the title for more info....

On October 19th Amanda Fontanarrosa and Kate Taylor will be holding a CND Play Station at Ellisons in Coventry. We all need a helping hand at some point and Amanda & Kate are offering theirs to help you along your nail journey. 

We will be showcasing the NEW CND Colour at S2 HQ and in London on Monday September 7th, Edinburgh Sunday September 6th and Bournemouth Monday September 14th 2009. Times for Leeds will be 10:00 to 12:00; 1:30 to 3:30 and due to popular demand, a recently added 4:00 to 6:00.  You must book your time slots by calling 0113 217 3805 and speaking with Kelly Brooksbank. 
Nail Legend Marian Newman will also be with us in Leeds for the Colour Launch!  Marian who has done over 45 Vogue Cover shoots KNOWS how to paint the perfect nail.  She is excited to meet you and share her tips and tricks to perfect painted nails with the NEW CND Colours & Effects!

Everyone is INSANE about Minx!!!  
Fi and Fi will once again be hosting Minx Mentor Days in Edinburgh on Sunday August 23rd, Monday 24th, Tuesday 25th, Monday 31st and Tuesday September 1st.
 
Join us and experience live demonstrations on the Minx designs that are literally driving the nation Minx Mad!

Join Ketan and team on Monday July 6th and find out what kind of Minx you are!!

Join Katie Ellison and Hannah Rowland in Leeds on Monday July 20th OR – if you are down south pop over to the Creative Academy+ Bournemouth with Layla and the team – same day – Monday July 20th and find out what kind of Minx you are!!!

We are proud to announce the opening of our new Creative Academy+ in Bournemouth to better serve our professionals with our award winning education and one stop shop for all their CND and Minx needs! 

After the huge success of the Edinburgh Open Day at Fingertips in May, Fi and Wee Fee are taking it to Aberdeen! Mark your calendar for Sunday June 21st to see Fiona and Fee Wallace and their Scottish team plus Sweet Squared’s Samantha Sweet...

Though this is most likely obvious since you are on sweetsquared.com reading this, our painfully long journey to bring you the best online experience we could has now borne fruit!