Learn with Nadia
The career infrastructure for modern nail artists.
Training, systems and AI tools built to help nail artists work in fashion, editorial, luxury and celebrity spaces, by someone who has spent fifteen years inside them.
The ecosystem
A clear path forward.
Seven parts, in order. Each one builds on the last.
How to become a Session Nail Artist™
What session work actually is, how the industry hires, and what it pays. Two free reads before you spend anything.
How to become a session nail artist How much to chargeBefore the Call Sheet
An insider’s guide to working as a Session Nail Artist: how session work operates, the language of production, a full illustrative call sheet and five worksheets. 84 pages, £29.
Read about the bookSession Standards™
The professional framework defining the behaviours, competencies and expectations of a Session Nail Artist™.
Explore Session Standards™Session Nail Artist™
Learn how the industry actually works: fashion week, editorial, celebrity, luxury clients, outreach and professional navigation.
Explore Session Nail Artist™SessionOS™
Knowledge without implementation changes nothing. SessionOS™ is the system that runs the working side of a session career: every job quoted, tracked and invoiced from your phone.
Explore SessionOS™AI Tools™
Apply the system in real situations. Tools for invoicing, colour organisation, operations and business management.
Explore AI Tools™The Society™
A private professional society for artists building careers in fashion, editorial, luxury, celebrity and private client work.
Join The Society™The flagship programme
Learn how the industry actually works.
Session Nail Artist™ is not a technique course. It is the complete professional education for nail artists who want to work in fashion, editorial, luxury and celebrity spaces, built by someone who has spent years working inside those worlds.
Built on the Session Standards™, the framework defining the behaviours, competencies and expectations required to operate in fashion, editorial, luxury and commercial environments.
- Format
- Digital programme
- What it is
- Professional education, not a technique course
- Focus
- Session and editorial
- Instructor
- Nadia Blanco
- Credits include
- Vivienne Westwood, RSA Films, Diet Coke, Y-3
- Fashion weeks
- LFW · MFW · PFW · NYFW
The implementation layer
Knowledge is not enough. You need a system.
SessionOS™ is the operating system for working session and editorial nail artists. It removes the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it, consistently, professionally and at pace.
Quote, track and bill every job from your phone, with invoices numbered and ready to send, earnings by tax year, and the working records a professional career runs on. Free to start, then £89 a year, and included for twelve months with Session Nail Artist™.
Explore SessionOS™- Job manager
- Quotes and invoices
- Sequential invoice numbering
- Multi-currency per job
- Earnings by UK tax year
- PDF invoices from your phone
- Client and agency records
- Works offline as an app
The foundation
Built on the Session Standards™.
A professional framework developed from real-world experience across fashion, editorial, celebrity and luxury private-client environments. It defines the behaviours, competencies and professional expectations that underpin every programme, system and tool here.
- Professional Identity
- Professional Communication
- Reliability
- Luxury Etiquette
- Editorial Readiness
- Career Ownership
- Commercial Awareness
- Continuous Development
The AI suite
The tools that help you move faster.
Built for working artists, each with its own login, and made to use from your phone.
SessionOS™
Invoicing and job management built for session nail artists: quote, track and bill every job from your phone.
ExploreSwatchOS™
Colour organisation and shade management, a professional system for working artists.
ExploreWebsites and booking
Sites, booking platforms and digital presence for beauty businesses, from the Digital Studio.
Visit the Digital StudioThe Society™
A private professional society for nail artists.
For artists building careers in fashion, editorial, luxury, celebrity and private client work. A space defined by professional identity, industry standards and genuine accountability, where members implement, uphold and continuously develop the Session Standards™ throughout their careers.
Courses and resources
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Go to the classroomShop
MOZHZHERI professional tools, selected and sold by Nadia as a certified instructor.
Visit the shopJournal
Building a Session Nail Career, the series, and the two guides everyone starts with.
How to become a session nail artistHow much to chargeRead the JournalThe founder
Built from real experience.
byNadiaBlanco™ exists because the information nail artists actually need, how to get the call, how to show up on set, how to navigate Fashion Week, how to communicate with premium clients, was nowhere to be found.
Nadia Blanco is a London-based session nail artist and educator. Since 2011 she has built 168 credits across runway, campaign, commercial, editorial and covers: a long relationship with Vivienne Westwood, moving-image work for RSA Films, Diet Coke, Evian × Humanrace, Very, Ahluwalia and Y-3, and runway work at London, New York, Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks. She is an OPI Nail Boss, a MOZHZHERI Certified Instructor and an ABT-accredited educator.
See the session portfolioBuild your career properly.
Learn the system. Implement the system. Apply the system.