Our artists
Petal & Pearl stays deliberately small. Everyone is an employee, never a booth renter, licensed by the state board and trained in our gentle prep and cleaning routine. Your cover artist is introduced, and the names below mean something after the first visit.
Founder + builder gel lead
Licensed manicurist and gel educator with 11 years at the table, first as a lead artist in a busy Durham salon. Thin, bitten and peeling nails, and clients learning to grow their own nails out strong beneath a soft overlay.
Ask Mara about: first sets and repairing damaged nails.
Gel-X + nail art lead
Licensed manicurist, trained in Gel-X application and fine-line hand painting, with six years of extensions and art. Florals, chrome, French tips, matched wedding sets, and clients who bring a photo and want it to suit them.
Ask Tessa about: length, shape and custom art.
Pedicure + brow lead
Licensed cosmetologist and certified brow and lash artist with seven years in spa work. Long pedicures, tired working feet, brow lamination, lash lifts, and clients who love conversation but sometimes need a quiet hour.
Ask Lina about: first pedicures and patch tests.
Named cover
Holidays, illness, and school runs happen. A cover appointment should never begin with a stranger at the table, so your cover artist reads your notes and meets you first.
It starts with a 10-minute look at your nails. We ask what your hands do all week, what has lifted or broken before—and you see how gently we prep.
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