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Serena Williams Trains To Become a Nail Tech

Serena Williams is all about being changing the dynamics of the game, and her latest career move is both boundary-pushing and fun as heck. The tennis champ is switching gears, momentarily, to become a nail technician. Yes, Serena says she loves getting her nails done so much that she's enrolled in a 240-hour class to be certified as a nail technician. "No one likes getting their nails done more than I do," she wrote on a blog she keeps for GlobalGrind. "As a matter of fact I go every four days to get a manicure and every seven days for a pedicure. So, I had a brilliant idea to get certified to be a nail tech." Read More: Serena Williams Wins the Australian OpenSerena and Venus Williams Buy Black Tennis Players
By Essence · Updated October 29, 2020
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Serena Williams is all about being changing the dynamics of the game, and her latest career move is both boundary-pushing and fun as heck. The tennis champ is switching gears, momentarily, to become a nail technician. Yes, Serena says she loves getting her nails done so much that she’s enrolled in a 240-hour class to be certified as a nail technician. “No one likes getting their nails done more than I do,” she wrote on a blog she keeps for GlobalGrind. “As a matter of fact I go every four days to get a manicure and every seven days for a pedicure. So, I had a brilliant idea to get certified to be a nail tech.” Always on top, Serena also revealed the classes are in preparation for a nail collection she is working on with a company called HairTech.  Read More:
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