Amande Studio

I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.

Rainy weather paired with relaxing pedicures. ✨

Advanced Russian Pedicure Class | Day 2

Some of you only know CONCONAILS today, but very few know how this journey really started.

It all began way back in 2014.

I was just a girl obsessed with nails, painting my own using regular nail polish from grocery stores and wearing fake nail extensions I bought outside school. I didn’t have expensive products, professional tools, or formal training. I only had curiosity, passion, and a dream.

In 2016, I officially started doing nails from our garage in Bulacan under the name Nailsbytcsnmdllyn.

To everyone who trusted me during those early days—thank you. You were the first people who believed in me even when I was still learning.

Back then, my tools and products were simply the cheapest ones I could afford. The nail industry wasn’t as accessible as it is today. There were no endless online stores or premium products within easy reach. I worked with what I had, and I made the most of it.

Life then became a series of moving from one place to another.

I relocated to Makati… and guess what? I was back in a garage doing nails again.

Then I moved to Cainta.

It was during this chapter that I decided to rebrand, and CONCONAILS was born.

Just as I was trying to settle, the pandemic happened.

Most people stopped.

I didn’t.

Instead, I found another way to keep going. I started selling Polygel Kits complete with tutorials so others could learn from home. To everyone who bought my kits—especially my customers from Mindanao—thank you. You became a huge part of keeping my dream alive during one of the hardest seasons.

After that, I relocated again to Marikina.

This time, I upgraded from a garage…

…to a living room. 😂

It wasn’t glamorous, but it was progress.

Eventually, I opened my very first nail studio.

I hired my first junior nail technician and even had a baker in the studio. Business grew, TikTok Lives became part of my daily routine, and for the first time, I truly felt that my dream was becoming real.

But life happens.

Circumstances brought me back to Bulacan, where I once again found myself doing nails in our living room, part-time.

Then another chapter began.

I moved to Las Piñas.

I started accepting clients in my boyfriend’s living room for just one month.

To my surprise…

My schedule filled up so quickly.

That was the moment I decided to take another leap of faith.

I rented a small apartment and turned it into my little nail studio. That was also where I started teaching nail classes.

As months passed, I realized the space had become too small—not because I planned it that way, but because my dreams kept growing.

So I took another risk.

I moved into a bigger home-based studio.

The studio many of you know today as CONCONAILS.

And now…

I’m standing at another turning point.

I’m taking another leap of faith by finally giving my nail studio a place of its own.

As I move into this new space, it also feels like the right time for a new chapter.

So along with this move, I’ll also be slowly saying hello to a new name…

AMANDE Studio.

CONCONAILS built this dream.

It gave me a community, opportunities, lifelong clients, and students who trusted me from the very beginning.

AMANDE Studio isn’t about leaving that behind.

It’s about carrying everything I’ve learned into the next chapter and creating the elevated experience I’ve always envisioned.

Sometimes I look back and can’t believe how many times I’ve packed my things, moved cities, started over, and rebuilt from scratch.

Garage.

Garage again.

Living room.

Living room again.

Apartment.

Home studio.

Now…

A private studio.

Looking back, I realize that the biggest reason I’m here today isn’t because everything went perfectly.

It’s because I never stopped.

I never stopped believing in myself.

I never stopped learning.

I never stopped improving.

I never stopped showing up, even when starting over felt exhausting.

Every relocation taught me resilience.

Every failure taught me wisdom.

Every challenge humbled me.

Every client taught me something.

Every student trusted me enough to become part of my story.

None of this happened overnight.

It took years of uncertainty, sacrifices, late nights, mistakes, countless risks, and choosing to continue even when it would’ve been easier to quit.

To my family, my friends, every client who chose me, every student who trusted me, everyone who supported my journey from the very beginning—you all became part of this dream.

Thank you for growing with me.

This isn’t the end.

It’s simply another beginning.

Here’s to bigger dreams, bigger risks, bigger blessings, and never forgetting where it all started.

See you in this next chapter.

Cheers to the journey. 🥂🤍

Manicure and pedicure done. ✨