One of my "a hand model's hand care tips" articles was re-published in Greek for Like Woman!
Check out the full article here: ...Η Susan Schell κάνει modeling χεριών. Τα χέρια της έχουν φωτογραφηθεί για πολλά γνωστά περιοδικά μόδας, όπως η Vogue, το Nylon Magazine, το Brides Magazine, το NY Magazine, κλπ… Το αντικείμενο διαφήμισης κάθε φορά ποικίλει: μπορεί να προβάλλεται κάποιο προϊόν ομορφιάς, κάποιες τεχνικές mani ή ακόμη και φαγητό! Λόγω επαγγέλματος λοιπόν, η Susan Schell έχει τεράστια εμπειρία στη φροντίδα και περιποίηση των χεριών και μοιράζεται μαζί μας όλα τα μυστικά ομορφιάς τους!
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NYMAG's The Cut just published a really funny article about what it is like being a Paintbox handmodel. I know from personal experience :P but found the article to be hilarious. My favorite quote from the article is "...the life of a Paintbox hand model is a life of exquisite, almost unimaginable ennui and luxury." Being full of ennui, I felt inspired to repost the article! Read the full story by Dayna Evans here! "The most essential skill one can have as a Paintbox hand model is knowing how to hold a costly prop — whether a bar of chocolate, a flute of rosé Champagne, or a Brazilian passport — as if it were just about to slip out of one’s hands and come tumbling to the ground. One cannot grip anything too tightly or too gently."
I promise it isn't always as easy as it looks! I was recently interviewed by FAB beauty!
We discussed how I got started and what it is really like to be a professional hand model. I recently found that an article of mine had been translated into Dutch by Het Nieuwsblad. So for all you lovely Dutchies looking for some hand care tips, here you go! Naast catwalk- en bikinimodellen zijn er ook vrouwen die aan de kost komen dankzij hun handen. De Amerikaanse Susan Schell is zo’n handmodel en deelt makkelijke tips voor mooie nagels, vingers, handpalmen en -ruggen via modesite Styleite.
- Zet flesjes lotion op zichtbare plaatsen in de badkamer en keuken. Zo vergeet je niet om je handen te hydrateren nadat je ze hebt gewassen en voorkom je uitdroging. Een klein flesje lotion in je handtas helpt ook om je handen in topconditie te houden als je onderweg bent. - Investeren in een peperdure handcrème hoeft volgens Susan en veel van haar collega-handmodellen niet. Goedkopere producten uit je keuken zoals enkele druppels olijf- of kokosolie maken je handen even zacht. - Volgens het handmodel maken goed verzorgde nagelriemen je handen extra mooi. Ze raadt het af om nagelriemen te knippen omdat het tot pijnlijke wondjes kan leiden. Beter is om de nagelriemen in te wrijven met een druppel olie zoals de Cuticle Oil van Deborah Lippmann. ‘Ik breng een druppel aan op de basis van mijn nagels en wrijf de huid rond de nagel ermee in. Dan duw ik de nagelriemen terug met een stokje om de olie onder de nagelriemen te krijgen.’ - Neem biotine: deze vitamine helpt volgens Susan om je nagels sterker en langer te maken. ‘Ik heb geen medisch bewijs dat dit werkt, maar zo voelt het wel’, zegt Susan. ‘Bovendien wordt je haar er langer van en oogt je huid stralender.’ - Voor een shoot gaat het model vaak voor een maskertje. Dan smeert ze haar handen rijkelijk in met lotions, handzalfjes en nagelriemcrème. Dan trekt ze katoenen handschoenen aan en gaat ze slapen. De volgende ochtend zijn haar handen zacht en gehydrateerd. - Extreem droge handen? Dompel ze dan in een paraffinebad. Laat de was uitharden onder handschoenen. Als je de harde, afgekoelde was er na enkele uren af krabt, voelen je handen heel zacht en gehydrateerd aan. Myself, my hand model friend Adele Uddo, and another hand model gave Cracked.com the down low on what it is really like to be a hand model!
Hand modeling -- or "parts modeling," if you want to call it by its proper, vaguely disturbing name -- is a job you never stop to think about. But, it's all around you: Everything you've ever bought, from your smartphone to your sandwich, was sold to you by somebody using a hand model. So, to find out more, we talked to models Doreen Gordon, Susan Schell, and Adele Uddo, who told us about "the only respectable way to make a living from one hand job to the next." Keep reading here! I don't know how I missed this but back in May I gave Your Nails Magazine some pro tips on hand care and thought I'd share some of them here!
So here is a little excerpt: Cuticles are an integral part of overall nail health; they actually protect the nail bed, the part of your nail where new cells develop and result in nail growth. It is similar to taking care of your hair – you start at the roots! Cuticles are like the roots of your nails so healthy cuticles means healthy nails. I think people tend to get carried away when cutting cuticles. I have had a few nightmarish incidents like being cut too deeply and bleeding at a salon while getting a manicure. Having open wounds on your cuticles is a lot worse than a bit of dried skin and it makes them more susceptible to infection. To me it just seems like something that is better in my own control, so whenever I get a manicure, unless I really trust the manicurist, I prefer to avoid the cuticle cutters. Another very important tip is, something I had to learn the hard way, ALWAYS use a base coat when painting your nails with anything highly pigmented. There is nothing worse than having to wait for stained and nasty looking nails to grow out. I like using Sally Hansen’s Double Duty Base Coat and Top Coat because it is two in one and doesn’t chip. I like to use it as a clear coat of polish or as the base and top coat to protect a colorful polish. A more obvious but equally important thing to keep in mind is protecting your hands from the elements like the weather and water. Wearing gloves in the winter helps to keep hands from cracking and drying out. Sunscreen in the summer not only protects from sunburns but it also helps prevent sunspots. Wearing cleaning gloves when washing dishes helps keep your hand safe from dish soap and water, which can strip your skin of moisture and natural oils. I like to keep lotion next to my sink so I can quickly moisturize after washing my hands. Read more in Your Nails Magazine! I was recently asked where I like to go get manicures here in New York and thought that I'd share a few of my favorite spas/salons in the city. If I'm in a rush or just need a quick and convenient polish before a shoot, I'll pop in pretty much anywhere but I just ask that they don't cut my cuticles. Cuticle oil and pushing back the cuticles will do the trick 99% of the time. I really only ever get my cuticles cut when I'm with a manicurist I completely trust and there is actually something to cut off - I find that people love to cut into cuticles that really don't need to be cut. Anyways, as for my actual recommendations, here are a few of my favorite (and hand model approved!) nail salons: For a basic manicure and an amazing spa pedicure - Polaris (20 E. 22nd St.) Polaris is great for standard manicures; they are really careful and make sure your nails look perfect. They take their time and the end result is always consistently good. They have a solid assortment of colors to choose from and their polishes don't chip off right away. If you want to treat yourself to a great pedicure, I highly recommend their spa pedicure! For a luxurious hand and foot treatment - Jin Soon (56 E. 4th St. and additional locations) I have had the pleasure of working with Jin Soon on various hand shoots, not to mention for her own line of nail polishes, so it was fun for me to check out her salon. I have long been a fan of her polishes - from the packaging to the formula, it truly is great polish! Her salon is equally nice. I love the milk and honey hand and foot treatment. Complimented with your choice of essential oil, the milk and honey treatment is ultra hydrating and relaxing. There is wide selection of designer polishes and Jin Soon's namesake polishes to choose from. As I said, I am a huge fan of Jin Soon's polish, I love the colors and that it last so long! Pro tip: make sure you get the citrus tea, its so delicious! For nail art - Paintbox (17 Crosby St.)
Paintbox is a curated nail art salon in SoHo that does exclusively manicures. I have also had the pleasure of working with the Paintbox team as a hand model so I have personally tried a variety of their nail art looks - I'm partial to anything with negative space but they offer seasonal looks so there is always something new to try! I really appreciate the quality products that they use like the Deborah Lippmann cuticle cream. The paintbox salon itself is just a lovely place to be in, they offer great coffee or prosecco to make your experience even better and the staff are some of the nicest people in New York! It's a great experience and the paintbox mani cam is the perfect way to take a "nailfie" after your manicure! Before hand modeling I never really thought about the appearance of my hands but there were a few distinct moments where the way my hands look was suddenly brought to my attention. One such instance:
I went to an art school for college so I spent a lot of my time drawing. I remember in a particular anatomy of drawing course that we were asked to draw our own hands as a home work assignment. It was a deeply thorough assignment as we were instructed to start literally from the inside out. We were asked to start by drawing the many bones of the hand, then on an overlaid pieces of semi transparent paper we moved on to the muscles, and eventually to the outer skin. This class was where I really learned how to draw the human form and of course hands, which are notoriously one of the hardest body parts to draw. I remember this hand homework assignment because my teacher was very good at explaining how to understand the proportions of the body and how to translate that to an accurate drawing - so I thought I did a good job and was very proud of my drawing. Durring the class critique another student began his critique of my piece and ultimately complained that it looked like I made the fingers too long. I protested and held up my hand to the drawing and everyone agreed that it was pretty accurate. The class laughed it off and joked about my long fingers as they moved on to the next piece. This was one of those weird moments where I suddenly felt very conscious of my own hands and not necessarily in a bad way but I was just made very aware of them. Anyways - hands in art are one of my favorite motifs so I've included a few of my favorite hand drawings and paintings in this post. I especially love the Egon Schiele sketch and the poster for "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger." Being a hand model comes with a lot of questions - I've discussed a lot my FAQs in this blog but pretty much everyone who finds out that I hand model has a slew of questions about my job. Mostly, people are curious about how protective or obsessive hand models are about their hands. Over the past year I've written a few articles on the topic for various beauty publications and I just found some of my hand care tips translated into German by Elle Deutschland! For the English version, check out this blog post.
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