We recently connected with Alexis Gray and have shared our conversation below.
Alexis, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Let’s kick things off with your mission – what is it and what’s the story behind why it’s your mission?
My nail salon is a Christian based salon and I focus on natural nail work and love doing nail art. I decided to put God first even in my career and that is when Faith Through Fingers Natural Nail Salon was created! My mission is for my clients to come in and hear a word of God. I will never ‘force’ my faith, my hope is just that someone will hear something positive during their service time! You never know what someone is going through, and I have had such touching conversations and met people at such perfect times with this business and I truly do feel that blessing. I have thrived as a nail tech/artist within the year and a half I’ve had my salon, but my absolute favorite joy is the conversations I have with my clients. Owning a business has been the most wonderful, fun career I could have, but really I’m not the true owner. God is. He is the CEO of Faith Through Fingers and i say I just work for him! To make a positive, godly change in my little town really is my mission.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
I started having fun with nails at 15 and then continued on to cosmetology after high school. I was in and out of some salons after that just trying to find a place to succeed, but truthfully, I just kept gaining anxiety instead of confidence. It wasn’t until I moved in with my boyfriend (now husband) and grounded not just myself but my career on God and my faith. I handed everything else to Him but still had grip on my career and that was holding me back. I spent months off without a job just praying and doing everything to possibly get a room approved by date in my house. I only felt this calling to work from my home and create and environment that was just filled with positivity. After 5 months of waiting to hear from not just God, but state, I finally had gotten approved and was ready for inspection. Not far long after, inspection was also approved.
Faith Through Fingers Natural Nail Salon opened as a private nail salon that offers pedicures and natural nail services. I specialize in dry manicuring, structure gel & nail art. I can’t express enough how thankful I am for my clients and all I have been given the opportunity to do!
Any insights you can share with us about how you built up your social media presence?
I’m not in love with social media personally, but for businesses, it is EVERYTHING! I don’t have much of a story but I have many tips!
– post every 24 hours (whether it’s a post or story!)
– photo quality matters! Get a fun background or aesthetically pleasing background/crop. You don’t want wondering eyes.
– tag people! Clients, products, etc.
– use hashtags
– dont be scared to interact with your followers!
– find what social media platform you get the most activity on!
We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?
Honestly, I had to unlearn my worth. Unfortunately, I didn’t have the most positive, confidence-building beginning as a nail tech. My family was so supportive but my work places were not! A lot of things are competition in this industry. Therefore, I actually had to learn my worth and learn that I wasn’t just worth the cheapest amount, or worth setting up to fail. I was worth success and worth my price and worth something! Now, I love my confidence and I love how much I’ve grown!
Contact Info:
- Website: https://linktr.ee/faiththroughfingers
- Instagram: @faiththroughfingers
- Facebook: @faiththroughfingers
- Other: TikTok: @faiththroughfingers