CHAMPIONING PROFESSIONAL ARTISTRY & CREATIVITY

CND™ Co-founder, Jan Arnold, is a pioneer in the world of beauty. With a career that has spanned over 45 years, Jan has become an unparalleled leader in the nail industry, specifically championing the Nail Professional while providing innovative, quality products rooted in nail health, safety and style.

Jan’s father, Dr. Stuart S. Nordstrom, was the brilliant dentist and organic chemist whose discoveries launched the company in 1979. Her family built CND™ on a commitment to advancing the state of the industry through groundbreaking innovation and world-class education. Passionately driven to progressing the professional nail category, Jan now stands at the forefront, ensuring this influential spirit is infused into each aspect of the brand.

Jan’s personal sense of style makes her the high-fashion face behind the brand. When asked about the secret to her success, she has attributed it to thinking “big” – big ideas, big impact and BIG passion! She is an inspiration to everyone around her. One need only look to Fashion Week to see Jan and CND’s many accomplishments. For more than 27 years, CND’s top Education Ambassadors and Nail Professionals have adorned runway models’ fingertips and ignited trends from New York to London, Paris, and more. The company has collaborated with many of fashion’s most desirable designers, including The Blonds, Libertine, Alexander Wang, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs and Carolina Herrera, just to name a few. As a result, nails have become the ultimate fashion accessory around the world, elevating Nail Professionals to an all-time high.

Jan is also a founding Board Member of Beauty Changes Lives (BCL), a foundation committed to elevating, educating and exposing the richness of a career in professional beauty. She led an effort to raise scholarship donations for aspiring Nail Professionals through the creation of the BCL CND™ Tippi Hedren Nail Scholarship Fund and for licensed Nail Professionals with the BCL CND™ Masters Scholarship Fund, which has raised a total of over $400,000 to-date.

Fueling her dedication with decades of insights and community-building, Jan continuously inspires Nail Professionals around the world with a unique blend of entrepreneurship and expertise, and believes in a commitment to the Nail Professional, providing them with education, revolutionary formulations, visionary design concepts and product that focus equally on safety and care as they do quality and innovation.