The star of the upcoming 'Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: O.C.' spinoff has partnered with Olive & June to launch a collection of press-on nails in various styles
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NEED TO KNOW
- Avery Woods has partnered with nail care brand Olive & June to launch a collection of 12 press-on nail styles that can fit anyone’s day-to-day life
- Easy, efficient self-care is particularly important to Woods, who works as a busy mom, a content creator and will soon star in the upcoming Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County spinoff
- She talks exclusively with PEOPLE about how working as a full-time nurse impacted her views on self-care
Today, Avery Woods is a social media sensation set to appear on one of the most highly anticipated reality shows of the moment. Still, no matter how far her life and career expand, she never loses sight of the path that led her here.
Woods, 31, has partnered with nail care brand Olive & June to create a collection of 12 press-on nail styles that are easy to apply, affordable and functional, but not at the cost of style. The assortment of sets includes both neutral, subtle colors and bold, bright designs, too.
"There's something for everyone, and that was really important for me, because everyone has different styles," the content creator tells PEOPLE of the curating process. "If they like rhinestones, they have that. If they want a plain French [manicure], they have that."
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Versatility is at the heart of the collection, because that's exactly what Woods has always appreciated about press-on nails in general. Today, the simplicity allows her to be a strong mom, a dedicated businesswoman and one of the stars of the upcoming Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County spinoff.
But when she first discovered easy manicures, Woods was working as a nurse. The job required her to balance an entirely different set of responsibilities from what she juggles now, and her responsibilities rarely allowed her to sit in a chair at the salon for a long time — nor did her salary.
"I worked so hard as a nurse during the pandemic. And my raise during the pandemic — while working all the way until five days before my C-section — was 67 cents an hour," she recalls. "Nurses and people with normal jobs cannot afford to get a $200 manicure."
Enter her Olive & June press-ons. "They're $10. They last three weeks," adds Woods. "That, to me, is part of my core and my story. I just think it's so important to have a product that makes people feel beautiful and confident without having to break the bank."
Olive & June founder Sarah Gibson Tuttle, 45, knew Woods was an "organic" fit for a collaboration, given her appreciation for efficient yet chic manicures and her natural authenticity.
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"Half of my family are nurses, and so Avery and I have bonded on this a lot," the self-care mogul tells PEOPLE. She notes that her grandmother, June — the brand's partial namesake, the other being Gibson Tuttle's great-grandmother, Olive — was a labor and delivery nurse. "I have a very, very big soft spot for nurses," adds the brand's CEO.
"There is nothing more important to me than making things accessible to people," she continues. "When I was a kid, I'd read PEOPLE Magazine and I'd be like, 'I want Drew Barrymore's lip gloss.' I [would] always think to myself, 'How do you make beauty products accessible?'"
Gibson Tuttle says she was incredibly excited to share that same interest with Woods, and they both knew it would make for a perfect product.
"We are very aligned in that. Having literally these press-ons be $10 and have them be gradients and velvets and chromes and Frenches and all the things that would take you hours, but also be a 100 to $200 manicure in a salon is so incredible," says Gibson Tuttle. "It's both of our love languages."
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