About Us
About Us
Christie & Christie® Pty Ltd
THE CHRISTIE FAMILY - Turquoise Blue - 2017
Julia Christie: Inventor, Founder & CEO, Mother of three, Australian, ex-teacher, jazz singer, blue belt in karate, potter, Zumba dancer, Spanish speaker, terrible cook....
Dr Arrlann Christie: Co-Founder, Father of three, GP Doctor, Canadian, trapeze artist, speaker of four languages, incredible cook...
THE CHRISTIE FAMILY - Jacaranda Purple - 2020
Our Mission Statement
Vision - To sell the Nail Snail to every parent with a child under 5 worldwide (in developed countries)
Mission - To give parents the confidence to cut their little ones nails. To make trimming tiny nails a breeze.
Why - To remove the stress and heartache of trimming nails, especially for newborn parents.
The Christie & Christie® Team
Julia Christie - Inventor, Founder & CEO
Dr Arrlann Christie - Co-Founder
Summer Vrhovac - Customer Service, Order Fulfilment, Content Creator & Expo Sales
Katrina Renwick - Office & Finance Manager
Rachel Gazley - Sales, Content Creation & Graphic Design
Billee Holdsworth - Grant & Awards Researcher & Writer
Serena Ryan - Web Developer & Online Marketing
L-R: Billee, Katrina, Julia, Summer & Rachel
Julia Christie - Inventor, Founder & CEO
Julia Christie is a mother of three and the inventor of the Nail Snail®. With a background in teaching, she set about educating parents and carers on the benefits of using her Nail Snail® through demonstrations at reputable baby expos all across Australia. In the process, she has amassed a dedicated following of parents, who are happy to spread their positive experience to other parents.
'CEO of Christie & Christie®' and 'Inventor' are two titles this savvy, mother-of-3 did not anticipate. Julia’s humble beginnings as a school teacher were combined with her love affair with music. Teacher, turned professional Jazz Singer, Julia has entertained many high profile people throughout her music career and is often caught singing a tune, but these days its often Advance Australia Fair at her son's school assembly. After a nail clipping mishap with her then baby boy, she endeavoured to design a nail trimmer that would make cutting babies nails safer and easier for parents to use as well as faster than any other method available.
The Nail Snail® has grown into a multi-award winning product, sold all over the world. With Julia’s hard work, her success continues to grow. Christie & Christie® now employs a number of work-from-home mums and looks to continue to offer employment opportunities to additional work-from-home parents returning to work.
Whilst caring for her family, Julia remains grounded by karate, Zumba, enjoying the beach with her family and takes time out to pursue her passion of pottery. She is currently in the process of writing a children’s book to help inspire youngsters to use their imagination. Julia is consistently growing and developing her business and in doing so, has gained a wealth of expertise. It is this experience, which she uses to give back to the community by donating her time to mentor others; from women in business, to students at local schools and universities. Her generosity also extends to raising funds and awareness of select charitable organisations which support Australian babies and children through the sale of her limited edition Nail Snail®.
Julia's favourite colour is turquoise blue and you will often find her overloaded with vintage turquoise jewellery. She chose turquoise for the Nail Snail® as she figured she should love the colour as she knew she would spend the rest of her life looking at thousands of them. She also gets just a little miffed if you call it green. HA!
Is a loving father and husband, and has three clever kids with his wife Julia. Together they make up the company Christie & Christie®. With Julia as the CEO, Arrlann pursues his career as a qualified General Practitioner with a focus on preventative care and family health. With Canadian roots, Dr Arrlann completed his fellowship of General Practice in Australia and continually builds on his wealth of knowledge by closely following medical developments and innovations, which he is very passionate about. In his down time you will find him trapezing at the circus school in Byron Bay, or entertaining friends and family with good food and a fine drop of red wine. Arrlann has been an un-wavering source of support and was by Julia’s side at the sell out Sydney Expo, which broke all previous sales records! 500 sold in 2.5 days! Arrlann remains one of Julia’s most loyal and trusted supporter.
Arrlann loves the Jacaranda Purple colour for the Nail Snail® as it reminds him of the time that his son was born and the Jacaranda flowers were in full bloom.
Summer Vrhovac - Customer Service, Order Fulfilment, Content Creator & Expo Sales
Introducing Summer Vrhovac, a wife and mum of 3 boys, affectionately known as the 'Wolf Pack'. With a long employment history of hospitality, including a Bachelor of Business, and a strong focus on customer service, she has sharpened her talents at Christie & Christie®. Having cruised the world and visited over 28 countries, Summer has experienced how so many others live and enjoy life. Her connection with Julia spans four short years, which have been packed with adventure. Having chosen to call the Gold Coast home, put down roots and raise a family, Summer's focus is now improving the lives of parents, families and carers in introducing them to the Nail Snail®. She is brilliant at packing up and dispatching each and every Nail Snail® with love and care.
Summer's boys have been involved in the business as willing models, road testers and reviewers. Supporting her as she travels to locations throughout Australia demonstrating the Nail Snail® at baby expos, pharmacies and retail stores. Worldwide reach has been made possible by getting the Nail Snail® into homes across the world via eBay, Amazon and most significantly the Nail Snail® website. Summer's passion for home decorating has even seen her home appear in video interviews and photo shoots. With keen plans for expansion, she is excited to see what the future holds for Julia and trusts their relationship as friends and business colleagues, will continue to grow. Summer is truly an especially talented woman and she feels fortunate to be an integral part of this wonderful business.
Summer's favourite colour is the Turquoise Blue Nail Snail® as every time she looks at it, it reminds her of when she worked in Caribbean and would gaze out at the crystal blue ocean. Such happy memories.
Katrina Renwick - Office & Finance Manager
Katrina Renwick is a wife and super mum to 3 beautiful kids who keep her organised, grounded and busy. Katrina originally started her career in Childcare, and in more recent times, has gathered a wealth of talents and knowledge from her Retail and Account Management roles. She has brought this varied skill set to Christie & Christie®. Katrina is the 'go to' woman for keeping our finances on track, our Nail Snail® orders flowing and on time, liaising with our numerous distributors and troubleshooting any issues. Katrina keeps the office on track in achieving our goals and does so with such professionalism. In her spare time she can be found dreaming up her next overseas holiday. Bali is a favourite, even though she has a true dislike for sand. Her speciality is indulging in her hobby of cake decorating.
Katrina loves the Turquoise Blue Nail Snail® because it is a lovely classic colour and suits both her son and daughters. Katrina has a beautiful rainbow collection of all of our special samples that she proudly displays on her desk.
Rachel Gazley - Sales, Content Creation & Graphic Design
Rachel joined the Nail Snail® team and brought with her an amazing array of talents. Between juggling a busy household with two amazing little boys, she finds the time to organise and create all our graphic content. She liaises with our distributors and tries her hand at every task thrown her way. She is our helpful wholesale customer service representative. Her experience in retail and pharmacy has given us an insight into our stockists experiences and her customer service is exceptional. Rachel is always full of smiles and happy to lend a hand, often surprising Julia with her capabilities and willingness to learn new things. We are so lucky to have her as another of our incredible work-from-home Mums.
Rachel's favourite Nail Snail® colour is purple, a colour she has loved since she was a child - in fact her whole room was even painted purple at one stage! Though now her interior styling has taken on a much more neutral tone, she still tries to add a touch of her favourite colour where she can and loves that we named our limited edition Nail Snail® Jacaranda Purple, as who doesn't think the trees are simply stunning when blossoming?
Billee Holdsworth - Grant & Awards Researcher & Writer
Introducing our newest team member, the lovely Billee Holdsworth. Billee is a busy mum of four (and close friend of Katrina’s) with a career background focused in Community Services. Her warm and friendly demeanour has seen her fit seamlessly into the Nail Snail® team. Billee has used her exceptional skill set, to hit the ground running on all administrative tasks given to her including lengthy grant and award applications, an extremely important area to cover in small business. Billie is also involved in The Nurtured Village Hampers, a cause extremely close to her heart, as well as several local sporting clubs. She loves to spend her down time with friends and family, particularly school holidays, is a lover of chocolate and beautiful fresh bunches of flowers.
Billee’s favourite Nail Snail® colour is Turquoise and we are so glad her journey with the Nail Snail® has begun, she is a true pleasure to be around.
Serena Ryan - Web Developer & Online Digital Marketing
Meet the wonderful Serena Ryan, our digital marketing strategist, mum of two (three counting her fur baby Wicket) and the Founder of her own Digital Marketing Agency, ‘Serena Dot Ryan®.’ A chance meeting, whilst waiting for a taxi in Melbourne, saw Julia and Serena strike a friendship and business connection, that has been so incredibly valuable for the growth of the Nail Snail®. Serena works tirelessly to help optimise our online presence, sharing the Nail Snail® to parents all over the world, particularly through Facebook and Google Ads. She has also been incredibly patient while teaching the rest of the team about the behind-the-scenes work that goes into digital marketing, with plenty of laughs along the way. We are so glad to have her relentless enthusiasm behind our product.
In her ‘spare’ time, Serena can be found running, gardening or mastering the art of making the perfect coffee, with boutique coffee brought from her local coffee shop – although she loves an excuse to visit cafes too!
Serena’s favourite Nail Snail® colour is the Jacaranda Purple, as it matches the beautiful big tree in her own front yard.
