November 22, 2010
| Photo Gallery
How’s this for special birthday nail art customized for each month? Michele Baker of Van Goe’s Salon and Day Spa in Cumming, Ga., is developing a year’s worth of nail art based on each month’s birth flower and birthstone to share with NAILS readers.
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November 22, 2010
| Photo Gallery
From paintings to pieces of clothing to everyday street scenes, nail artists find myriad ways to get their creative juices flowing. We asked several nail artists to tell us what inspires them to create their miniature works of art -- and show us a few examples.
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November 17, 2010
| Article
We asked fans on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/nailsmag) to send us a picture of the most interesting thing they’ve ever embedded in a nail. From beads and feathers to hay (yes, hay!), here’s a look at a few of the images we received.
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November 17, 2010
| Article
Embellishments are all the rage right now, and a popular trend called “Blackberry Bling” is all about beautifying your clients’ dialing digit. Named by celebrity manicurist Dawn Sterling of The Back Room Hand & Foot Spa at Carol’s Daughter in Harlem, N.Y., the trend features a basic manicure in one color and special embellishments or a different shade of polish just on the thumb and/or ring finger.
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October 12, 2010
| Demo
Use the items in Color Club’s Bewitching Collection kit to create this abstract Halloween nail art design.
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August 19, 2010
| News
Cosmopolitan offers some tips on how to get in on the lovely lace trend. Working with lace can be tricky so working with a friend is recommended.
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June 1, 2010
| Article
Nail tech Deborah Lippmann recently created an extravagantly embellished manicure out of $100,000 worth of real diamonds.
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May 1, 2010
| Demo
When we asked Orange, Calif.-based celebrity nail artist Elsbeth Schuetz to come up with a toenail art design for this month’s cover, she brought us a whole slew of nail tips to choose from. While her hand-painted nail art is always super creative and artistic, we wanted to go with something a little more simple and wearable for the cover. Inspired by tone-on-tone patterns, she created this faux-snakeskin design using layered polish and diamond-shaped rhinestones.
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April 20, 2010
| Product
Backscratchers’ Divine Designs line has a lot of decals available that are easily applied for fun, decorative nail art.
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April 5, 2010
| News
Glamour gives readers an easy how-to guide for adding crystals to nails.
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March 5, 2010
| Product
Get dolled up with ArtClub’s Technicolor Doll polish collection. The collection is ideal for making highly-styled nail art.
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March 1, 2010
| Article
In September, Mexican nail techs gathered to compete at the Puerta Vallarta Nail Art Contest. Competitors had two hours to create a full set of decorated nails working solely by hand.
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February 2, 2010
| News
Celebrity manicurist Lisa Logan, who works on stars like Mary J. Blige and Beyonce, shares nail favorites and tips.
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February 1, 2010
| Demo
Nails by Leticia Lujan, Attitudes with Style, Bakersfield, Calif.
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January 1, 2010
| Article
National educator for Art Club and Color Club, Mare Horak explains how she keeps embellishments on natural nail clients.
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