March 30, 2013
| Video
New York-based filmmaker Adele Pham interviews Miss Professional Nails president Mike Vo and VietSALON associate editor Kim Pham in the initial stages of her research of the Vietnamese nail industry.
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February 8, 2013
| Photo Gallery
February 2013 marks the 30th anniversary of NAILS Magazine. That’s a pretty amazing milestone — and we’re still going strong.
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November 20, 2012
| Encyclopedia
A manicure in which the moon, or lunula, is painted a contrasting color to the rest of the nail or simply left bare.
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September 29, 2012
| News
Allure's September 2012 issue featured a timeline of nail styles throughout history, starting in ancient Egypt and ending with nail decals and 3-D nail art.
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March 12, 2012
| Encyclopedia
Tippi Hedren, best known for her role in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, is credited with helping the Vietnamese community first get started in the nail industry back in the 1970s.
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March 9, 2012
| Encyclopedia
An innovator and entrepreneur, Elizabeth Arden opened the first Red Door salon on Fifth Avenue in 1910.
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March 9, 2012
| Encyclopedia
Cutex invented nail polish in 1917 and was the leading nail polish through the 1970s.
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February 26, 2011
| Encyclopedia
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November 22, 2010
| Photo Gallery
We hope you enjoy this walk down memory lane. Please email your stories, memories, historical photos, and archives to us so we can consider them for this ongoing history "exhibit." Submit stories to hannah.lee@bobit.com.
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November 15, 2010
| Article
It’s been 20 years since Kupa Inc. introduced its popular and successful UP-200 electric file, but the company actually opened its door six years earlier.
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February 2, 2010
| News
Good Housekeeping revisits nail care tips from as far back as 1948, and names today's product equivalent.
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February 1, 2009
| Article
Take a fun walk down memory lane as NAILS chronicles some of the biggest changes in the nail industry's unwritten rules from the past two decades.
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May 1, 2005
| Article
More than just color, nail polish is the finishing touch, the final step in a nail service. What’s in this product staple and how has it changed over the years?
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February 1, 1999
| Article
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May 1, 1996
| Article
A look back at the implements from our industry's beautiful past
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