August 15, 2012 | Video
In this NAILS Troubleshooter video MaeLing Parrish shows how to make a "French Twist" nail art design.
August 8, 2012 | Video
In this installment of the NAILS Troubleshooter series, MaeLing Parrish shows how to make a simple flower shaped design using a dotting tool.
August 1, 2012 | Video
Here Vicki Peters explains the difference between well and well-less tips.
July 25, 2012 | Video
Vicki Peters shows how to clean and prep the natural nail bed using an e-file.
July 18, 2012 | Video
Holly Schippers and Vicki Peters give three techniques for applying forms. Schippers shows how to modify a form for a better fit, and Peters demonstrates how to apply a form for both a classic sculpt and a stiletto.
July 11, 2012 | Video
Holly Schippers shows how to properly apply gel-polish.
June 27, 2012 | Video
Vicki Peters shows how to overlay a tip with clear and pink acrylic.
June 20, 2012 | Video
Holly Schippers shows how to apply regular polish, beginning with top coat and using even strokes and thin layers to make for excellent coverage. She even gives quick clean-up tips for when polish winds up on the eponychium.
June 13, 2012 | Video
Vicki Peters explains some e-file safety tips and how to apply a carbide barrel and safety bit properly across the nail.
June 6, 2012 | Video
Vicki Peters gives some great advice on applying and blending a tip with the natural nail.
May 30, 2012 | Video
Here Holly Schippers gives some tips on how to make smile lines in gel polish, traditional gel, acrylic, and polish.
May 16, 2012 | Video
Vicki Peters and Holly Schippers show you how to hand file four common nail extension shapes into form: Square, Soft Corners, Squoval, Oval, and Almond.
May 10, 2012 | Video
Vicki Peters demonstrates how to do an acrylic backfill, using a technique where she places dots on the extension with a pencil that serve as a guide for trenching a new smile line with an e-file.
Holly Schippers shows how to properly clean the nail plate.
April 26, 2012 | Video
Holly Schippers showing how to do a French look with Gel-Polish.
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