Acrylic nails are worn to increase the length of natural nails and can be filed into many different shapes from classic square to a softer almond or daring stilleto.
August 13, 2015
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Celebrity manicurist and nailebrity Elaine Watson shows you how to create a snow globe effect inside a nail.
Keywords: aquarium nails Elaine Watson
August 6, 2015
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While renovating her new nail studio, Suzie Moskal damaged her acrylic thumbnail. In this in-depth tutorial, she demonstrates how to repair the lifted nail and make it beautiful again.
Keywords: acrylic troubleshooting acrylics lifting Suzie Moskal
August 4, 2015
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Tammy Taylor shows how to use the Keep on Shining Dazzle Rocks Prizma Collection. "This collection was inspired by putting a little sparkle into every set of nails, whether it’s a full set or just one accent nail. These three beautiful Dazzle Rocks Prizmas are made out of clear acrylic and packed with translucent holographic glitters so they match every color of nail," says Taylor.
Keywords: acrylics Tammy Taylor Tammy Taylor Nails
July 31, 2015
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MiladyPro now features six step-by-step tutorials to help you brush up your skills.
Keywords: continuing education Milady nail school
July 31, 2015
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To help cut down consultation time, this nail tech got crafty and made a nail shape guide.
Keywords: DIY nail shapes
July 31, 2015
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Follow this step-by-step for a tropical chevron design.
Keywords: acrylics colored acrylics EzFlow glitter acrylics
July 27, 2015
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Impeccable Artistry: Inspired by St. Basil's Cathedral, NTNA finalist Lexi Martone made these landmark nails for our May cover.
Keywords: 3D nail art acrylics Lexi Martone nail art NAILS Next Top Nail Artist
July 23, 2015
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Tammy Taylor shows how to use the Achromatic Prizma acrylic collection. "This collection was inspired by 60’s vintage, and I have 3 beautiful colors for you: Groovy Grey a light grey with shimmer, Avant-Garde, a medium grey with shimmer, and Retro Sparkle silver holographic," says Taylor. She shows how to create a color stripe design, color fade design, and marbleized inlay.
Keywords: acrylics Tammy Taylor Tammy Taylor Nails
July 15, 2015
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Offer your clients a natural-looking design that has a touch of femininity using Mia Secret’s acrylic system.
Keywords: acrylics French manicures Mia Secret
July 14, 2015
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Suzie Moskal demonstrates one of the most important aspects of acrylic nail design the liquid to powder ratio of your acrylic bead.
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Keywords: acrylic troubleshooting acrylics liquid-to-powder ratio mix ratio Suzie Moskal
July 7, 2015
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Use Minx Peel-Off Base Coat in place of a regular base coast to protect natural nails from gel-polish, acrylics, and polish.
Keywords: base coats Minx
July 6, 2015
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Just in time for summer, this nail tech offers this tutorial on a mouthwatering 3-D dessert look.
Keywords: 3-D acrylics acrylics colored acrylics nail art summer nail art
June 25, 2015
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Suzie Moskal demonstrates how to create coffin or ballerina-shaped nails. "There are some great tips in this video, including the best way to hold the client's hand when working on their nails," says Moskal.
Keywords: electric filing techniques filing techniques nail shapes Suzie Moskal
June 24, 2015
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Winnie Huang (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) created this set of 3-D fantasy nail art using a variety of products (liquid & powder, gel, gel-polish, paints, glitter) to illustrate her personal three-word tagline for NAILS Next Top Nail Artist Season 3, Pre-Challenge #2.
Keywords: 3-D acrylics 3-D gel art 3D nail art mixed-media nail art NAILS Next Top Nail Artist
June 24, 2015
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Vibrant. Witty. Passion.
created this set of 3-D fantasy nail art using a variety of products (liquid & powder, gel, gel-polish, paints, glitter) to illustrate her personal three-word tagline for NAILS Next Top Nail Artist Season 3, Pre-Challenge #2.
Keywords: 3-D acrylics 3-D gel art 3D nail art mixed-media nail art NAILS Next Top Nail Artist
