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Watch OPI’s Tech Talks Live on Instagram

by NAILS Staff | October 26, 2018

Keep your eyes on OPI’s Instagram for professionals, @opi_professionals! The company will be broadcasting Tech Talks live on Instagram twice a month, demonstrating nail art looks and technical tips for the salon. It’s a great way to get ideas and ask expert nail artists your questions. Recently, OPI education manager Sigourney Nunez (@nailartbysig) demonstrated a fun Halloween-inspired nail art look.

Get more knowledge from Sigourney and OPI at NAILS and Modern Salon’s Salon Digital Summit, which will be held November 4-6 in Los Angeles. The event will feature everything you need to know about using digital media to build your business.

Nail Design

Try Out the New Soap Bubble Nail Art Trend

by Katherine Fleming

This fun new nail trend uses bubbles made from dish soap and water to create a cool effect over gel-polish and chrome or foil. See some of our favorite examples of this trendy nail art and learn how to create it yourself.

Nail Design

ORLY Introduces Arctic Frost Winter 2019 Collection

Orly

ORLY’s new winter collection is inspired by an arctic wonderland.

Nail Design

How to Create a Black Hole Effect With 9D Cat Eye Gel-Polish

by Staff

In this video, Paola Ponce demonstrates how to create a black hole nail design using 9D cat eye magnetic gel-polish.

Nail Design

17 Swarovski Crystal Sets Inspired by Client Personas

by Beth Livesay

Swarovski’s newest Nail Art Report gave the company insights into three nail art wearing personas. These consumer profiles are: The Crystal Lover, The Color Freak, and The Style Setter.

Nail Design

NTNA S. 7 Pre-Challenge 2: Butterfly Nail Art (Honey)

by Staff

For NTNA S. 7 Pre-Challenge 2, sponsored by Swarovski, contestants were asked to create wearable nail art inspired by Swarovski’s Nail Art Report. The report identified three nail art wearing personas including The Crystal Lover, The Color Freak, and The Style Setter. Swarovski chose at random which competitor would be inspired by which persona for the challenge. This is Honey's entry.