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Mani Hack

by NLS Staff | January 2, 2014

Redbook's December 2013 issue gives a fantastic tip for doing a stain-free mani yourself. Just dab a bit of Vaseline around the edges of your nails and your skin will stain no more!

Nail Design

NYFW: Beauty At The Blonds F/W 2020 By Moroccanoil, CND and MAC

by Maggie Mulhern

Kevin Hughes of Moroccanoil, the CND team and Kabuki for MAC pulled out all the stops for The Blonds, F/W 2020 during NYFW. Here the artists share details for the look, under the theme of "Rococo Angels."

Industry News

OPI Launches Dynamic New Website for the Professional Nail Community

by Staff

In January, OPI launched a brand new pro website dedicated to the needs of the nail professional. It features an Education Hub and Step by Step modules.

Business

Get To Know: Joanne Sorbello

by Maggie Mulhern

Learn more about celebrity nail artist, editorial artist, NYFW regular and salon owner Joanne Sorbello.

Industry News

Tennessee Lawmakers Move to Make Licensing Unnecessary

by Staff

A set of companion bills would allow any person to practice cosmetology without a license as long as the provider enters into a written contract with the client.

Svitlana Vechera

Photo courtesy of

@vecherahair

Industry News

Do You Specialize In Weddings? Here Are the Best Places to Marry in the US

by Anne Moratto

Are you in a market known for being wedding-friendly?

Silas Tsang
Blushes, Johnston, RI
Photographer: Andrew O’Toole

Industry News

Announcing the 2020 NAHA Winners

by Jamie Newman

The Professional Beauty Association, producer of the North American Hairstyling Awards (NAHA), has announced the 2020 winners in 16 competition categories. NAHA honors the talent and creativity of the beauty industry’s most inspiring artists.

Industry News

Bellasonic Launches Patented 4-in-1 Electric Nail File System

by Anne Moratto

It's a better nail file. Here's why...

Industry News

ALERT: New 2020 Law Requires CA Booth Renters to Meet These Requirements

by Anne Moratto

While this law doesn’t apply outside of California, it could become a model for other states. Salons utilizing renters will have to run a much tighter ship and booth renters will need to show specific ways in which they are independent from the salon owner.

Industry News

Southern Nail Expo Debuts in Memphis in July

by Staff

The Southern Nail Expo (SNE) is a three-day vending exhibition slated for July 18-20, 2020, in Memphis, Tenn.

For Students

Cosmetology Scholarship Winners Share How Beauty Is Both Passion and Purpose

by Anne Moratto

"That first set of nails I did in the salon sucked but that client still comes back to me, three years later, because of the connection we made that day." Hear from the winners of these scholarships on how beauty helps them change lives and how it has changed their own.

Nail Design

Nail Artist Insider: 5 Tips to Working With Celebrities

by Maggie Mulhern

Julie Kandalec is the real deal in the nail world. She has done just about everything as a celebrity manicurist including fashion week, editorial and advertising campaigns and red carpet. Here she gives her top tips on working with celebrities as well as some of her favorite (and not so favorite) moments in her 20 year journey.

Are You In? An Open Letter to the Beauty Industry