NAILS Readers' Choice Awards 2008

Favorite Acrylic System

1. CND: Retention+ Liquid

2. OPI Products: Absolute Liquid & Powder Technology

3. Tammy Taylor Nails: Tammy Taylor Acrylic Nail Powders

4. LCN USA: Ultima

5. Backscratchers Salon Systems: Extreme Powder Glaze Acrylic Dip System

Favorite Base Coat

1. CND: Stickey Base Coat

2. OPI Products: Natural Nail Base Coat

3. Orly International: Bonder

4. Seche Inc.: Seche Base

5. Nail Tek: Nail Tek Foundation

Favorite Brushes (for enhancements)

1. OPI Products: Artist Series Brushes

2. CND: MasterSeries Pro Styler Brush

3. EZ Flow: Grand Artist 508

4. Young Nails: Imagination Art Brush

5. Tammy Taylor Nails: Nail Brush

Favorite Competition Product

1. OPI Products: Competition Formula

2. Tammy Taylor Nails: Competitive Edge Whitest White Acrylic Powder

3. CND: Moxie Fast Set Sculpting Liquid

4. Young Nails: XXX White Powder

5. EZ Flow: Competitors White & Pink

Favorite Cuticle Treatment

1. CND: SolarOil

2. OPI Products: Avoplex Nail & Cuticle Replenishing Oil

3. Young Nails: Rose Oil

4. LCN USA: Olive Nail Balm

5. Tammy Taylor Nails: Tammy Taylor Cuticle Oil

Favorite Design/Colored Acrylic System

1. EZ Flow: Boogie Nights Carnival Collection

2. Tammy Taylor Nails: Prizma Color Nail Powder

3. CND: Perfect Color Powder Collections

4. OPI Products: AbsoluteFX Color Powders

5. Young Nails: Color Acrylics

Favorite Disinfection/Sanitation Product

1. CND: ScrubFresh

2. King Research: Barbicide

3. OPI Products: Spa Complete

4. Backscratchers Salon Systems: Cavicide

5. NSI: Nailpure Plus

Favorite Drill or Electric File

1. Kupa: Electric Files

2. Lasco Diamond Products: Micro Delux Nail Machine

3. Young Nails: YN-99

4. OPI Products: Professional Electric Nail Technician File

5. LCN USA: Nail File Unit

Favorite Files

1. OPI Products: Professional Files

2. CND: Glossing Buffer

3. Tammy Taylor Nails: Disposable File System

4. Flowery: Purifiles

5. Young Nails: Files and Buffers

Favorite Forms

1. CND: Performance Forms

2. OPI Products: FreeForms Disposable Nail Forms

3. Tammy Taylor Nails: Competitive Edge Forms

4. EZ Flow: Perfect C Curve Form

5. Young Nails: Artistic Forms

Favorite Gel or Light System

1. CND: Brisa Gel System

2. OPI Products: Axxium Gel System

3. Young Nails: Synergy Gel System

4. IBD: French Extreme

5. LCN USA: Light Cured Resin System

Favorite Implement or Tool

1. OPI Products: Pusher Plus Multi-Use Pusher

2. Mehaz Professional: Triple Cut Acrylic & Tip Cutter

3. Tweezerman: Curette Nail Tool

4. Signature by Mehaz: Cuticle Nipper

5. Young Nails: Magic Wand

Favorite Lotion for Hands and Body

1. CND: Creative Scentsations Hand & Body Lotion

2. OPI Products: Avoplex High Intensity Hand & Nail Cream

3. Cuccio Naturalé: Lytes

4. Young Nails: Lomasi

5. Supre: Hempz

Favorite Manicure System

1. CND: SpaManicure

2. OPI Products: Manicure by OPI

3. Cuccio Naturalé: Hand, Nail & Foot Care Kit

4. Tammy Taylor Nails: Peach Manicure System

5. LCN USA: Spa Series Hand

Favorite Nail Art/Decals/Accessories

1. Young Nails: Glitters and Color Powders

2. OPI Products: Competition Formula Designer Brush

3. Cina Pro: Flower Decoration Kit

4. It’s So Easy: Stripe Rite – Picker Upper

5. Kiss USA: KISS Nail & Toe Art Stickers

Favorite Nail Jewelry

1. Cina Pro: Cina Rhinestone Kit

2. Kami Nail Art: Kami Swarovski Austrian Crystals

3. Snails Italian Jewelry: Dangles With Ball

4. Art Club by Color Club/Forsythe Cosmetics: Art Club Carnaval Kit

5. PNI Worldwide: Artistickers

Favorite Odorless System

1. OPI Products: Clarité

2. Tammy Taylor Nails: Odor-less Nail

3. Backscratchers: Extreme Powder Glaze Acrylic Dip System

4. NSI: Spa

5. INM: NOP Odorless Acrylic System “New & Improved”

Favorite Paraffin & Accessories

1. Gigi: Paraffin Bath

2. Gena: Ultimate Spa Paraffin Bath

3. Clean & Easy: Paraffin Spa

4. Cuccio Naturalé: Grapeseed Hand Anti-Oxidant Oil

5. PerfectSense: Paraffin

Favorite Pedicure Equipment

1. Belava: Pedicure Tub & Disposable Liners

2. European Touch: Clean Touch Pipe-Free Technology

3. Footsie Bath of Beverly Hills: Pedicure Spa and Disposable Liner System

4. Helen of Troy: Hot Spa

5. Salontech: Spa Joy

Favorite Pedicure Product or System

1. CND: SpaPedicure

2. OPI Products: Manicure/Pedicure by OPI

3. Tammy Taylor Nails: Aroma Spa Pedicure Kit

4. Cuccio Naturalé: Pomegranate & Fig Sea Salts

5. Gena: Callus Off

Favorite Polish Dryer

1. OPI Products: Drip Dry Lacquer Drying Drops

2. CND: SolarSpeed Spray

3. China Glaze: Fast Freeze Quick Dry

4. Nail Tek: Nail Tek 10-Speed

5. Essie: Quick-e

Favorite Polish/Nail Color

1. OPI Products: Nail Lacquer

2. Essie: Nail Lacquer Collection

3. China Glaze: Nail Lacquer

4. CND: Nail Enamel

5. Orly: Nail Polish

Favorite Salon Furniture

1. China Glaze: 480 Permanent Rack

2. Backscratchers Salon Systems: Salon Vac System

3. T4 Spa Concepts & Designs: Canvas Murals

Favorite Strengthener or Treatment

1. Nail Tek: Original Nail Tek and Hydration Therapy Strengtheners

2. OPI Products: Nail Envy

3. CND: Toughen Up

4. Tammy Taylor Nails: Thymolize Solution

5. Nailtiques: Nail Proteins, Formulas 1, 2, 2+ and 3

Favorite Tip

1. CND: Velocity Tips

2. OPI Products: Nail Structure Nail Tips

3. Tammy Taylor Nails: Pre-Etched Tips

4. Gelousy: Gelouflex Tips

5. Young Nails: Style Tips

Favorite Top Coat

1. OPI Products: Rapid Dry TopCoat

2. Seche Inc.: Seche Vite

3. INM: Out the Door

4. CND: Air Dry

5. Essie: Good to Go!

Favorite Ventilation System/Equipment

1. Modern Solutions: The One That Works Air Purifier

2. Air Impurities Removable Systems: Extract-All Model S031 Air Purification System

3. Edsyn Inc.: Fuminator

4. WTAC: Work Top Air Cleaner

5. Better Lifestyles: VaporEscape Manicure Table

Favorite Wrap System

1. Backscratchers Salon Systems: Glass Glaze Fiberglass & Silk Wrap System

2. OPI Products: MicroWrap

3. EZ Flow: Fibreglass

4. Star Nail International: Ultimate Fiberware

5. All Season Nails: Brush-On Fiberglass Nails