Patriotic Polka Dots Nail Tutorial
Here's an easy polka dot design using a dotting tool with Essie polish.
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Crowdsourcing: How do you handle your clients when you go on vacation?
This month we asked nail techs: How do you handle your clients when you go on vacation?
by Tracy Rubert
Let's Make a Deal: Offering Discounts
Offering discounts can sometimes turn out to be more trouble than it’s worth, but if done correctly, discounting can translate into increased loyalty, bigger service tickets, and more retail sales. Learn the right and wrong ways to offer special pricing.
by Tracy Rubert
Signature Services: Sweet Life Signature Pedicure
On the MenuYour clients will thank you for pampering them with all of the essentials plus an invigorating scrub for the feet and legs, a warm paraffin treatment, and a hydrating sea extract mask with conditioning mineral clay and botanicals. Complete the treatment with a foot massage while your clients enjoy a sweet treat and complimentary drink of their choice.
by Tracy Rubert
Bridal Ballerina Nail Tutorial with Gel Design (Part 2 of 2)
Naio Nails educator Kirsty Meakin shows how to create a bridal nail design, sculpting with acrylic and adding a gel design. Click here to watch part one.
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Bridal Ballerina Nail Tutorial (Part 1 of 2)
Naio Nails educator Kirsty Meakin shows how to create a bridal nail design, sculpting with acrylic. Click here to watch part two.
by Staff
Here Comes the Sun: Hot Nail Art for Summer
Summer sun, something's begun...
by Beth Livesay
Color Block Your Nails with Essie
Recreate this color block look using Essie polish.
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How to Sculpt a Pipe Nail
In this video, Kirsty Meakin shows how to create a Pipe Nail using a nail tip, acrylic powder, and topped with Naio Nails Urban Graffiti gel-polish.
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Artistic Nail Design's Artistic Colour Revolution
Artistic Nail Design launches a new long-lasting polish — Artistic Colour Revolution, with shades matching the company's Artistic Colour Gloss gel-polish.
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Male Nail Art
If you’ve got male clients, you’ve got the potential to sell even more nail art. A single finger or two is all that’s needed to give your guy some style savvy. Take inspiration from pop culture or opt for an all dark polish color to put the “man” in “manicure.”
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Rustic Floral Nail Art Design (Festa em Alfama) with Nails 21
Nails 21, a company based in Lisbon, Portugal, shows how to create a rustic floral nail design using gel.
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Cutting Out a Smile Line with Hard Gels Using an E-file
Amy Becker Periscopes how to cut out a smile line in gels using Masterworks by Amy Becker sanding bands. "Sanding bands are the coolest bit to cut out smile lines on hard gels. They cut out a sharper smile line than a carbide on hard gels!" She also shares other tricks to help speed the process and create a better smile line.
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Aquatic Alien? Polish Swirls Nail Art
Suzie Moskal plays with gel-polish and a dotting tool to create an abstract polish design.
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Gel II Reaction Rhythm
Gel II's Reaction Rhythm is a color-changing soak-off gel-polish line.
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An Efficient Way to Remove Colored Gel-Polish from Hard Gels
In this Periscope video, Amy Becker shares her time saving tips and tricks for removing colored gel-polish off of hard gels.
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Essie Gel Couture
Experience the luxury of couture with the new gel couture from Essie. Slip into salon perfection for up to 14 days of wear and instant gel-like shine with an easy two-step system. Create perfect color perfection with the patent-pending curve-hugging brush. No lamp needed. Gentle removal. For more informtion, visit http://www.essie.com/gelcouture.aspx.
by Staff