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Meet our first healthy nail tech of 2016, Jill Clark. Over the past two years, Clark has cleaned up her diet, started exercising, and shed more than 100 pounds. Read on to find out her heart-smart strategies and to be inspired to begin your own healthy lifestyle.
Bling-obsessed nail techs can now integrate the luxury of Swarovski into their services with Crystal Pixie.
Kirsty Meakin shows how to create an intricate nail design using 3-D gel and acrylic. Watch part one by clicking here.
Kirsty Meakin shows how to create an intricate design using 3-D gel and acrylic. Watch part two by clicking here.
Kirsty Meakin, educator for Naio Nails, shows how to sculpt an acrylic nail with a gel overlay, then create a tie dye design on top using a combination of Sharpie markers with alcohol (or a gel residue remover).
Jessie Mills shows how she creates delicious donut nails using nail polish.
Tammy Taylor demonstrates her new Gelegance gel-polish collection, Simple Sophistication. "This collection was inspired by the classic muted colors that are really easy to wear. These are my favorite types of colors because they go with everything and can be worn year round," says Tammy. The colors she uses are “Salted Caramel” a peach beige, “Everyday Aubergine” a plum rose, “Vintage Pink” a warm pink, and “Grey Rose” a lavender grey.
Bel of Bels Gels in Adelaide, Australia, shows how she creates a blue glitter acrylic fill.
Kirsty Meakin shows how to make an extreme ballet slipper shape design using acrylic to make a 3-D bow. See part one here.
Kirsty Meakin shows how to make an extreme ballet slipper shape design using acrylic to make a 3-D bow. See part two here.
This month we asked nail techs: What are your thoughts about the new spray-on polish?
Is your online reputation hurting your business? If you haven’t been managing your cyber-presence, try these three steps for making it squeaky clean.
This updated edition of the industry’s premier business training program will give your students and school a competitive edge.
A Study in Contrast: Once again, NAILS’ readers have spoken, and this year you selected Moscow-based nail tech Anastasia Luksha’s bold but simple design for our cover. Our congratulations and thanks go out to Luksha and the other 11 finalists. After viewing their incredibly imaginative and varied designs, we’re glad that selecting the winner was your job, not ours.
As nail professionals, we don’t diagnose or treat medical conditions, but being able to spot trouble empowers us to help guide clients to seek appropriate help. Take our quiz to check your knowledge.
Take a stroll down the famous and funky indie shopping mecca that stretches from Silver Lake to Santa Monica. Here you’ll find designer couture, funky indie shops, restaurants and one of L.A.’s most popular flower shops.
Infamous shatters the poised façade of fame with a palette that can’t conceal its dark side. Liquid night tones of glittering black, deep crimson and smoky teal step into a spotlight punctuated with opulent gold sparkle, flashes of brilliant red and smooth frosty ivory.
