Kupa Video #002 Flying Saucer Bit
In this video, Kupa presents their flying saucer bit and shows how it is used.
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Articles
Kupa Video #001 Barrel Bits
In this video, Kupa presents its barrel bits and shows how they are used.
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Kupa's Jan.-Feb. Newsletter
Kupa's how-to video using the design featured on their Jan.-.Feb newsletter cover.
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Kupa's March-April Newsletter
Kupa presents a how-to demonstration of their March-April newsletter cover shot, featuring the Beautiful Nails 3D Acrylic Products Spring Fling Color Kit.
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Why I Use Professional Products: A Handout for Clients
As a professional, you choose products you believe deliver the best results. Because of your careful selection, clients recognize something different about their nails when they come to you instead of doing their nails at home. Do you ever take the time to educate clients about the benefits they receive from the products? Use the handout on the next page to explain the why of your product choices.
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Troubleshooter: Magnetic Polish How-to
MaeLing Parrish shows how to get the maximum effect from magnetic polish in this video from the NAILS Troubleshooter series.
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My Other Life: Anna Mayrhofer, burlesque performer
Burlesque is a performance. It’s empowerment, it’s self-awareness, it’s comfort in sexuality. It’s the art of classic striptease — with emphasis on the tease. So says burlesque performer Ruby Kitten, also known as Anna Mayrhofer, owner of Exalted Nail and Body in Errington on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
by Judy Lessin
Retail Boutique: Gifts for Guys
Don’t wait for Father’s Day to stock your retail boutique with cool gifts for men. Make male clients more at home by giving them a place to peruse between services, and turn your salon into a hotspot for product trends. (Your female clients will thank you too.)
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Breast Cancer Awareness Products: The Month to Think Pink
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time of year when many companies introduce lines of pink and breast cancer awareness inspired products. Most of these companies even donate a portion of their profits to help fight breast cancer.
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When Pink Isn’t Pretty
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, a month when pink sheds its image of soft and pretty and becomes focused and determined. Let’s not let the month go by without doing our part to spread the message that the fight’s not over.
Breast Cancer Awareness Nail Art
Strength in Nails: With October being breast cancer awareness month, Thao Nguyen, an educator for Hand & Nail Harmony, came up with this simple yet emotive design focused around the iconic pink ribbon logo.
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Key to My Heart
A glitter fade is the perfect background for this lock-and-key design by Jade Sewell.
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Katie Cazorla's Nail Files Season 2 Red Carpet Premiere Party
On August 19, The Painted Nail owner Katie Cazorla launched the second season of her reality television series Nail Files on the TV Guide Network with a star-studded launch party at the W Hotel in Hollywood, Calif.
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Under the Microscope: Alopecia Areata
Alopecia areata is a highly unpredictable autoimmune skin disease resulting in hair loss. In rare instances, it affects the nails.
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Extreme Nailing
Does our environment change how we do nails? Do techs living in climates where it dips into double digits below zero work differently than techs who live where it’s nearly 100 degrees with 80% humidity?
OPI GelColor Flame Design
OPI showcases its flame design using three colors.
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Follow Your Heart
A 3-D black heart makes this design by Miyuki Ueda stand out.
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