But what a great way to go, right?

I'm talking about this explosion of nail art popularity, of course! Nail fashion and design is everywhere these days! From the amazing full couture styles that keep coming out of the nail industry to the strikingly simple DIY designs all over Pinterest — whether you (and your clients) like 'em long and extravagant or short and plain, there is a nail art design for it.

I love it. I love that everything is nail art now. Even the things that aren't really nail art are still some sort of nail style — whether it's the ombre manicure or a simple accent nail in a different color or glitter.

But it sure is making it hard to keep up!

I've always been good at being ahead of my clients when it comes to what's in in nails. But suddenly I find myself dizzy from trying to keep up with Facebook, Pinterest, a thousand nail art blogs, Tumblr — and no matter how much time I spend looking at nail art designs, it never fails that client after client comes in and introduces me to something new these days.

It kills me to not be able to keep on top of the trends — but with this many trends, who could hope to keep up with them all?

It doesn't matter to me how much work it is to keep up — I'm willing to spend my spare time looking at pictures of nails on the Internet if that's what I have to do! I may drown in all this nail art, but I am loving it!