From the Editors - NAILS Magazine

NAILS editors blog weekly about the nail biz, products, events, and anything and everything nail-related. Join the conversation with your comments.

Erika Kotite

Katherine Fleming

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5 Tips for Throwing a Memorable Salon Opening Party

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Congratulations to celebrity manicurist and new salon owner Elizabeth Ashton for opening Elizabeth Ashton Ayurvedic Nail Spa earlier this month! I attended the grand opening party for the Long Beach, Calif., salon, and I wanted to

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Go on a Photo Scavenger Hunt

by NAILS Magazine

NAILS is putting together a scrapbook of sorts and we’d like you to provide the images. For our Photo Scavenger Hunt, we’d like you to take clear pictures of yourself with at least five of the

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Introducing NEW Nail Art Gallery

by NAILS Magazine

We know how much our readers and web users love nail art! It’s one of the most searched for topics in all of nails. So we’ve been working on this awesome new nail art site for

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Essie Cosmetics Acquired by L’Oreal USA

by NAILS Magazine

Earlier this week Essie Weingarten announced the eponymous company she founded in 1981 has been acquired by L’Oreal USA. In addition to Essie’s famous nail polish line, the company also sells treatments, accessories, spa products and

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Mobile Salon Reaches Cancer Patients

by NAILS Magazine

The beauty industry is known for contributing to worthy causes, whether its donating flip flops (and many other items) to earthquake relief efforts in Haiti or developing and purchasing pink products whose proceeds help fight breast

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Women’s Wear Daily Marks Essie’s Success

by NAILS Magazine

It’s not just nail techs and their clients who find Essie’s product line hard to resist. According to an article in yesterday’s Women’s Wear Daily (WWD), owner Essie Weingarten receives about three offers a day from

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A Scholarship Opportunity for Aspiring Nail Techs

by NAILS Magazine

For those of you needing that last push to take the plunge into a nail tech career (or, if you’re already a nail tech but know of someone else you’d like to recruit into the field),

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Send Us Your Ugly Nail Photos! (No, Seriously!)

by NAILS Magazine

We here at NAILS are looking to get more shots of the ugly side of nails — the mistakes. Because how are we supposed to show you nails gone wrong and troubleshooters if we don’t have

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Free Phone Coaching Session

by NAILS Magazine

If you call by Thursday, you can snag a free one-hour coaching session for your salon from Strategies, a firm that offers salon and spa business training, coaching, seminars, and webinars. The coaching session is available

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NSI’s Online Nail Art Competition

by NAILS Magazine

Starting now through April 30th, NSI is hosting a free nail art competition online, where the winner gets a $250 gift card to Amazon.com. The contest is open to all professional nail technicians and students with

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