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Holiday Nail Art Contest Winners from Nubar

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Earlier, I mentioned Nubar’s Holiday Nail Art Contest, and I’m happy that some of you entered and won! Here are the four winning entries, along with a few notes about the creation of each design. 1st place:

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Jan Nordstrom-Arnold Speaks at Cosmoprof Italy

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Jan Nordstrom-Arnold, co-founder and style director of CND, will give a special talk at Cosmoprof Italy on April 3rd, at a special seminar celebrating the successful women in the beauty industry. The seminar is called “Unconventional

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When Clients Say No to Their Nails

by NAILS Magazine

It’s always been the case that now and then an artificial nail client will ask to have her nails removed. But these days, given the economy, it seems to be happening more often. So how should

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Something Old, Something New?

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At a recent press event held by Tweezerman Professional the company told me about its Free Sharpening Policy & Guarantee for its salon tweezers. “We sharpen our implements that have become dull through normal use free

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Branding. I Get It Now.

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I may use the word “branding” from time to time, but the truth is, I’d have a hard time giving you a good working definition of the term. I just read something salon consultant Bryan Durocher

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Dashing Diva Is No Diva at Fashion Week

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Dashing Diva head nail tech Alisha Rimando (right) and her team were hard at work backstage at New York’s Fashion Week. And while some designers opted for variations on the standard nudes, there were also standouts with

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Zoya Enters Fashion Arena

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Top fashion designers, beauty experts, and manicurists at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week (NYFW) selected Zoya Nail Polish to complement fall 2009 looks. With over 300 long-wearing fashion shades — Zoya Nail Polish is the new color

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The Grande Dame of Fashion Week

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As we’ve seen over the last five or so years, nails have staked out their rightful place on the runways. Fashion Week is no longer simply about the clothes (and the hair and the makeup). Nail

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Colored Tips

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I was looking through the BeautyTech forums today, and I came across a thread on colored tips. I haven’t seen very many techs using colored tips, and I was wondering how popular they are. It seems

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De-Stress Dollars Yield Big Returns

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In these uncertain times, who couldn’t use some de-stressing at a discount? Julie Nguyen, owner of Blu Water Day Spa in Kensington, Md., was just telling me about a very successful promotion they’ve launched via e-mail

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