History Buffs, Historical Buffers
The art of manicuring has a past worth preserving, and a few pioneering collectors have already started to save fascinating nail memorabilia from the 1930s, 1920s, and even earlier.
Heating Up Business, Calfornia Style
Considered the “Club Med” of nail salons, Judy Franck’s California Nails salon in St. Charles, III., is a whimsical paradise for snow-weary clients.
"Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, I Adore You..."
Mona Lisa has been an iconic figure for centuries. Nail technician Wendy Weldon uses nails as her canvas to recreate the famous painting.
OPI Takes On The World
If They Could See Her Now...
Many us live by the adage, “If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” For Cathryn Myers, owner of The Nail Shop of Carrollwood in Tampa, Fla., life gave her a lemon, and she made a salon instead. Actually, two successful salons.
Behind the Scenes: Doug Smith
United They Stand: NIA and NNTG Merge
Competitors Ranking: NAILS Presents the Top 25 for 1995
Tom Bächik, Sonia Glover, and Amy Cooper have a number of things in common. They’ve all demonstrated excellence in their industry, having ranked first, second, and third, respectively, in the 1995 Nail Competitions Ranking.
Essie Cosmetics Goes to Japan
During the one-week trip, they visited their two Japanese distributors, Nail Labo and Life Beauty Systems, and 15 salons.
May The Next Vamp Come From the Professional Industry!
On the one hand, Chanel's Vamp polish did wonders for nails by getting everybody talking about it and by getting people looking at nails and wearing color. On the other hand, it should have come from one of our own professional manufacturers first.
The Salon of Choice
Whether you take Pucci Salon and Day Spa’s slogan, “The Salon of Choice,” to mean a salon with many choices, or the salon to choose, you’d be right. Between the salon’s full menu of services and owner Debra Capaldi’s unflagging dedication, Pucci is the place.
Does This Mean We’ll See Nails on Cindy Crawford?
What does Revlon Consumer Products Corp. s acquisition of Creative Nail Design Systems, Inc., mean to Revlon, Creative, and the rest of the industry?
A Global Approach To Nails
As a globetrotting educator for Orly International and Develop 10, cover tech Elsbeth Grutter-Schutz is able to stay up to date with what’s going on in the worldwide nail care industry.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ...Go!
That's about as much warning as Jan Arnold gets before she goes on the air to educate consumers about nail care.
Creative Nail Design Systems Acquired By Revlon
Says John Hammer, president of Revlon Professional USA, “The acquisition will reinforce our ongoing mission of glamour, excitement, and innovation, as well as our salon heritage which began in 1932.”
Beauty Company Taps Community Resource
A team of four developmentally disabled workers handles Prolinc’s packaging.
Behind the Scenes: Chris Haubruge