For Students
TruGel Starter Kit
EzFlow’s TruGel Starter Kit comes complete with TruGel Base Coat, TruGel Top Coat, six Gel Colors, Cuticle Pusher, tent card, TruGel How-To DVD, and appointment cards (20 pack).
ProGel Starter Kit
SuperNail’s ProGel Starter Kit comes complete with six ProGel Polish Colors, ProGel Base Coat, ProGel Top Coat, 20 appointment cards, tent card, and instructional DVD.
Full Product Range
Star Pro contains a wide range of specialty products such as acrylics, gels, soak-off gels, universal top coats, nail tips, pedicure slippers, sundries, brushes, boards, and blocks.
Starter Kit for Acrylic Nails
This kit comes with everything you need to apply acrylic nails including a how-to DVD, Liquid Mojo EMA and Odorless liquids, Peace Prep, Love Primer, and Harmony Cuticle Oil.
Perfect Match Personal Kit
The Kit includes three Perfect Match LED and UV Soak Off Gel-Polish colors, a High-Gloss Top Gel Sealer, Ultra-Thin Varnish Base Gel, tutorial DVD, a Gel Curing Light, six pre-soaked remover pads, and aluminum foil.
Making Learning Fun: Competitions, Games, and Community Service Add Student Engagement
Learning doesn’t have to be boring and difficult when dedicated nail instructors find clever ways to make education fun for their students. Here are a few fun ways you can spruce up your nail classes, from three creative nail teachers.
by Tim Crowley
5 Scholarships To Tell Prospective Students About
If you’re turning prospective students away because of their inability to afford your school’s tuition, here are some scholarships you could be turning them to instead.
by Sree Roy
Energize Students Via a School-wide Competition, Tradeshow, and Networking Event
Empire Education Group has found great success in its annual Future Professionals Expo and offers tips on its strategies and how your school can start its own event.
by Sree Roy
Troubleshooter: Using A Cuticle Nipper Correctly
In this video from the NAILS Troubleshooter series, Thao Nguyen gives some tips on cleaning the nail plate before a service and using a cuticle nipper correctly.
8 Lessons in Beauty Retail to Bet On
Back from a trip to Las Vegas, NAILS’ managing editor brings you advice on stocking your salon’s shelves, maximizing your space, and how to entice customers to buy.
by Sree Roy
Nail School Receives Title IV Funding
It’s not just the spa-like atmosphere at Long Island’s Nail & Skin Institute that makes the school unique. Its financial aid program allows students to receive Title IV funding through the U.S. Department of Education.
Troubleshooter: Gel-Polish Etch Design
In this video from the NAILS Troubleshooter series, MaeLing Parrish shows how to make a fun etch design in gel-polish using a dotting tool.
Making the Grade: Elevating Nail Schools
All too often, cosmetology schools in the U.S. aren’t putting their best foot forward when it comes to educating future nail technicians. For nail schools to get all As when it comes to training students for the real salon world, we need more dedicated nail instructors, increased hours, and a commitment to more than just the state board exam.
by Sree Roy
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.
Troubleshooter: Sponge Technique Nail Art
This video from the NAILS Troubleshooter series shows MaeLing Parrish using a makeup sponge to dab different colors of polish onto the nail to make a unique design.
Cosmoprof North America 2012 Show Snapshots
Cosmoprof North America’s 10 year anniversary in Las Vegas showed just how resilient the beauty industry can be.
John Hauk Surprises A Fan
Veteran tech John Hauk drops in on student blogger Starr Rooks after hearing that meeting him was one of her professional goals.