How-To
Where the Heart Is
Nails by Leticia Lujan, Attitudes with Style, Bakersfield, Calif.
Hand and Nail Harmony Gelish How-to
More and more manufacturers are creating soak-off gels, including ones that look and feel similar to nail polish. New company Hand & Nail Harmony demonstrates how to use its product Gelish Color Gels.
Papaya Pineapple Pedicure
Step-by-step by Jeanet Spa & Salon, Toronto
Tweezerman Professional Pedicure Tools
Tweezerman’s professional line of sanitizable and disposable pedicure tools can be used in the salon to give clients a perfect pedicure.
Light Elegance Glitter Gels Demo
Nails by Liz Hyerstay, Eugene, Ore.
NSI Balance Glitter Gels Rock Star Collection
NSI’s Balance Glitter Color Gels offer exceptional strength and adhesion. The Rock Star Collection of Glitter Gels has a high concentration of glitter while still being easy to apply, and the gels cure in two minutes flat with the NSI Ultra Pro Full Hand Lamp.
Stained Glass Nails
Denae Sambrano of Sparks, Nev., shows how she makes these cathedral-quality stained glass nails. “It’s something that is very easy to do and it looks beautiful on the nails,” she says. Sambrano is an educator for Young Nails, and for these nails she uses Young Nails’ Imagination Liquid Art colors.
Sea My Pedi
Step-by-step by Talons Nail Evolution, Victoria, B.C., Canada
Water Works
If you’re looking for a unique service to add to your menu, consider testing the waters with a current nail art trend: aquarium nails.
Fields of Gold
Nails by Theresa “Mo” Lawrence, The Ultimate Spa Salon, Monona, Wis.
Snow-Couple
Nails by Joanne Truitt, Boca Nail Depot, Boca Raton, Fla.
Mad About Plaid
Nails by Natalie Wolfe Wargo, Shear Innocence, Johnstown, Pa.
Burning Love
Nails by Brenda Skermont, AbFab Salon and Spa, Rockford, Ill.
Lurking Sea Lizard
Nails by Brenda Baker, PriceLess Hair Salon, Mustang, Okla.
Sally Sells Seashells
Nails by Svetlana Zahra, Paola, Malta
Creating the Edge Nail
Nails by Angel Smith, Young Nails educator
Ice Cream Sundae Pedicure
Step-by-step by The Painted Nail, Sherman Oaks, Calif.