Amy Becker Masterworks Time Piece Design
Masterworks by Amy Becker offers high-quality gels that can be used in a variety of ways including glitter sculpt nail art designs like the one shown here. Becker titles this design "Time Piece."
Bubbles Nail Art Design from Christie Gibson
Christie Gibson shows NAILStv viewers how to create a difficult-but-worth-it bubbles design on Young Nails ManiQ gel-polish.
Easy Black Flower Nail Art from Christie Gibson
Christie Gibson of www.christiesnails.com shows NAILStv viewers how to create an easy handpainted black flower petals design on Young Nails ManiQ gel-polish.
Easy and Not So Easy Shellac Nail Art from the FingerNailFixer
NAILS' FingerNailFixer blogger Holly Schippers shows NAILStv viewers one easy nail art design with CND Shellac, plus one not-so-difficult one (that's totally worth the effort)!
Metallic Rose Gold Rocks
Pink is pretty on its own, but mix in metallic shimmer and the shade takes on a sexy edge.
Happening Hues Right Now
What are the happening hues for fall? Olives, blues, and mixed fruit.
Floral French Tutorial by Robin Moses
This design by Robin Moses is so versatile. "You can mix any colors together and have nails for ANY occasion. Your clients will never know you're doing the same design. On Valentine's Day, create a red tip and make the flowers white, medium pink, and dark pink. For vintage wedding nails, use whites and tans," Moses says.
Holiday Nail Art Decals
Bring out your inner Mrs. Claus with these Christmas-inspired decals.
Dotted Nails
In Cosmopolitan's October 2011 issue, stylists recommended trying dotted nails.
London Art Exhibition Shines Spotlight on Nails
Called Nailphilia, London’s first-ever nail art exhibition took place in September at the DegreeArt.com Execution Room.
Complementary Colors
When it comes to picking colors that go together, sometimes it can be a challenge. Kathleen M. M. Ringwood-Wood of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., advises techs to go to the paint aisle at their local home improvement store and look at the paint chips on display.
Smooth Sailing in Purple
Actress Britt Robertson told Teen Vogue this month that Essie's sophisticated purple polish called Smooth Sailing is one of her eight beauty essentials.
Top 12 Finalists in the 2012 NAILS Cover Tech Contest!
Congratulations to our 12 finalists (we loved them all so much, we couldn’t narrow it down to 10!). Now it’s time for YOU to VOTE for your favorite cover. Click on the link to see the 12 finalists and vote for your favorite FOUR! The winner will grace the cover of the January 2012 Reader-Written Issue of NAILS! Voting ends Friday, November 4, 2011. Good luck!
3 Ways to Bling Out Nails
We've noticed an uptick in bejeweled and high-end nail looks at salons worldwide.
by Sree Roy
Dashing Diva’s DesignFX Alternatives
Dashing Diva’s new DesignFX line is comprised of 36 unique nail appliqués that match 3-D bling with intricate and brightly colored designs. Resident Dashing Diva nail artist Young Kim has come out with a clever new way of cutting up and blending these appliqués to give nail techs even more freedom to let their creativity shine with the fun patterns.
Two-Toned Nail Trends
The October 2011 issue of SELF Magazine features 2011's best nail trends and gives readers tips on how to create the two-toned manicures making an impact this season.
Fall Foliage
Brie Minar uses a nail stamp to create these red-orange fall nails.