Happy Dolphin
Dawn Reagan shares her dolphin in water nail art design.
Hay Stack
Kimberly Harr uses copper, white, yellow, brown and gold polish to create this handpainted haystack.
Sweet Samples
Allure showcases some great nail art samples from Valley in New York City. From flowers to lady bugs and lattice-inspired motifs, the pretty display is the perfect way to show off the salon staff’s impressive nail art skills.
Hippie Chic
Here's a fun tie-dye and peace sign French by Jade Sewell.
Bird in the Hand
A make-up sponge and polish are used to create the background fade on this acrylic paint parrot design by Raquel Pimentel.
All Season Professional’s Rock Star French
The All Season Professional (ASP) Glitz & Glamour Kit will add sparkle and shimmer to your acrylic nails. With four sparkling colors to choose from, you’ll be adding glamour to your clients’ nails quickly and easily.
Young Nails' Star Gazer
Young Nails Imagination Art Powders come in 11 different collections of colored acrylic powders to make nail art fun, easy, and quick to complete.
Long Ago & Far Away Color Acrylic
INM has a new color liquid and powder collection called Long Ago & Far Away.
Dazzle Dry
Dazzle Dry’s Spring 2011 Awakenings Collection offers shimmering soft pastels that reflect the gentle breeze of springtime and the soft hues of new spring flowers.
Cina Nail Art Pen Design
Global education director for Star Nail International, Elaine Watson, shows how to do a fun and quick nail art desing using Cina's Nail Art Pens.
Trend Watch: Lace
Definition: A delicate woven fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.
Musical Nails
A Los Angeles-based collective known as Kleur is bringing nail art to the masses via custom nail art events in retail stores, art galleries, and other venues throughout Southern California and beyond.
by Sree Roy
Take a Tip From…CND’s Anne Clarizio
A quick technique that popped up during ISSE 2011 in Long Beach was Anne Clarizio’s method of doing a quick color check on what the final outcome would be for a Shellac layering.
Behind the Scenes: Two Talented Techs Created the April 2011 Cover
Viv Simmons (from Australia) and Catherine Wong (from Singapore) created this month's extreme spring look using a combination of colored acrylics and gels. See how they did it.
by Hannah Lee
Meet Some of Our Nail Art Gallery Pros
The improved Nail Art Gallery celebrates one year online with some amazing pictures and plenty to look at. Have you signed up yet?
The Fellowship of the Nail
JoAnne Millar of En Vogue reveals how she creates this rhinestone-tipped curl on a gel nail.
FingerNailFixer Goes to Fashion Fusion
Holly Schippers went to America's Beauty Show in Chicago and snapped this video of the CND Fashion Fusion runway show. Listen to Jan Arnold talk about the new nail trends and for your clients.