Design #24: Black Filigree (designed by Christie Gibson)
Apply Glitter mix to the whole tip of nail (Hologram. Star Sand, Ice).
Design #23: Midnight Flower (designed by Christie Gibson)
Apply Neon Blue Acrylic and fade.
Design #22: White Wedding (designed by Christie Gibson)
Apply a small white bead of Acrylic Powder to smile line.
Design #21: Starry Night (designed by Christie Gibson)
Before using reverse application, sculpt a thin transparent free edge with Speed Clear flush to the natural nail. Build the body of the nail with Cover Peach.
Design #20: Laced Flowers (designed by Christie Gibson)
Before using reverse application, sculpt a thin transparent free edge with Speed Clear flush to the natural nail. Build the body of the nail with Cover Peach.
Design #19: Neon Impressions
Before using reverse application, sculpt a thin transparent free edge with Speed Clear flush to the natural nail. Build the body of the nail with Cover Peach.
A Bewitching Halloween
Use the items in Color Club’s Bewitching Collection kit to create this abstract Halloween nail art design.
Design #18: Neon Leopard
Apply a thin layer of Speed Clear to the body and free edge. Apply a thin but opaque coat of Metallic Pearl from cuticle to free edge.
Design #17: Paisley Pool (designed by Christie Gibson)
Fade Jet Black at the tip or cuticle area.
Design #16: Lemonade Ice
Before using reverse application, sculpt a thin transparent free edge with Speed Clear flush to the natural nail. Build body with Cover Peach.
BeautyTech.com Sponsors Online Contest For High-Tech Nail Artists
Sponsored by WWWeb Services and BeautyTech.com, the 2010 Strut Your Stuff Nail Art and Enhancement Contest will feature two categories: Enhancement and Mixed-Media Nail Art. There will be a junior and senior division in each category. The contest takes place on the BeautyTech website and runs from October 1-31, 2010.
Students Honored at Empire’s Future Professionals Expo
Empire Education Group’s top students were honored on May 17 at this year’s Future Professionals Expo & Competition. More than 1,900 students from Empire’s 96 schools across the nation attended the 6th annual event in Hershey, Pa., where students from each school competed for valuable prizes.
Easy Prints You Can Do At Home
Young Nails educator G. Elizondo has perfected using shrunken-down printed images that she embeds in nail art. The images are made on her printer by her daughter, and the quality is pretty good, making current pop culture nail art an easy feat.
Perfect Lines on Gels for Nail Art
Gina Silvestro, educator for Akzéntz, offers this advice on how to get clear and crisp lines on gel nail art. “I’ve been doing this for a few months now, and people can never figure out how I get such clean lines with gel art. When using gel for art and designs, it can be very difficult to achieve fine lines because if you brush gel art onto the tacky layer of gel it often spreads.
Kami Nail Art Foil Mixed Metals
Kami Nail Art Foils create the perfect "mixed metals" finish for any polish color. A smattering of Metallic Gold, Bronze, and Purple, for instance, over deep crimson gives hands a touch of elegance with the metallic foils casting plenty of light.
Behind the Scenes: A Long Overdue Appointment
Five years ago, Patricia Yankee was named NAILS' Nail Tech of the Year in 2005. Part of her prize included a trip to California to do the cover nails for NAILS Magazine. We never seemed to be able to settle on a date that worked for both of us. And all of a sudden, it was five years later and we were still trying to figure out a good time for her to come out. Thankfully, it all came together this past June.
The St. Petersburg Stiletto
Elena Maltseva is a nail artist from St. Petersburg, Russia, who educates all over the world. She is an expert in gels, acrylics, and hand-painting, and is especially good at combining all three together to make spectacular nail designs. Maltseva has chosen an acrylic design here that is simple, yet very expensive-looking and rather easy-to-complete.