Dotting-Marbelizer
Princess Nails’ Marbleizing/Dotting tool functions in many ways to help you create and enhance nail art.
Design #10: Black Polka Dots
Apply a form to the finger and build a thin clear free edge. Use Cover Pink to create an extended nail bed. This will give the illusion of a deeper smile line.
Toenail Art Book
Toe-rrific Toenail Art Book is a new, updated guide to creating beautiful and healthy feet. This innovative book has step-by-step pedicure advice and lots more.
Design #9: Marbleizing Neons
Apply a form to the finger and build a thin clear free edge. This will be the perfect canvas to marbleize on.
Design #8: Icy-Glitter Fade
Use Cover Pink to create an extended nail bed. This will give the illusion of a deeper smile line.
Design #7: Summer of Love
Apply a thin layer of Metallic Pearl through the whole body. Fade Metallic Violet and Metallic Carmine in opposite corners leaving a white stripe through the center.
Design #6: White Bubbles
After applying a thin layer of Speed Clear to the body and free edge, apply a thin layer of Metallic Pearl from the cuticle to the free edge. (You have the option to keep design on the free edge.)
Seasonal Switch
Self explains how to transition summer shades to fall favorites with jet black polish. Use the black as a base coat or on top for an autumnal hue that’s still true to the original color. Try adding a black base coat to Zoya’s Dana or Essie’s St. Lucia Lilac for a dramatic deep plum and pretty purple-gray.
Design #5: Cracks
Apply an opaque layer of Metallic Gold to surface.
Pushing the Boundaries
Extreme nail art is the hot topic for InStyle’s Reader Poll for September.
Mosaic Tips
Gracia Beauty has come out with special Mosaic Tips that have raised pyramid-type bumps to enable clients to easily sculpt 3-D acrylic and gel designs onto the nail.
Design #4: Snakeskin
Fade the background with Tippy Cup Turquoise and Metallic Pearl.
What Are...the Fall Color Trends?
Designers continue to exhibit a degree of caution for fall 2010, yet offer a palette of beauty and excitement with a blending of colors, some with similar undertones, in surprising and intriguing combinations.
All the Marbles
Andrea Stacey, a nail tech at Cassims Hair Design in Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia, literally followed her dreams. About seven years ago, Stacey dreamt about marbleizing colored acrylic on nails. "When I woke up, it was just so clear," Stacey says. "How I do it today is exactly how I did it in my dream."
Star Nail’s The Pretty Tough Manicure Soak-Off UV Gel Master Kit
Be the mastermind behind your salon’s success with Star Nail’s new Eco The Pretty Tough Manicure Soak-Off UV Gel Master Kit. Lasting longer than traditional polish, Pretty Tough Soak-Off Gels guarantee a two-week manicure with no smudging or chipping. The kit includes 22 fashion-forward colors, plus brushes, a UV light, soak-off solution, and an instructional DVD.
Nail Art Gallery Pro: Carlapatra
Carla Foster, of Carla Foster Nails in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, prefers UV gels as her medium of choice when it comes to nail art — which may come as a surprise to many nail artists (especially in the United States) who think gels aren’t workable for detailed designs.
Keyed In
Nails by Tinessa Dixon of Cleveland, Tenn.