Nail Design
Britain & Ireland Next Top Models Get Lacquered Up by Manicurist Pebbles Aikens
After a successful Week at London Fashion Week, nail tech Pebbles Aikens was called upon to lead the Catwalk show for Joey Bevan at Britain & Irelands Next Top Model Live 2011.
Sealed with Kisses
Elongated M- and U-shapes create the handpainted lips on this design by Christina Culver.
Love Letter
A special delivery of nail art from Lorri Silvetre.
Queen of Hearts
Katie Pfaff uses hot pink glitter acrylic to create this loveable French.
Tuxedo-Inspired Manicure by Leah Light
Auckland, New Zealand-based nail tech Leah Light is an international nail correspondant for Perez Hilton's blog. Here, she shows viewers how to create a tuxedo manicure. View more of her videos at http://cocoperez.com/category/leah-light.
Cover Look: NAILS December 2011
Jennifer Mather of Polished Nail Design Group in Burlington, Ontario, Canada creates a fun technique combining CND Retention+ liquid and powders, CND Black Pigment, Cerulean Blue Pigment Effect, Titanium Pearl Pigment Effect, and Velcro — yes, Velcro!
Six New Nail Designs
Celebrity Nail Tech Lisa Logan has created six new nail designs currently featured in the February 2012 issue of Cosmopolitan.
Walk on the Wild Side: Animal Print Nail Art
Unleash your and your clients’ feisty sides with animal print-inspired nail art. With a stroke of your brush, a leopard can change its spots or a zebra can magically become rainbow-hued.
Behind the Scenes: Creating the February 2012 Cover
Gorgeous nails, good composition, and a photogenic reptile — those are what earned Rolla, Mo.-based nail tech Sarah Petersen a coveted spot on this issue’s cover.
Enter the Dragon 3-D Stiletto Nails
For VietSALON Magazine's January/February 2012 cover, Robert Nguyen added a gel overlay to his extreme stilettos and sculpted a dragon and waves with OPI Absolute Crystal Clear acrylic powder.
Crimson Nails
Cosmopolitan, in its February 2012 issue, suggested that women try dousing their nails in crimson colors, such as Nicole by OPI's Kourt is Red-y for a Pedi.
Red Romance
Diane Self uses Nubar products to create this lovely design.
Red-dy for Love
Mimi Nguyen jazzes up a traditional red nail.
Marketed-to-Men Nail Polish
According to Cosmopolitan, certain polish brands are starting to market lines catering to men. For example, EvolutionMan's lacquers have the tagline "for the no-nonsense rebel inside all of us."
Chocolate Martini Pedicure
Especially perfect for Valentine's Day, this pedicure coats your client's feet in chocolately goodness.
Our Better Half
NAILS is in the Valentine’s spirit, and so are many of our readers. As an ode to all of the significant others out there — who help with housework and, importantly in the beauty profession, cope with crazy night and weekend schedules — here are some beauty professionals and their loved ones who make it all work.
by Sree Roy
Dazzle Dry on the Today Show
VB Comsetics' quick-drying polish Dazzle Dry was featured on the Today Show yesterday along with other top nail products as hosts Jordan Sparks and Hoda Kotb went over the latest in manicure trends.