Nail Design
A Video Can Make Your Salon a Star
For many potential clients, the Internet is their first stop in the search for salons. While a salon menu, contact information, and great pictures of your salon (and even your nails) are a necessity, a snazzy, snappy promo-video can really help set your salon apart from the rest.
by Tim Crowley
The Nail Aquatic with Glam and Glits
For deep-diving nail techs, Glam and Glits has a new Aquarium nail tip that enables techs to easily create the fabled water bubble nails. The clear tips are manufactured with a slender pocket to hold the company’s patented Aqua20 non-evaporating liquid, into which techs put small glitter and rhinestones and then seal and cap with a UV sealant.
Dashing Diva's French Twist
Sure, a classy pink-and-white French is always in season, but why not switch it up this fall with a dose of trendy color? Dashing Diva Professional offers an easy alternative French look that combines the company’s French Wrap Plus with its polish colors.
Polish Preview Fall 2010: Back to School
Nothing quite rings in the fall season like the toll of school bells indicating that class is back in session. So pull out your trusty highlighter and be sure to take notes during this lesson on the new fall colors. (Your clients might surprise you with a pop quiz later.) With reds, blues, purples, and grays all on the syllabus, you’ll want to keep these polishes on your supply list until at least winter break.
by Sree Roy
The Right Brush
When it comes to nail art, it isn’t a one-brush-will-do kind of situation. With the proper brush, a tech can create everything from thin detailed lines, to color-blended shadows, and even elaborate flowers.
Design #3: Abstract Flower
Fade the background with Tippy Cup Turquoise and Metallic Pearl.
Design #2: Abstract Bubbles (Part 1)
Fade the Metallic Pearl, Metallic Violet, and Metallic Carmine diagonally from the top left to the bottom right corner of the nail.
Go With Greige
Girl’s Life Magazine crowns greige as their August-September issue’s Way Wearable Hue.
Miranda Cosgrove’s Beauty Essentials
Disney starlet Miranda Cosgrove tells Teen Vogue about her beauty routine.
Gray Goes Modern
Harper’s Bazaar recommends a bright red pedicure to balance out an ultra-cool gray manicure.
Grunge Gets Glam
Brilliant teal and metallic turquoise are all the rage in Marie Claire’s August issue.
All About Greige For Fall
Nail pro Elisa Ferri talks about the best gray-beige nail shades for fall in Glamour’s August Issue.
Polish That Lasts and Lasts
Soak-off gels are on Cosmopolitan's Hot Sheet for August.
Heating Up for Summer
In this month’s August issue, Cosmopolitan recommends hot red-orange shades for a sexy, updated manicure.
Sugar and Spice
Cosmopolitan talks to Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, artistic director for OPI, about this year’s version of the gradation manicure.
Pearls and Lace
Cosmopolitan offers some tips on how to get in on the lovely lace trend. Working with lace can be tricky so working with a friend is recommended.
Buzzing About Blue
Cosmopolitan is crazy about cobalt blue for summer.