Nail Design
Paparazzi Polish Collection
Duri’s Paparazzi Collection is a 12-shade line that ranges from grays and yellows to deep reds and blues.
Bloom Polish Collection
Orly’s Bloom Collection captures the colors of nature, straight from the garden. Bold colors epitomize this year’s spring trends with deep pinks, burnt oranges, rich wines, and purple blues.
Shrek Forever After Polish Collection
Get Green with Envy with OPI’s Shrek Forever After polish line. Inspired by the DreamWorks Animation film, the polish features six limited-edition lacquers.
OPI Gets On Board with Beauty Bus Foundation
Beauty Bus Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides free in-home beauty and grooming treatments to empower homebound, terminally, and chronically ill people and their primary caregivers. OPI lent its support to the Beauty Bus Foundation as a sponsor of the first annual Beauty Drive fundraising event on April 25 in Los Angeles. The Beauty Drive highlighted beauty treatments from professional makeup artists, as well as manicurists from ROB|B, the nation’s first OPI Concept Salon.
Tweezerman’s Altruistic Initiatives Raise the Beauty Bar
Tweezerman’s Second Bottom Line program has been in place since the brand’s inception almost 30 years ago. The program supports humanitarian, environmental, community, and charitable organizations with a special focus on programs that support and empower women and children.
Beauty In the Desert Makes a Comeback
IBS (International Beauty Show) Las Vegas had a healthy attendance this year, with well-presented booths showcasing a lot of new and interesting nail products.
Nail Glaze System Three-Pack
Wet Paint’s Three-Pack includes the base primer Natural, the new red base polish Fetish, and the Glaze TopCoat Mirror.
Poptastic Polish Collection
Color Club’s Poptastic polish colors will snap clients to attention. The summer shades range from bright pink and orange to saturated blues and purples.
Resort Polish Collection
Essie’s new Resort Collection is perfect for beach-bound trendsetters.
Fortress Polish Collection
Nubar’s Fortress Collection gives you every shade of gray you may need.
Online Press Releases Get the Word Out
Using free websites that distribute press releases to search engines can be an inexpensive and effective way to spread news and information about your salon.
by Thi Dao
Go Greige
Gray-beige polishes — also known as the “greige,” “taupe,” or “putty” trend — are showing up all over runways and adorning celebrities’ nails. Get the look in your salon this summer with these professional shades.
Mixing Gel Like a Mason
Looking to add a little more pop to your gels? Try mixing in some glitter. It’s fun to do in front of a client and it will show her you have skills beyond the mere limits of the jar.
Gracia Beauty Stained Glass Gel Nail
Gracia Beauty’s Gel System combines functional and well-performing soak-off gels with a nail art sensibility so techs can create endless nail art designs. The gels are available in convenient kits that suit each tech’s need, with a basic kit for simple sculpts and Frenches, an intermediate kit for nail art, and full-color gel lines of more than 100 colors.
Super Sharp Stilettos
Stiletto styles are slowly sweeping across the country and many new clients are leaving local haunts in spiked-tipped nails just to try out this edgy, new look. With techs having such a fun time experimenting with the daring design, new art is popping up every day. Here’s how Tracy Clement, a Young Nails mentor and owner of Naturally Nails in East Greenwich, R.I., does her signature stilettos.
West Coast Vs. East Coast: A Day With 2 Celebrity Nail Techs
Associate publisher and editor Hannah Lee takes a look into the lives of two very in-demand, jetsetting celebrity nail techs for a day.
by Hannah Lee
Independence Day Stripes
Nails by Tracey Nguyen, Envy Nails, Oklahoma City