Nail Design
Stripe It Right
Nails by Ellen Nycz, Plainsboro, N.J.
Let Your Voice Be Heard!
The NAILS Readers’ Choice Awards takes us inside the minds of nail care professionals to offer us a look at what you think about the products used in salons every day.
by Hannah Lee
What Is…Damask?
Elaborate patterns, often geometric or botanical, that have their origins as a weaving style in the Middle Ages but today have expanded to curtains, wallpaper, apparel, and accessories.
by Sree Roy
The Lacquer in the Dell
Known in their respective industries for their fashion-forward thinking, Dell and OPI have joined together to create customized laptops in nail polish colors.
Her Art Is Part of History
A combination of artistic talent and civic pride gave Kathleen M.M. Ringwood-Wood the opportunity of a lifetime. “I was chosen as the artist in residence to represent my city, the beautiful City of Poughkeepsie, for the opening of the Walkway Over The Hudson, a historic railroad bridge, built in 1888, that was turned into the world’s highest and longest pedestrian walkway,” says Ringwood-Wood, owner of My Nails Rock! in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
French Tip Dip Tool
The French Tip Dip Tool is a new technique used to create a perfect smile line with minimal effort and hyper speed.
Get Ready for Matte
Luxury brand Rock & Republic and Essie Cosmetics have joined creative forces to push forward this season’s matte trend.
by Thi Dao
DS Mystery & DS Glow
OPI’s latest Designer Series polishes, DS Mystery and DS Glow, translate two of the season’s richest fashion shades into shimmering polishes.
Winter Shades
Essie gets into the spirit of winter with these delicious new nail lacquers inspired by holiday sweets.
Wild at Heart Polish Collection
Take a walk on the wild side with Color Club’s new Wild at Heart polish collection.
Polish
Wet Paint Nail System Polishes allow you to custom blend colors and come up with limitless shades and designs.
Divine Design Nail Art
Backscratchers’ Divine Design Nail Art accessories have a variety of colorful shapes and designs for techs to decorate clients’ nails.
Heavenly Glitter Collection
Young Nails’ Heavenly Glitter Collection features eight pastel glitters: Ozone, Purple Dawn, Star Sand, Crushed Pearl, Diamond Dust, Prominence, Sakura Storm, and Mandarin.
Zip Files
The new Zip Files from Tweezerman are practical, retractable, and ultra-portable. Even better, $1 from the sale of each Zip File is donated to the Smile Train foundation, which is focused on solving a single problem: cleft lip and palate.
Silver Nails for Awards Night
Celebrity manicurist Elsbeth applied Nailtini’s new Silver Slipper nail lacquer to Teri Hatcher’s nails for the first annual Noble Humanitarian Awards in Beverly Hills.
From Fantasy to Reality
Nail artist Sam Lynam of Arabella Nails in Bedfordshire, U.K., has developed a unique nail form to assist techs in creating fantasy nail art designs.
New Moon
Half-moon manicures are the newest fall trend to take the runways...and your salons...by storm.
by Hannah Lee