Nail Design
Spring Polish Collection
Olan Labs’ (now called Prolana) Spring Polish Collection, Tropical Paradise, offers six exciting new shades to complement the sophisticated, neutral fabrics of spring.
Royal Precision Brush
NSI’s Royal Precision Brush is ergonomically designed for balance and comfort.
Sandals
Pedi Couture Sandals keep salon pedicures intact and make messy smudges a thing of the past.
Chocolate Passions Gel Collection
Epsilon’s new Chocolate Passions Gel Collection offers a wide collection of chocolate inspired colors.
Sun Goddess Spring Collection
Barielle’s new Spring Collection, Sun Goddess, was created to capture beach-bound beauty in a bottle.
Punctuated in Purple
Nails by Lee Barnes, Nails N Flight, Lanham, Md.
Lady Bugged
Nails by Tracy Ann Majewski, Tips, Toes & Do’s at Kutter’s Hair Salon, Buffalo, N.Y.
Glitter Celebration
Nails by Laurie Ivins, Profiles Hair Design, Sandpoint, Idaho
Stark Stiletto
Nails by Jayne Berger, Cissna Park, Ill.
Lovely Nails
Nails by Yoriko Kandono, Tokyo
3-D Nail Decals in the Garden Collection
Seeds of innovation are blooming with Cina Nail Creations 3-D nail decals in the Garden Collection.
How can nail techs be sure they aren’t compromising the strength of an enhancement by adding too many embellishments?
A current trend is to add glitter, mylar, and other embellishments to nail enhancements, but how can nail techs be sure they aren’t compromising the strength of the enhancement and causing premature service breakdown by adding too much? Sometimes the glitter tips I’ve sculpted break off at the free edge, causing clients to doubt my abilities. (This occurs more often in gels than acrylics.)
Behind the Scenes: Egg-ceptional Nails
Orange, Calif.-based celebrity manicurist and international educator Elsbeth created these perfect Easter egg-inspired nails for this month’s cover. Elsbeth, who travels in the United States and abroad to teach classes on celebrity nail styles and trends in color, has been especially busy lately, even doing Britney Spears’ nails for her new album cover.
by Hannah Lee
Clay Cane Slicing for Nail Art
Debbie from beautytech.com demonstrates how to slice nail art Clay Canes really thin. The polymer clay canes might have to be warmed before slicing, it depends on the brand of clay used (Fimo, Sculpty or any number of other brands. See www.beautytech.com/shoppe for more info on slicing and application with acrlics and gel enhancements.
Ceramic Nail Drying Drops
CHI’s Ceramic Nail Drying Drops dry nail lacquers in just minutes.
Dispense-A-Wrap System
Soft Touch’s Dispense-A-Wrap System makes it easier to use Soft Touch’s signature self-adhesive wraps.
Dazzle Dry Sanguinity Collection
VB Cosmetics’ Dazzle Dry has a new spring collection, Sanguinity, with shades that span the color palate.