Nail Design
Scorchin’ Hot
Nails by Carmen DeBellis, Carmen’s Nail-Tique, Saginaw, Mich.
Facial Features
Nails by Cort Bennett, DollarNailArt.com, Wilton Manors, Fla.
Mosaic French
Nails by Daphnye Shaffer, CND education ambassador, Baytown, Texas
Hot Pinks, Neon Yellows, Power Purples
Day-Glo shades are the hot shades for summer. Allure, Cosmopolitan, and InStyle all do major features on these sunglasses-required shades. Stock up with colors from CND, OPI, Jessica, Essie, and Orly.
Always in Season
Originally created for “miniaturists,” Oak Tree Dolls House Miniatures has found that they’re getting just as many requests from nail techs for the company’s miniature fruit canes.
Embossing Technique Creates Unique Edges
Embossing is a raised pattern that can look sophisticated and elegant on nails. Use it to match a client's nails to her purse or shoes.
Show Those Toes
With summertime heating up, clients are going to be eager to show off some bare feet and cool their heels, and what better way to sport the look than with some fun and fashionable acrylic toenail art.
Couture Couleur: OPI Goes Tres Chic with France Collection
The effortless style for which French women are known – a juxtaposition of elegance and ease – is captured this fall in OPI's French Collection with polished combinations of tweed and silk, chunky sweaters and delicate blouses, tailored pencil skirts and lingerie-inspired looks.
Nail Art Pentathlon Winners Reach the Finish Line
Contest entrants were required to submit a set of nails using five mediums. The theme of this year’s competition was flowers, which you can see in glorious abundance on all the winning nails.
Light Elegance Gel Paints
Light Elegance’s new Gel Paints create nail art with a bold look and fine touch.
Make a Little Change
Mix it up and try some bold, new colors for a change! Yes, polish can be changed easily and often, but changing colored acrylics can be done quickly and easily too.
What Is...Embossed?
Embellished with a raised pattern, especially as it appears on handbags, shoes, and jewelry.
by Sree Roy
8 Ways to Keep Polish from Smudging
Techs share their tried-and-true methods for avoiding “Oops, I dinged my polish.”
Tech Wins Triple Crown With Backscratchers
Nail tech Elise Pilkington became the overall UK Champion for 2008.
Regulators, Not Consumers, Drive Sanitation Trends
Michael Megna, CEO and co-founder of Backscratchers Salon Systems, discusses salon sanitation issues and the trend toward disposable products.
Do You Believe?
Those nails you’re working on today may bring you more than your weekly wages. In cultures around the world, there are (or were) superstitions about the good, the bad, and the ugly those nails can bring a person. Here is a sampling of some global nail superstitions and beliefs.
Dr. Vivian Valenti of VB Cosmetics on Good Morning Arizona
Dr. Vivian Valenti, creator of the UV topcoat, Dazzle Dry, and Be Silky, interviewed on Good Morning Arizona, on June 15, 2008.