NAILS Publisher Wins Top Award
Nails publisher Cyndy Drummey was honored with a Maggie Award from the Western Publications Association.
InStyle Taps Pro Brands for Best Beauty Buys
Dozens of nail experts tested hundreds of products and selected the ones that impressed them most for InStyle's April story "141 Best Beauty Buys."
Essence Announces Its Readers' Choice Beauty Awards
Essence readers like OPI Chip Skip, Nail Envy, and OPI's world-famous nail lacquers.
Cosmopolitan Promotes Pedicures
OPI Pedicure Scrub and Nicole by OPI Nail Lacquer in City Pretty Rose are listed as pedicure essentials.
InStyle Has a "Coral Fixation"
InStyle’s editors recommend Essie color in Boat House, a coral-shade, which is dubbed the little black dress for nails.
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.
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.
What Is...Embossed?
Embellished with a raised pattern, especially as it appears on handbags, shoes, and jewelry.
by Sree Roy
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.
China Glaze's polish swirl live demo
Watch a tradeshow demo of China Glaze's Polish Swirl technique. Cool nail art in one minute.
Wired Calls Urban Decay "Worst Ever"
In a story on worst gadgets ever, Wired says the "novelty wore off before the polish did" about Urban Decay.
A Fresh Name and New Location Hit Chicago
Continuing show season, America’s Beauty Show (formerly the Chicago Midwest Beauty Show) took place March 1-3, 2008.
TOP 25 COMPETITORS (BY YEAR)
Below is a history of the Top 25 Nail Competitors since NAILS has been tracking competitions in 1993. The number to the left of competitor’s name represents rank, then competitor’s name. For a listing of all competitors and the years they’ve won, click here.