

CND's Vinylux Weekly Polish
Vinylux Weekly Polish delivers week long wear. Choose from over 100 fashion-forward shades and reinvent yourself, weekly.

Basic Gradation (Ombre) Nail Art Tutorial
Jasmine Oshima, founder of www.neiru.me, shows how to create a gradation, or ombre, nail.

NAILS Partners With BCL to Award Scholarships
Support the next generation of nail techs by donating to the BCL | Tippi Hedren | NAILS NTNA Scholarship Fund.

Gelish & Morgan Taylor Spring 2016 "Botantical Awakenings" (Behind the Scenes)
Take a look at the Gelish/Morgan Taylor Spring 2016 collection, Botantical Awakenings, with this behind-the-scenes photo shoot.

InternatioNAILS: Russia Gallery
Take a look at the flourishing nail scene in Russia — including some incredible nail art.

Swarovski Launches New Product Specifically for Nails
Bling-obsessed nail techs can now integrate the luxury of Swarovski into their services with Crystal Pixie.

Cover Tech Contest 2016
A Study in Contrast: Once again, NAILS’ readers have spoken, and this year you selected Moscow-based nail tech Anastasia Luksha’s bold but simple design for our cover. Our congratulations and thanks go out to Luksha and the other 11 finalists. After viewing their incredibly imaginative and varied designs, we’re glad that selecting the winner was your job, not ours.

American Dawn, Inc.'s 2016 Salon Products
American Dawn, Inc.'s Ron Kothari celebrates the 2016 Salon New Year with new products and packaging.

The Vietnamese-American Nail Industry: 40 Years of Legacy
Starting at a refugee camp in Sacramento in 1975, the establishment of Vietnamese-owned nail salons in America paved the way for a new generation of beauty industry businesses.

2016 Nail Trend Forecast
2015 saw a rise in geode nails, the resurgence of the aquarium technique, and wine-hued Marsala was dubbed the Color of the Year. So where does the industry go from here? We spoke with experts, did some research, and dreamed up a few designs of our own to give you a jump on the next big thing in nails.

Trend Watch: Checkmate
From windowpane to houndstooth, checks look good across the board.

Paintbox Partners With Donna Karan
Manhattan nail design studio Paintbox recently partnered with Donna Karan to promote the launch of her new fragrances Cashmere Mist Black and White

Behind the Scenes: Holiday Liquid Stone Nails
Artistic Notes on Nails: Elsbeth Schuetz helped us send out some holiday cheer with liquid stone poststamp nails for our December 2015 cover.

OPI Names Kerry Washington Creative Ambassador
Kerry Washington signs on as OPI's creative ambassador.

Shiny, Reflective Geometric Nail Art Using Foils
Nails 21, a company based in Lisbon, Portugal, shows how to create a shiny and reflective geometric nail design using patine foils and gel.

Heiress Remembers Nail Tech in Her Will
Nail tech Jenny Kim remembers her client Kaaren Parker Gray as a “kind lady.” In August, Gray died as a result of a heart attack, leaving Kim $50,000 in her will in recognition of her “love and devotion.”

Polished Girlz Throws a Big Bash
The first annual Polished Girlz Ball was held at St. Mary’s Hospital for Children in Bayside, N.Y., in September.



