Portable LED Nail Light
Mia Secret’s Portable LED nail light in pink features a 45-second curing timer.
Five-Piece Travel Set
Qosmedix releases two TSA-compliant, travel-sized bottle sets containing clear empty cosmetics packaging containers, all under 3.4 oz.
Love Story Appliques
Love Story, Incoco’s Valentine’s Day nail appliqué collection, features eight new shades.
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist: Season 2 Finale Party
The nail industry came together to celebrate the grand finale of NAILS Next Top Nail Artist Season 2.
Behind the Scenes: Acrylic Watercolor Floral Nails
An Artist With Global Reach: This month's cover features delicate watercolor nails in acrylic by Ez Flow's Allie Baker-Bennett.
by Hannah Lee
ISSELB15: Nail Looks Spotted on the Show Floor
Browse through the gallery and see what’s hot in nail art.
Holiday Cheer Collection
Cozy up to the wintertime shades from the Incoco Holiday Cheer collection.
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist Smilebooth Pictures
Old friends (and new) came together to celebrate the grand finale of NAILS Next Top Nail Artist. Enjoy these pics from CND's Smilebooth.
ISSE Long Beach 2015: Around the Show Floor
Browse through the gallery to find out who was there and what the industry had in store for those in attendance.
NAILS Names Lavette Cephus Next Top Nail Artist
Lavette Cephus of Beaute Asylum in Toledo, Ohio, edges out Lexi Martone and Danielle Costantino to win NAILS Next Top Nail Artist 2014-2015.
Next Top Nail Artist: Season 2 Challenges
Here's a 10-minute recap of NAILS Next Top Nail Artist: Season 2. We selected 24 semi-finalists for our second annual NAILS Next Top Nail Artist competition. The field was narrowed down to our Top 12 after two pre-challenges. For 10 weeks in September 2014, we gave our finalists a new challenge each week to showcase their skills in creating nail art looks based on a theme created by NAILS and each of our weekly sponsors (Bio Seaweed Gel, CND, Dashing Diva, Entity Beauty, Gel II, Gelish, INM, It’s So Easy, Orly International, SuperNail, and Young Nails). In addition to creating their nail art masterpieces, NAILS Next Top Nail Artist contestants shot step-by-step tutorials, video demos, and shared their entries via social media.
Next Top Nail Artist: Top 3 Q&A
The NAILS Next Top Nail Artist season 2 contestants were warmly welcomed by a crowd of cheers at ISSE Long Beach 2015. Danielle Costantino, Lavette Cephus, and Lexi Martone entertained questions by CND style director/co-founder Jan Arnold and NAILS Magazine editor Hannah Lee. NAILS Next Top Nail Artist: Season 2's final challenge asked our Top 3 to design five sets of 10 nails to be presented to Johnson Hartig for his fashion label, Libertine. We chatted with each contestant about two of their designs.DANIELLEPart 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLAVETTE:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLEXI:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five Designs
NTNA Final Part 2: I Love Libertine (Lavette)
Top 3 contestant Lavette Cephus created five sets of nails (10 in each set) for the fashion label Libertine for Part 2 of the NAILS Next Top Nail Artist final challenge. DANIELLEPart 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLAVETTE:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLEXI:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five Designs
NTNA Final Part 2: I Love Libertine (Lexi)
Top 3 contestant created five sets of nails (10 in each set) for the fashion label Libertine for Part 2 of the NAILS Next Top Nail Artist final challenge. DANIELLEPart 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLAVETTE:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLEXI:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five Designs
NTNA Final Part 2: I Love Libertine (Danielle)
Top 3 contestant created five sets of nails (10 in each set) for the fashion label Libertine for Part 2 of the NAILS Next Top Nail Artist final challenge. DANIELLEPart 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLAVETTE:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLEXI:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five Designs
NTNA Final Part 1: Libertine (Lavette)
Top 3 contestant Lavette Cephus reports on Libertine clothing creator Johnson Hartig for Part 1 of the NAILS Next Top Nail Artist final challenge. DANIELLEPart 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLAVETTE:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLEXI:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five Designs
NTNA Final Part 1: Libertine (Lexi)
Top 3 contestant Lexi Martone reports on Libertine clothing creator Johnson Hartig for Part 1 of the NAILS Next Top Nail Artist final challenge. DANIELLEPart 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLAVETTE:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLEXI:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five Designs