
My Other Life: Marcie Morgan, Cheerleading Coach
For nail tech Marcie Morgan of Crawfordsville, Ind., cheerleading has been a lifelong passion.

North Carolina Event Provides Foot Care for the Homeless
Nail tech Stephanie Shelton's charity, Heal the Sole, provides palliative foot care, manicures, and haircuts to homeless people.

Crowdsourcing: What’s one thing you’ve changed your mind about within the nail industry?
This month we asked nail techs: What’s one thing you’ve changed your mind about within the nail industry?

On My Mind: See Yourself Here
For those of you whose goal is to get published in 2019, we just completed our first live webinar on how to get featured in NAILS Magazine, on our website, and on our social media channels. I am recapping some of the main points from our webinar here.

Jonathan Ozeretny Joins Kupa as Chief Operations Officer
Jonathan Ozeretny has joined Kupa in the role of chief operations officer.

Bundle Monster Is Now Maniology
Nail art company Bundle Monster has rebranded and is now called Maniology.

NAILS 35th Anniversary Flashback: 2014, NTNA Season 1
After a grueling four-part finale that ended with a live “quick fire” challenge at ISSE Long Beach, Ryoko Garcia was crowned winner of NAILS’ inaugural Next Top Nail Artist competition.

On the Road: Prose
Founded in late 2017, Prose is a boutique nail experience with a focus on overall health and well-being.

Crowdsourcing: What are your nail-related New Year’s resolutions?
This month we asked nail techs: What are your nail-related New Year’s resolutions?

My Other Life: Kayleigh Bevan, Rock Climber
For Caerphilly, Wales-based nail tech Kayleigh Bevan, rock climbing is a hobby that helps bring her family together.

On My Mind: Reflection, Concentration, and Confidence
NAILS invited guest editor and NAILS Next Top Nail Artist Season 5 winner Valerie Ducharme to give our readers advice on a topic she felt relevant to the industry. Being the artist that she is, she chose to discuss creativity.

NAILS 35th Anniversary Flashback: 1995, Nail Competitions
1995 was arguably the year that nail competitions reached their pinnacle.

Entity Welcomes Robert Nguyen
Nail tech Robert Nguyen has signed on with Entity as creative director, where he joins his brother Vu Nguyen, who is dean of education for Gelish.

Husband and Wife Nail Competitors Launch Company
For their new company, Edko Nail Systems, Emese Koppànyi and Frédéric Edange drew on their long experience in the nail industry to design a line of professional nail products.

My Other Life: Lydia McCarthy, Statuary Character Creator
For Lydia McCarthy of Queenstown, New Zealand, the idea of making concrete statues started as an idle conversation between friends over a glass of wine.

Healthy Tech: Tracy Vinson
After being diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, mobile nail tech Tracy Vinson realized she needed to make her health a priority, even if it meant changing her on-the-go lifestyle.

On the Road: Nails and Beauty Bar, Florence, Italy
The women at Florence, Italy’s, Nails and Beauty Bar enthusiastically welcomed me to their nail, lash, and waxing salon that’s only a 10-minute walk from well-known art treasures like the Duomo, Michelangelo’s David, and the Birth of Venus.



