Dare to Wear Stiletto Nails
If your clients are afraid of this pointy shape, offer up this advice from nail techs who do their best to ensure that beauty doesn’t have to equal pain.
Performance Forms
CND’s Performance Forms for liquid and powder enhancements provide a perfect fit and stunning C-curve.
Estelina's-Estelina's Point of View (3D)
Estelina explains reflexology.
Estelina's-Estelina Opens Her Salon (02D)
Estelina speaks of how she opened her salon.
A Bridge Over Bitten Nails
When nails are weary, weak, and inching toward the eponychium, a modified nail tip can be a great way to protect nails and encourage them to grow.
Nudite Nail Sculpting Powders
Entity’s Nudite Nail Sculpting Powders are corrective sculpting powders in shades of pink and white that are designed to hide flaws and enhance the natural look of nails.
Tips for Embedded Bliss
Clients who love nail art will adore your unique and durable embedded creations. Traditional clear acrylics are not the only way to go- you can also use tips, gels, or "instant embedding" techniques.
Masterpiece Brushes
Kinetics’ Masterpiece Brushes are hand made from the highest-quality pure Kolinsky.
Where the Heart Is
Nails by Leticia Lujan, Attitudes with Style, Bakersfield, Calif.
Strutting in Style
The ninth-annual Strut Your Stuff Nail Art & Enhancement Contest, sponsored by WWWeb Services and BeautyTech.com, received 60 entries from 20 countries.
A Tip by Any Other Name
Though many technicians prefer to sculpt, a pre-made nail tip that can be adhered to the natural nail can give newbie nail techs a nice runway to learn the delicate craft of gel and acrylic sculpting, while providing great-looking results.
by Tim Crowley
Take a Tip from ... Olan Labs' Donna Louis
Retailing nail strengtheners is good for your clients' nails and increases your earnings.
Imagination Art Liquid
Young Nails’ Imagination Art Liquid can be dripped into monomer to add color to acrylic enhancements.
Acrylic Master Kit
Hand & Nail Harmony’s new Acrylic Master Kit is designed with the latest in liquid and powder technology to bring high-performance quality in a convenient and all-inclusive package.
#11 Gold Acrylic Nipper
Antoine De Paris’ # 11 Gold is the original Antoine Acrylic nipper, created over 35 years ago by Antoine de Paris himself.
Glitter Collection Sets
LeChat’s New Glitter Collection Sets were created specifically to help techs create dazzling nail art designs.
Stained Glass Nails
Denae Sambrano of Sparks, Nev., shows how she makes these cathedral-quality stained glass nails. “It’s something that is very easy to do and it looks beautiful on the nails,” she says. Sambrano is an educator for Young Nails, and for these nails she uses Young Nails’ Imagination Liquid Art colors.