Lab Reports
"My client’s big toenail’s side walls curve so much that they nearly meet. The middle section of the nail is sore because both ends are pinching the skin. What can I do to relieve this pressure?"
How Tips Are Made
Nail tips are made by a meticulous process that involves a computer, complex mathematical calculations, acetate pellets, and high-powered injection molding machines.
Training Grounds: How Trang Nguyen Became a Competitive Powerhouse
What does competition mean for the country’s top nail competitors and their salons?
Magical Nail Makeovers
We may not be magicians, but nail technicians can create what our clients think is "magic." The most dramatic illusions are achieved on clients with nails that are bitten, ski-jump-shaped, fan-shaped, or flat.
Demos: NSI's French Fill Bit for Backfills
NSI’s products and techniques make a French backfill easier and faster. Accurate placement of a new smile line will make this service last up to four weeks.
Playing Fast Ball: Working Quickly With Acrylics
You can’t squeeze more hours in a day, but our experts can show you ways to fit more appointments into your schedule. How? By learning to do full sets in half the time.
The Color of Monomer
Designed with the growth in the market for permanent French manicures in mind, these colored monomers don’t clean like laundry soap, they just make the nails look cleaner.
Do Press-Ons the Professional Way
Reyna Traywick intructs on how to apply nails for clients who only want them for a vacation or a weekend out.
Tip of the Month: Cleaning Dirty Nails
Clean up discolored nails quickly and easily
Tip of the Month: Finishing Cleanup
Filling In The Cracks on Acrylic Nails
Cracked acrylic nails send clients into a tailspin. Do them (and yourself!) a big favor by coming to the rescue with a quick repair that lasts.
Tip of the Month
A quick technique helps a nail tech see if her manicure is less than perfect
Editor's Note: What About A National Standard for Competitions?
I think the balance of scoring should be even between shaping and product control.
Troubleshooter: How to Give Squares All the Right Curves
Whether your client wants oval or squoval nails, a squared nail is the best place to start.
The Big Switch: Why Nail Techs Decide to Switch Brands
Who’s using which products, how long have they been using them, and why did they choose them in the first place? Here’s an inside look at what makes a nail technician say, “Out with the old, and in with the new.”
The Big Product Switch
Who’s using which products, how long have they been using them, and why did they choose them in the first place? Here’s an inside look at what makes a nail technician say, “Out with the old, and in with the new.”
Making The Switch To Fast-Set Acrylics
Regardless of their pros and cons, fast-set acrylics certainly have enthusiastic users.