Technique
A Feast for the Feet (or Hands)
Food staples in your kitchen can be blended to create scrubs or masks to personalize any mani or pedi. Healing properties in the food benefit the skin, and nature’s comforting aromas soothe the soul.
Trend Watch: Digital Graphics
Real digital photographs, sometimes enhanced or otherwise tweaked, are appearing as fashion-worthy patterns.
by Sree Roy
Black Shellac with Flair
Texture enhances this monochromatic design by Amanda Lenher.
The Hunger Games-Inspired Fire Manicure
By request, Holly Schippers, FingernailFixer, Bussey, Iowa, uses CND Colours to create a fiery manicure inspired by The Hunger Games trilogy and movie. Get more from Holly on her NAILS' Magazine blog, Finger Nail Fixer.
So Exotic
Ebonye Allen creates this eye-catching design with polish and rhinestones.
Backscratchers' You Gel System
CEO of Backscratchers, Michael Megna, explains the You Gel System.
Top-Notch Education at Sea
Long-time competitor John Hauk has just announced a new venture — Cruise with the Nail Stars, hosted by John Hauk.
Four-Leaf Clover Nail Art
Mindy Hardy, who runs the website hotnailartpro.com, shares a St. Patrick's Day four-leaf clover design.
Feeling Lucky Pot of Gold Nail Art
Mindy Hardy, who runs the website hotnailartpro.com, shares a St. Patrick's Day pot of gold design.
Resurface Stem Cell Reconstructing Serum
Dermelect’s Resurface Stem Cell Reconstructing Serum is a skin-perfecting system that utilizes extracted stem cells of the Swiss Alpine Rose.
Spring Shellac Colors
CND has new Shellac colors for spring 2012.
Cuticle Conditioning Butter Sticks
Butter up your clients with Cuccio’s new cuticle conditioning stick, also available with a retail counter display.
Foam Products
Fōm is a useful foam product designed for manicurists, so much so that the company says the name is an acronym for “friends of manicurists.”
Just Gel Polish
Enjoy a chip-free manicure with IBD’s Just Gel Polish.
Gelish Candy Land
This spring, cure your sugar cravings with Hand & Nail Harmony’s Gelish Candy Land, a collection chocked full of sweet temptations.
Pedi Redi Plus
Maxim-ize your pedicures with Maxim’s Pedi Redi Plus.
Filing an Almond Nail
FingerNailFixer Holly Schippers shows you how to file a slimming almond-shaped nail.