Technique
What's Hot in Gel Base and Top Coats?
You can’t have beautiful nails without top quality base and top coats. Fortunately, whether you’re using gel-polish or traditional gels, there are plenty of options.
Young Nails Nail School: How, Why, and When to Pinch Acrylic Nails
Young Nails president Greg Salo explains how, why, and when to pinch acrylic nails.
How to Sculpt Acrylic Stiletto Nails With a Form
Ann Chang shares techniques for sculpting acrylic stiletto nails using a nail form.
Cleaning Up Another Tech’s Mess
What do you do when a new client arrives with a truly awful set of nails from her previous salon? Learn when to remove, when to repair, and how to achieve the best fix possible.
Young Nails Nail School: Removing Lifting Without Damaging the Natural Nail
Young Nails president Greg Salo explains how to resolve lifting issues with gel or acrylic enhancements without damaging the natural nail.
The Nail Hub Podcast Transcription: Dabbling
In this Nail Hub podcast transcription, Elizabeth Morris discusses mixing and matching of products.
How to Create the Perfect Acrylic or Gel Apex
Kirsty Meakin of Naio Nails demonstrates how to create an enhancement with a properly structured apex.
Take a Tip From June Castillo: Easy Gel Cap Trick
As an educator for Light Elegance, June Castillo gets a lot of use out of her gels in her demonstrations. That’s why she came up with a quick, simple way to cap and uncap her frequently used gels while keeping them organized.
Apply Fast, Easy Gel Enhancements With Aprés Nails’ Gel-X
Aprés Gel-X is an alternative method to traditional liquid-and-powder acrylic or hard gel. Easy to master and non-damaging to natural nails, Gel-X Tips are reverse nail tips specially formulated to work with Aprés Extend Gel.
Young Nails Nail School: Doing a Two-Week Gel Fill
Greg Salo takes you through the fundamentals of doing a gel fill after two weeks of growth.
Behind the Scenes: Sugared Snowflake Nail Art
Global Director of education for Cuccio, Marilyn Olemma Garcia wanted to show off different techniques and products while executing a festive design for the season.
by Beth Livesay
LeChat Dip Powder Color-Changing Ombre Nail Tutorial
LeChat international educator Anastasiia Morozova shows how to create a color-changing ombre nail design using LeChat’s Gelée Mood Color Powder dip system.
How to Use EzFlow GLO It! With TruGel Gel-Polish
Learn how to use EzFlow's glow-in-the-dark pigments with TruGel gel-polish.
Young Nails Vlog #76: The Holo Taupe Black Chevron Nail
Young Nails president Greg Salo creates a taupe nude color by mixing cover pink and holographic pigment, then adds a sharp chevron smile line.
Young Nails Nail School: The Fundamentals of Electric Filing
Young Nails president Greg Salo explains the fundamentals of safe, effective e-file use.
3-D Santa Claus: Móng Đắp Gel Nổi Ông Già Noel 3-D (in Vietnamese)
Hướng dẫn đắp Ông già nô-en 3D bằng gel cùng Pang Mỹ Nguyên – Giám Đốc Mỹ Thuật trường Kelly Pang - Việt Nam. My-Nguyen Pang from the Kelly Pang Nail Academy in Saigon, Vietnam, shows how to create a Santa Claus 3D nail design using FOL gel.
Young Nails Vlog #75: The Nude Black Tip Gel Nail
Young Nails president Greg Salo sculpts a sleek nude nail using gel and adds a black tip with Misson Control Paint.