Your nail art will pop with Tat’z Nail’z Embellishments. Five lucky readers can win Tat’z Nail’z’ glittery, jeweled, and bold embellishments featuring designer-inspired trends like stones and sequins in multiple colors. Tat’z Nail’z embellishment packets include more than 270 pieces.
Ten can win an Infinite Color Palette Gel + Lacquer Kit and an Infinite Color Palette Base + Top Coat from Americanails. You can use Infinite Color Palette to transform nearly any nail polish into durable gel-polish in a few simple steps. Apply a color display ring to each bottle to easily identify the color inside. It cures in 30 seconds under LED light and lasts for weeks without chipping or peeling.
Venique’s Romantics Collection brings fairytales to life. From glittery texture to satin elegance, the shades evoke a whimsical charm. Whether it’s the magic of a first date or the golden glow of an anniversary, the collection is the perfect accessory for your clients’ romantic activities. Colors include A Fairytale Wish, Lavish Embellishment, Stylish Spectator, Vixen Pump, Layered with Lace, and Boot Scoot’n Bootie. One reader will win.
Give nails a flash of color with the Gel II Reaction Layers Pack, which offers three striking colors for endless possibilities. Layer this color-changing trio for a dramatic and fearless effect. The pack includes By The Bay, Anniversary, and After Dark, along with an Extreme Shine Top Coat. Three readers can win.
Five readers can win a duo box from Nordic Care’s Harmony line featuring Asian Pear Sugar Scrub and Body Butter. The Body Butter blends natural botanicals, organic vitamin E, and shea butter with rejuvenating Scandinavian extracts to moisturize, condition, and protect skin. The Sugar Scrub polishes the skin’s surface, removing dirt and impurities. Natural sugar crystals help soften skin while organic aloe vera, coconut oil, and vitamin E oil soothe and moisturize.
The ELITE collection from Ella + Mila was inspired by the deep rich colors you see while traveling, flying over rich lands en route to faraway exotic lands. You can almost smell the salty “Mediterranean Mist” while sneaking in a “Sunset Escape” as you decorate your passport that’s “Drippin’ Gold” with yet another foreign stamp. The polishes are five-free, PETA-certified, and vegan. One reader can win.
The Tru-Align Body System from Kacelia can be used for 20 minutes at the end of your workday to ease back and neck pain and correct posture and alignment. Created by chiropractor Evelyn Zuehlke-Haworth and her husband Kelly Haworth, this at-home self-care treatment system uses gravity to exert a gentle pressure, encouraging the sacroiliac, spinal, shoulder, and TMJ joints to stretch and shape. One can win.
Our 2015 Nail Mural Contest will award prizes to the top vote-getters in two categories: Handpainted and Mixed Media/3-D. Murals must depict a continual theme across a series of five or 10 nail tips. Entries can portray any topic — from landscapes to people to abstract themes. They will be judged on artistry and use of the format. For inspiration, check out a slideshow of last year’s entries at www.nailsmag.com/2014mural. Submissions should be packed carefully and mailed to Nail Mural Contest, 3520 Challenger St., Torrance, CA 90503. Entries must be received by NAILS by December 9, 2014. Please include your contact information (including day and evening phone numbers and e-mail address) along with a brief explanation of your theme. Winners will be announced in the March issue.
Nail techs can save money by using the nail polish they already own to create totally custom gel-polish colors. Gelibility can turn your favorite traditional nail polish into a long-lasting, chip-free gel-polish. Three readers can win a Gelibility set that includes one Stick It! soak-off bonder and one Fix It! soak-off dual-purpose gel.
The Be You, But Better natural skin care collection from Buff & Go offers three steps to radiant and luxurious skin with three new products: B&G Hello Sugar Scrub for Delightfully Soft and Radiant Skin; B&G I’m Soak Surprise Skin and Soul Revitalizing Soak; and B&G Butter Me Up Beautifying and Protective Skin Moisturizer. Ingredients include natural vitamins, anti-inflammatory agents, cleansers, antioxidants, and moisturizers. Five readers can win. [Photo by Bläq + Wright Photography]