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Akzentz Gel Manicure With Options Gel Colour

Akzentz’s new Options Colour Gels have everything from chocolate browns to pastel blues, and are formulated to soak off easily so clients can change colours without hassle. A unique alternative to nail enhancements, Options Colour Gels demonstrate the true beauty in natural-looking nails.

On a foil, create a 3-D heart out of glitter pink acrylic. Apply it to the nail with clear...

Nail Design

Lovely Nails

by Staff

Nails by Yoriko Kandono, Tokyo

Apply a layer of Light Elegance Super Shiny to the entire nail. Cure for two minutes.

Nail Design

Stark Stiletto

by Staff

Nails by Jayne Berger, Cissna Park, Ill.

Using a 180-grit sponge or buffer board, buff the nail smooth. Apply non-tacky UV gel top coat...

Nail Design

Glitter Celebration

by Staff

Nails by Laurie Ivins, Profiles Hair Design, Sandpoint, Idaho

Using a stylus, apply black dots. Apply top coat.

Nail Design

Lady Bugged

by Staff

Nails by Tracy Ann Majewski, Tips, Toes & Do’s at Kutter’s Hair Salon, Buffalo, N.Y.

Using a striper brush and black paint, continue to make lines. Do the same with purple paint....

Nail Design

Punctuated in Purple

by Staff

Nails by Lee Barnes, Nails N Flight, Lanham, Md.

Nail Design

Behind the Scenes: Egg-ceptional Nails

by Hannah Lee

Orange, Calif.-based celebrity manicurist and international educator Elsbeth created these perfect Easter egg-inspired nails for this month’s cover. Elsbeth, who travels in the United States and abroad to teach classes on celebrity nail styles and trends in color, has been especially busy lately, even doing Britney Spears’ nails for her new album cover.