
Goin’ Girly
Glamour’s beauty team highlighted a few of the newest beauty products that are sure to help any lovely lady feel extra-girly when she wants to be.

Glamour’s beauty team highlighted a few of the newest beauty products that are sure to help any lovely lady feel extra-girly when she wants to be.

Marie Claire highlights Jason Wu’s ever popular collection of polishes for CND.

As part of its Healthy Beauty Awards for 2011, Self named Orly’s Primetime Chip Preventing Primer as the best base coat for nails. “My polish barely chipped all week,” said the mag’s tester.

Intensely reflective silver and gold nails are all the rage right now, as evidenced by the two gorgeous manicures on actresses AnnaLynne McCord and Kate Beckinsale in Cosmopolitan this month.

Redbook’s 2011 Most Valuable Product judges picked their favorite neutral nail color and nail treatment after an extensive sampling of some of the industry’s top products.

Congratulations to NAILS Magazine for winning three Maggie Awards from the Western Publications Association.

This spring, Tweezerman announced its partnership with Starlight Children’s Foundation in launching the new Reach for the Stars Mini Slant Tweezer and Zip File.

In January 2011, Robanda International, owners of the Mr. Pumice and Tropical Shine brands, merged with Omega Labs USA, whose products include Fungus Treatment, Ultimate Growth 2, Nail Art, and Nail Glitters.
In February 2011, American International Industries (A.I.I.) announced the acquisition of It’s So Easy Nails, a line of nail art accessories, products, and tools. A.I.I. also acquired certain assets from Almell Products, Inc., including the Poshé brand.

Allure’s staff reviews tops salons from all over the country. Cities visited include New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, Detroit, Chicago, Dallas, Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

Rapper Vanilla Ice wore Black Minx nail fashion for his week-one appearance in “Dancing On Ice,” which aired in December 2010 in the U.K.

OPI captures the bright colors and breathtaking escapades seen in Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides with six limited-edition nail lacquers and a new Silver Shatter.

InStyle surveyed some of the top nail salons in different cities across the United States to find out which polish shades were the most popular with clients.

Allure offers a few handy nail guides for better, brighter, healthier nails.

Shape recommends requesting gel polish over traditional lacquers during your next salon visit for a long-lasting mani that won’t chip or fade for two weeks.

InStyle offers 10 ways to get great nails in its April Beauty section.

“Showing we care about clients’ safety when it comes to nail services enhances trust in us as professionals," says Medical Nail Technician Claudia Cox.