Check out this fun behind-the-scenes look at CND for The Blonds Fall/Winter 2014. Hear directly from CND's Jan Arnold, some of the company's elite education ambassadors, and The Blonds themselves on the partnership between the fashion duo and the professional nail care manufacturer.
Welcome to the Luxe Loft, sponsored by CND. NAILS executive editor Beth Livesay and CND co-founder and style director Jan Arnold discuss the luxury of time and what an extra 15 minutes can mean for you, the nail tech. In the Luxe Loft, you'll meet talented nail techs who will show you tips and tricks to creating nail art with CND Shellac Luxe, as well as see them challenge each other to work together to create one nail art masterpiece.
Learn more in the Luxe Loft.
CND partnered with Advance Beauty College (ABC), for this year’s Tet Festival and Little Saigon Tet Parade on Feb. 12 – 14 to honor the Vietnamese-American community and its tremendous contributions to the professional nail industry. Hollywood legends Tippi Hedren and Kiều Chinh recently joined CND's Jan Arnold to honor the Vietnamese-American community and to offer an exclusive sneak peek at an exciting new product set to launch in April.
Beauty Changes Lives and AACS are offering currently enrolled beauty school students, in an AACS school, the chance to be matched up with a celebrity mentor to launch their career in the industry. Available mentors include Jan Arnold, co-founder of CND; Ted Gibson, celebrity stylist; Dr. Howard Murad, dermatologist and skin care expert; and Diana Schmidtke, celebrity stylist for Hollywood’s leading men. Get details on how to enter at: http://beautychangeslives.org/scholarships
The NAILS Next Top Nail Artist season 2 contestants were warmly welcomed by a crowd of cheers at ISSE Long Beach 2015. Danielle Costantino, Lavette Cephus, and Lexi Martone entertained questions by CND style director/co-founder Jan Arnold and NAILS Magazine editor Hannah Lee.
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist: Season 2's final challenge asked our Top 3 to design five sets of 10 nails to be presented to Johnson Hartig for his fashion label, Libertine. We chatted with each contestant about two of their designs.DANIELLEPart 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLAVETTE:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLEXI:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five Designs
Robert Yates, formerly with Vidal Sassoon and most recently with Matrix Essentials, has joined Creative Nail Design Systems as vice president of marketing.
CND is hosting a sweepstakes to find out why you love Shellac. Four weekly winners will get a CND Shellac Brand Complete Wardrobe Kit. And one grand prize winner will get an exclusive VIP experience at ISSE Long Beach that includes products, roundtrip to Los Angeles, an in-booth shopping spree for up to $750, and a one-on-one private brunch with Jan Arnold.
To enter, share a 15 second video on Instagram or Twiter using #IHeartCNDSweeps. Get more details here.
Five aspiring beauty industry professionals will each receive $2,750 tuition compensation toward a qualified nail education program through generous funding from CND and their distributor partners.