
10 Shimmering New Year’s Eve Nails for the Confetti Connoisseur
Celebrate good times (and the New Year) with glitter.
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Celebrate good times (and the New Year) with glitter.





For NTNA S. 7 Pre-Challenge 2, sponsored by Swarovski, contestants were asked to create wearable nail art inspired by Swarovski’s Nail Art Report. The report identified three nail art wearing personas including The Crystal Lover, The Color Freak, and The Style Setter. Swarovski chose at random which competitor would be inspired by which persona for the challenge. This is Christy Homolya's entry.
Jaime Deviva, Nail'd By Jaime, Westover, Md.
Win cute specks for nail techs!
Learn how cover artist Jonny Pham created these avant-garde and innovative Art Deco nails.
Get creative by filling in the negative space of a flower charm with a little white gel. The Nail Superstore has Sakura cherry blossom charms in large and small. Apply pink and purple gel on the base nail. Make C-curves to Sakura charms. Put the curved Sakura charms in their proper places and then add tiny flowers in the space. For the tiny ones, you can use them without curves. Swarovski crystals make the nail gorgeous! Put them on the nail with the stick. Apply the clear gel. Clean off unhardened gel with the cleaner.
A Woman With Many Titles: This month's cover features icy nail art by Gina Silvestro from Cranston, R.I.
Thank you so much Vicki for finishing up your 1-year stint as a Blueprint blogger. (And more importantly, congratulations on making it through your first year as a new salon owner!) Readers, if you have specific
Aly Santiago, Aly's Nails, Arlington, N.J.
For NTNA S. 7 Pre-Challenge 2, sponsored by Swarovski, contestants were asked to create wearable nail art inspired by Swarovski’s Nail Art Report. The report identified three nail art wearing personas including The Crystal Lover, The Color Freak, and The Style Setter. Swarovski chose at random which competitor would be inspired by which persona for the challenge. This is April's entry.