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According to the company, nails are already a focal point for many Arab women. Hands are often the only uncovered area, and traditional henna designs are applied to accentuate the nails.
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
For NTNA Challenge 3, sponsored by LeChat, contestants were asked to create a double nail design, with one design on the underside of the nail and a transparent design layered on top. Here is Kelsey Waldo's entry. See all 10 entries here.
Balance LED/UV Gel is user-friendly and offers the nail technician the option to do natural nail overlays, tip overlays, sculpting on a form, and indestructible pedicures.
We’re down to the results of our last weekly challenge. See which contestants have secured their spot in our Final Challenge and who must battle head to head in CND’s Last Chance Design Lab for the last spot. The Top 3 will be flown to Chicago and one will be crowned NAILS Next Top Nail Artist. http://www.nailsmag.com/ntna2015
Robin Moses shows how to create a nail art design perfect for the 4th of July.
This Halloween nail art is subtle and sleek.
Greg Salo demonstrates how to quickly and easily sculpt a gel nail using a reverse tip application process, without forms or gluing on nail tips.
Denise Heavner shows how to make alcohol ink out of Sharpie markers and other permanent markers and black alcohol ink out of fountain/dip pen ink. "Great for use in nail art and in acrylic monomer to give you a clear colored glass look," Heavner says.
FingerNailFixer Holly Schippers has partnered with LaVaque Professional on a nail art tools combo set. The set includes the LaVaque Scoop/Spatula featured in this video. Schippers shows how to use these to make it mix products together. Get more information on the FingerNailFixer combo set on LaVaque's website. Related Video: LaVaque Thumb Palette and Nail Art: FingerNailFixer Favorites
