Colourful French Acrylic Nails

Bels Gels creates this easy acrylic nail design using a 120 grit hand file, NSI Nail Pure Plus, OPI Bond Aid, Perfect Nails Acrylic products: Gold Signature Adhesion Enhancer (primer) Platinum Plus Cover Pink and Clear powders, Platinum Plus Liquid (monomer); IBD's Just Gel Polish in Eden (green), Sunset Strip (orange), Full Blu-um (blue)/ Charming Charlie (red), Gerber Daisy (pink); and her own mix of glitters.

Young Nails Classic French with a Twist

This French acrylic design strays from the normal with a ribbon style look.

The Reverse French Mani

Included in InStyle's "10 Trends You Can Actually Wear" is the reverse French manicure.

Day 312: Fun With French Nail Art

Erin Zuest, Perfectly Polished Nails by Erin, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Tip of the Month

Salon puts down heating pads under towels to keep clients’ hands nice and toasty.

The Tipping Point

Tipping has always been a sticky subject in the beauty industry. With mixed messages on whom and how much to tip, consumer tipping behavior varies widely. To curb that variance, some spas instituting automatic gratuities and service charges.

Floral French Tutorial by Robin Moses

This design by Robin Moses is so versatile. "You can mix any colors together and have nails for ANY occasion. Your clients will never know you're doing the same design. On Valentine's Day, create a red tip and make the flowers white, medium pink, and dark pink. For vintage wedding nails, use whites and tans," Moses says.

Day 220: Creative French Nail Art

Stephany Safronovich, Lovely Nails by Steph, Drayton Vallery, Alberta, Canada

Fifty Shades of Grey-Inspired French Nails

OPI visits Robert Nguyen (aka @NailGuyTV) at his salon House of Polish to get this sexy french mani using OPI's Fifty Shades of Grey polish collection inspired by the movie.