Entering the Marketing Realm

Holy canolis, I'm a nail salon OWNER! Boy, how my to do list has gotten longer. My salon has been open for almost three weeks. The response has been great. My location is on a very

Behind the Scenes

Having six years under her belt as a nail technician, Carla Collier was pretty confident of her skills and ready to put them to the test at her first nail competition.

The Lammers Method

This method for backfilling pink-and-white enhancements takes only a few seconds to learn, but it can save minutes on your service times and give you beautiful, laser-crisp smile lines. Lammers says once you’ve mastered this technique, you’ll wonder why you did it any other way.

Behind The Scenes: A Family of Champions

For Tom Bachik there's lots to enjoy with a family and career doing nails in Hollywood.

Behind the Scenes: Working with a Pro

While this was Los Angeles–based nail tech Beth Fricke’s first shoot for NAILS Magazine, her resume boasts cover shoots for Elle, Glamour, and Redbook, to name a few. 

Mastering the Mix Ratio

The ideal bead should be smooth, round, and plump, and suspended lightly on the brush hairs.

The $100,000 Manicure

Nail tech Deborah Lippmann recently created an extravagantly embellished manicure out of $100,000 worth of real diamonds.

The Nail Painter’s Palette

Used to arrange and mix your paints, a palette is a perfect tool for nail art. 

The Beauty of Bling

At first glance, $150+ for an hour-long pedicure sounds kind of steep — but not when it includes up to 500 shimmering Swarovski crystals, like the Bling It On Pedicure offered at Spa Gregorie’s Del Mar, Calif., location.