Help Desk: Dear Nails

Science & Medicine Panelists: Pheobe Rich, M.D., Doug Schoon, Johanna Youner, D.P.M. This Month's Nail Technician Experts: Jessica Zastopil is an instructor at Scot Lewis Schools in Plymouth, Minn.  Angie Gross is the owner of skin & Nails by Angie in Stone Mountain, Ga.

Firstbase Base Coat

Essie’s Firstbase Base Coat has special adhesive ingredients to help glue polish onto the nail surface for less chipping and increased wearability.

NAILS Next Top Nail Artist Photobooth

Check out these photos of our guests at the NAILS Next Top Nail Artist finale party, held on Jan. 26, Sunday night at Café Sevilla in Long Beach, Calif.

Handpainted Lace on Stiletto Nail Art Tutorial

Suzie Moskal demonstrates how to do a hand-painted lace design on gel-polished stiletto nails in this thorough tutorial.

Ingrown Nails Are Preventable

Ingrown nails are most common on the big toes because people wear tight shoes that press on the skin around the big toe, jamming it into the side of the nail.

NTNA S. 6 Challenge 1: Steampunk Nail Art (Jenna)

For NTNA Challenge 1, sponsored by Orly, contestants created nails using the company’s Builder in a Bottle, based on the theme “Seeing Clearly.” Here is Jenna Jupin’s entry.

NTNA S. 6 Challenge 1: Crystal Ball Nail Art (Melisa)

For NTNA Challenge 1, sponsored by Orly, contestants created nails using the company’s Builder in a Bottle, based on the theme “Seeing Clearly.” Here is Melisa Salazar’s entry.

Day 102: Stained Glass French Nails

Tenzin Kusang, Just Nails (Madison, Wis.)

Day 147: Abstract Colorful French Nails

Claire Coulon, Miami Nails (Paris, France)