Behind the Scenes: Stained Glass Gel Nails
This cover features LeChat’s translucent gel-polish line, Perception, giving the nails a stained glass appearance after curing.
by Beth Livesay
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This cover features LeChat’s translucent gel-polish line, Perception, giving the nails a stained glass appearance after curing.
OK ... so we all know by now that I have chosen to fully embrace the miracle of gel polish. In that giddy way that we all once embraced buying product — back in the day,
“I first became familiar with the ancient art of making beads from glass — called lampworking — after taking a jewelry class at my local craft store,” says Donna Trull, a nail tech at Studio 413 Salon and Spa in Albany, Ga.
Upscale art galleries typically showcase work in a variety of mediums — there’s clay, charcoal, and, of course, various kinds of paint. But one European artist is making a name for herself using a medium that’s near-and-dear to all of our hearts: nail polish.
While glass bead sterilizers shouldn’t be your only method of disinfection, they can be used for extra assurance.
How does this complex chemical formula create such great-looking nails?
An idle moment between clients leads a nail tech to discover a new pleasure.
Greg Salo of Young Nails shows how to create a rose design.
LeChat’s Perception line is a new gel-polish collection that includes 12 shades of see-through colors.
Steven McHenry