Beach-Side Nail Salon Makes a Splash

Stay Polished Nail Boutique, a nails-only salon, retains customers with personalized hour-long treatments and perfected product application systems. By staying current with the latest gel-polish trends, the salon preserves its status as a “go-to” salon in La Jolla, Calif.  

ISSELB 2015: Gel II Shows Us Reaction

NAILS gets a look at Gel II's fun Reaction line at ISSELB 2015.

Get Your Glimmer On With Voesh

Voesh Pedi in a Box Glimmer is a foot treatment that produces party-ready skin.

Alessandro Nail Polish & Gelactic Gel Top Coat

Discover the Gelactic Gel Top Coat – created for Alessandro nail polish – which extends colour durability, creates a sparkling shine and can stay perfect for up to a week. Just 2 simple steps to get the perfect long-lasting manicure at home! The unique wear-boosting technology provides extra-strong double staying power between the nail, the colour and the top coat. Both textures work perfectly together, giving your nails the ultimate in shine and up to a week of flawless staying power with no chipping without an LED lamp.

Ghenna Gonzales' Gelish How-To: Neon Leopard Design

Watch Gelish Director of Education (Mexico) Ghenna Gonzales create a beautiful "Neon Leopard" manicure in this step-by-step, How-To tutorial. Make sure to watch all of Ghenna's Nail Art Videos featured here on our GelishTV Youtube page. Visit www.gelish.com for more information on the products featured in this nail art video.

Working with Gels

Recently, I've been practicing more with gels. I think it's a beautiful medium, and one that I would really love to master. But I must admit, I find it to have a steeper learning curve than

Signature Services: Heavenly Manicure

On the Menu For the ultimate indulgence, clients feel pampered with a warm neck wrap while their feet are soaked in rose-scented heavenly foot soak. Aroma-therapeutic properties will help rid the skin of harmful toxins. Heavenly exfoliating scrub will stir the senses while skin is left feeling soft and supple. Next, your client will have her hands enveloped with a heavenly masque containing hydrating sesame oil, chamomile extracts, aloe vera, and soothing botanicals. An extended hand massage along with hot stone massage therapy will help to decrease stress and tension, leaving your client feeling like she’s in heaven!

Troubleshooter: Chihuly-inspired Effect with Gel-polish

In this video from the NAILS Troubleshooter series, Gelish educator Ghenna Gonzales shows how to create a bubble effect with gel-polish inspired by the sculptural glass works of Dale Chihuly.*   To watch MaeLing Parrish, Hand and Nail Harmony's dean of education, create a Chihuly-inspired look for NAILS' October 2012 cover, click here.   *This video was originally created by Gelish for the education section of their website.

The Gels of Spring

If you’re itching to ditch this heavy winter, ring in the spring with these fun new color gels from your favorite manufacturers. There’s no time like the present to make nails more pleasant.