Behind the Scenes: Acrylic Palm Frond Nail Art

Medford, Ore.-based Allie Baker used colors from EzFlow’s Island Hoppin’ summer collection to create vibrant destination nails. 

Behind the Scenes: Alisha Rimando Is the Golden-Girl

When Alisha, who has been doing nails for seven years, came out to do our shoot she stayed with NAILS’ cover veteran Tom Holcomb.

Simply Elegant Moves From Nail Care Into Skin Care

ELLEgirls Discover NailEZEE

These two ELLEgirl Model Search winners, Maggie (left) and Jazzlyn, bunked in New York City for a week and lived the model life, culminating in a photo shoot by celebrity photographer Francis Hills. (Photography by Francis

IBS Heats Up Las Vegas

Formerly the Las Vegas Hair & Nail Conference, IBS Las Vegas (plus the International Esthetics, Cosmetics, & Spa Conference) offered three exciting days of product demonstrations and sales, hands-on education, and networking opportunities in the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Relieve Tension, Restore Energy

For you or your clients, Aculief provides wearable pressure to the LI4 acupressure point located between the thumb and forefinger in order to promote well-being, relieve tension, and restore the body’s natural energy flow.

Pureflo Kit

Lexor Inc.’s Pureflo Kit can be used to convert an existing pedicure spa’s traditional piped whirlpool system to a pipe-less whirlpool system. The kit can be installed in less than an hour.

Lessons Learned

If you’re looking for wisdom and inspiration, a good place to start would be to listen to the advice of some very successful people right here within our own industry. Executive editor Hannah Lee asked principals at a number of professionals nail companies for words of advice so you, the nail tech, can get back to basics.

Spas Take Sleep Seriously

To help urbanites get some rest from their non-stop schedules, New York City’s Yelo offers sanctuaries in the form of private power nap and reflexology treatment rooms.