Premiere Orlando 2009

Earlier this month, I went to the Premiere Orlando International Beauty Event; this is the first time I’ve attended this show, and I felt an energy and excitement there that I haven’t felt at any of the other beauty shows I’ve been to. I’m sharing some of my pictures here.

Tangerine Skin Milk Nurture Lotion

NSI has a new flavor for its Nurture Lotion, Tangerine Skin Milk.

Nurture Oil

The NSI Nurture oil blends vitamins C and E five emollients, which includes jojoba, safflower, soy, wheat germ, and grapeseed oils, a combination of which aids skin renewal and nourishes the fingers. Jojoba is a mousturizing oil, while grapeseed oil posseses regenerative and restructuring qualities.

International Nail Techs

Call them ongles or uñas, nägel or negle, they’re still nails and they deserve the attention of a skilled professional — no matter where you live. These international techs share what life is like in the nail industry in their slice of the world.

Colourful French Acrylic Nails

Bels Gels creates this easy acrylic nail design using a 120 grit hand file, NSI Nail Pure Plus, OPI Bond Aid, Perfect Nails Acrylic products: Gold Signature Adhesion Enhancer (primer) Platinum Plus Cover Pink and Clear powders, Platinum Plus Liquid (monomer); IBD's Just Gel Polish in Eden (green), Sunset Strip (orange), Full Blu-um (blue)/ Charming Charlie (red), Gerber Daisy (pink); and her own mix of glitters.

Building a Better Gel Arch

UV light-cured gel enhancements are more popular than ever. Here’s how to fine-tune your arch technique to create the most beautiful nails possible.

The Layered Look

Semi-custom colors and designs created via layering are increasingly showing up at trade show booth demos and continuing education classes. Clients love walking out of your salon owning a look no one else has, plus this technique can breathe life back into older shades your clients have gotten bored with. You can layer with so many different mediums. Here are a few to try.

ISSE Show Coverage: Part 2

There was a cool assortment of happenings — from new products to live demonstrations to plenty of friendly nail techs — at the ISSE (International Salon & Spa Expo) in Long Beach over Jan. 31 to Feb. 2. Here are some of the interesting things I saw.NailTek master educators Jan White, Saverne Smith, and Marianne Hunter chatted with me about the industry.

NIA Gets to Work with New Board and New Agenda

Board members of the Nails Industry Association meet to hammer out member benefits and elect officers.