Salon Fanatic Tour 2017
Executive editor Beth Livesay traveled coast to coast touring salons and talking to nail techs. Here are her pictures from the road.
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SEARCHMENUSEARCHExecutive editor Beth Livesay traveled coast to coast touring salons and talking to nail techs. Here are her pictures from the road.
My last leg of the trip was an ambitious one. I traveled to Baltimore to tour salons in the surrounding area, which included Middletown, Del., and Silver Spring, Md.
Andy Ho from Colorado Springs, Colo., created our NAILS July 2017 cover using cat-eye magnetic gel-polish, IBD Chrome Squad, and IBD Hard Gel Intense White to create this textured summer look.
Tracey Lee (@traceyleenails), the winner of NAILS Next Top Nail Artist Season 4, shows how to create her June 2017 cover of NAILS Magazine with an edge nail shape.Here is a photo tutorial on how to create the acrylic elephant nails on her Nail Art Gallery: http://nailartgallery.nailsmag.com/traceyleenails/photo/454827/ntna-challenge-4-minx/user (See step #9.) You Might Also Like: Behind the Scenes: Tracey Lee's 3-D Floral Edge Gel Nails
Haute Hodgepodge: Learn how to create this month's cover look by 2017's NAILS Next Top Nail Artist Tracey Lee.
Suzie Moskal embeds dried flowers and caviar beads for our May 2017 cover.
Kamagaya, Japan-based nail tech Ayano Okazawa took inspiration from the small plants and flowers she often finds growing on the ground when she created this month’s cover.
Let the games begin!
Power Bows: NTNA Top 3 Celina Rydén creates a Lady Gaga-inspired nail design for the July 2016 issue of NAILS.
Learn how to create this dimensional nail design as shown on the June 2016 cover of NAILS.
Cover Tech Ashley Gregory talks about her cover image and gives advice to other techs looking to move into editorial work.
A Study in Contrast: Once again, NAILS’ readers have spoken, and this year you selected Moscow-based nail tech Anastasia Luksha’s bold but simple design for our cover. Our congratulations and thanks go out to Luksha and the other 11 finalists. After viewing their incredibly imaginative and varied designs, we’re glad that selecting the winner was your job, not ours.
Artistic Notes on Nails: Elsbeth Schuetz helped us send out some holiday cheer with liquid stone poststamp nails for our December 2015 cover.
Going for Bold: This month’s bold cover look by Robert Nguyen, with gold studs and spikes, is a traffic stopper with endless variations for clients’ holiday events.
Last year’s NAILS’ Next Top Nail Artist second runner up, Danielle Costantino, has a few tricks up her sleeve when it comes to mixed-media nail design.
Polished by the Sea: For the NAILS August cover look, Los Angeles-based nail artist Fariha Ali uses real sea glass atop a clear gel extension.
First Time's the Charm: NAILS Next Top Nail Artist winner Lavette Cephus shows how she created our April 2015 cover.