Your nail station is one of your most valuable business tools. It is your office, your conference room, your classroom, your showroom, and sometimes even your lunchroom. It is where you do your work and spend much of your day –and you deserve to be comfortable. So what would change about it if you could? From self-sanitizing stations to elaborately themed decor, techs defy the laws of physics, finances, and convention to come up with some innovative solutions for their individual needs.
@chalkboardnails has taken over our @nailsmagazine Instagram account! Sarah shared this design with us on Instagram and will continue sharing her favorite nail designs all week long. Tag #chalkboardnailsweek and #nailsmagazine for the chance to be featured.Steps:1. Polish an oval shape at the tip of the nail.2. With a striping brush, paint two triangles for the ears. Fill them in.3. In a light pink, paint two small ovals where the cat's cheeks would be.4. Using a dotting tool, dot two even eyes with black polish.5. Paint a triangle for the cat's nose.6. Paint an upside-down "m" for the kitty cat's mouth.7. Paint two diagonal lines toward her nose for her whiskers on both sides.8. With a light pink, paint in some detail with two small triangles inside the cat's ears.9. Add white pupils by painting small circles inside the cat's eyes.10. Add top coat.
World champion nail artist, educator, author, and licensed nail tech Alisha Rimando Botero has joined Artistic Nail Design as executive vice president and creative director.
In honor of the reader-written issue, NAILS asked several nail techs to give us tours of their home salons. Marie Davis takes us to All Polished Up! in Dallas, Ore.
Entering Polished in Salem, Ore., instantly uplifts clients’ spirits. The salon’s design theme is “bright colors and animal prints,” says co-owner Kristen Dutcher.
Due to the need for discretion during the early planning stages, Vicki requested that we wait on posting her first few weeks of blog posts until now. Vicki wrote this one on February 20. Don't worry;
