Manufacturer Creates Enamel-Free Nail Enamel
Japanese manufacturer is water based and claims to be odor free.
Japanese manufacturer is water based and claims to be odor free.
Each Nail Bar location is designed to highlight a bright line-up of nail polish along the wall facing clients, a colorful contrast to the high-tech black chairs and sleek, modern design in the salons.

Though nail care professionals are not required to be licensed in Australia, nails are serious business "Down Under."

For another, people associate Los Angeles with the latest crazes, and SuperNail of Los Angeles brings the latest nail trends and techniques to the British public.

Norwegian women’s interest in nails is growing, reports Norwegian nail school owner Tone-Lise Forbergskog, whose three-month nail course is the first of its kind in Norway.

Being a nail technician in Australia is not so different from being a nail technician in the United States, except that nail technicians in Australia have no licensing requirements and nails-only salons are a new phenomenon.

In recognition of the rapidly expanding international nail market, the first-ever issue of NAILS International landed on foreign shores in April this year.

Maggie Schmiedte reports that Australian technicians are hungry for education, even though licensing is not required in that country.
While best-selling nail services and the demand for them vary widely from country to country, there’s one over – technicians look to america for leadership.
Salon owner Lynette Kirsten offers her technicians an opportunity to share in the success of her salon by sharing the profits.

The United States may lag behind Japan in high technology, France in high fashion, and the Soviet Union in military weapons (high anxiety), but when it comes to nail care, the U.S. takes a backseat to no country. Nail technicians the world over emulate the popular styles and applications of Americans.

Akiko Kimura develops beauty/manicuring school to develop market in Tokyo