
Nail Art Studio: Gift Wrap Delight
Tina D. Boyd demonstrates how to do Gift Wrap Delight nail art.

Tina D. Boyd demonstrates how to do Gift Wrap Delight nail art.
Maggie ponders the need for base coat when applying gel-polish over acrylic.

In this video from the NAILS Troubleshooter series, Entity's director of education, Lorena Marquez, shows how to sculpt a 3-D butterfly using colored acrylic powders.

This three-piece kit contains white, light pink, and dark pink powders to create a traditional French manicure by day that transforms to emit an eye-catching luminous glow at night.

This nail art tutorial from Denise Heavner of Jefferson, Ohio makes acrylic work look easy as pie.

As educators, you know that continuing education helps to make you the best possible teacher for your students, and keeping your students informed of upcoming classes is important as well. To that end, master educator Sindy Mark has added a master e-file and advanced acrylic enhancement workshop to her school’s curriculum.

Let's go back to the basics on acrylics.

Follow these steps to see how this Ukrainian nail tech did justice to a super hero nail design.

This video demonstrates a colorful acrylic nail art design executed using Mia Secret's Color Punch nail powders collection. For another Mia Secret tutorial, click here.

Yolanda Hernandez demonstrates how to do Autumn Art Paper nail art.
The American-made colored nail art powders charge up when the pigments meet the sunlight.
This week we watched a demonstration with the wonderful Gisela Marti, the creative director for Tammy Taylor Nails. I was so excited to finally have a formal introduction to a brand and product line that I see so many nail technicians are committed to using.

Artistic Nail Design educators will offer nail techs an intense two-day training in more than 11 countries during its Rock Hard World Tour. The training will cover the chemistry behind the Artistic Nail Design’s gel and liquid and powder products. Learn the ease of application, tips and tricks, and art techniques to turn your clients into groupies. For more details and tour dates, visit here.

Yolanda Hernandez demonstrates how to do Autumn Leaves nail art.
An entire month of nail school already finished! I have completed 94 hours of my 240-hour course. In Florida you have to complete a minimum of 240 hours to qualify for the state board so you can obtain your nail technician license. Within this time, I have also managed to complete 40 of my 90 required nail services.
The second week of school got off to a rough start. I spent most of my week finalizing my submission video for the Beauty Changes Lives /CND /Tippi Hedren Nail Technology Scholarship. The scholarship is for nail tech students, giving them the opportunity to win the full cost of their nail technology tuition to an accredited school.

The sculpting powder in Natural Pink is now available in a bulk 10.5 pound bucket.