One of the most difficult things about gel is getting the hang of working with it, especially if you are used to doing liquid and powder. Holly Schippers offers this video with tips and an idea on how to get more accustomed to the workability of gel.
Holly Schippers AKA FingerNailFixer was the keynote speaker at the 2016 NW Nail Tech Retreat. Watch her speech as she explains there is no excuse sufficient enough to devalue your time and offers a reasonable explanation to raise your service prices.
Holly Schippers shows how to apply regular polish, beginning with top coat and using even strokes and thin layers to make for excellent coverage. She even gives quick clean-up tips for when polish winds up on the eponychium.
LaVaque Professional partnered with CND’s Holly Schippers to create the FingerNailFixer, a nail art tool combination including a thumb palette, full spatula with spoon, and mini spatula with spoon.
Would you like some scientific facts about gel manicures instead of just opinions? How about some factual data that you can look at for yourself and decide on the safety of your manicure. Here is some information from Holly Schippers (The FingerNailFixer) to give you the opportunity to make a fact-based decision.
You never know what things will cross your path in this industry! I was asked to submit a photo for a nail art competition in New Zealand. The nail professionals there were provided only with the photo
The Finger Nail Fixer Holly Schippers shows how to place some Additive and/or glitter into CND Vinylux. "Hopefully it gives you an idea of where to start so you can come up with new ideas of your own!" she says.
The Nailympics are back on U.S. soil for the first time in five years. Now, in addition to the popular London Nailympics, you can compete right here in California. The event is being held a little
NAILS contributing editor and nail tech Holly Schippers shows a few tips on taking better photos of your nail art. She also shows how to e-mail them or share them with us for the chance to get your nail art featured in NAILS Magazine and on our social media.
Want to step up your nail photo game? Read our guide to photographing nails, which includes an introduction to DSLR cameras: http://www.nailsmag.com/article/95982/photographing-nail-art
The modeling gig for ISSE Long Beach was really eye-opening when it comes to competing. You have to be really diligent about following every single rule. You have to have models ready to go and a