Nail Art Studio: Winking Leprechaun
Jade Sewell demonstrates how to do Winking Leprechaun nail art.
by Tracy Rubert
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Jade Sewell demonstrates how to do Winking Leprechaun nail art.
Young Nails' Habib Salo and Tracey Reierson discuss how to deal with mistakes and embrace them as part of the learning process.
This thin viscous gel is the ideal strengthener for the natural nail, as the fiberglass fibers contained in the gel form an extremely resilient, scratch-proof surface. Alessandro's Fibre is applied like a nail polish from a brush bottle and can be worked very thinly. Fibre does not replace classic nail sculpting, it acts as a bridge between removable nail strengtheners and sculpted gel nails. For more information, visit www.alessandro-international.us.
The Nail Doctor explains what those white nails spots mean, and the causes of brittle nail syndrome.
Fariha Ali of Los Angeles, shows how to make this ombre hibiscus nail art.
Natasha Lee demonstrates three ways to apply loose glitter to nail polish and gel-polish.
In January of last year we introduced our #31NAILS2014 game where we challenged participants to complete a different nail art theme every day and share it on social media. We asked Shannon Rooney (@seriouslynails) of Las Vegas and Kelly McNair (@kikiandcompany) of Toledo, Ohio, about what it took to produce a new nail design for almost every day of the year.
Lini Sherburne (Sparks, MD) creates a 3-D design on a single nail tip using a variety of nail products based on a "music" theme. "I chose one of my favorite bands: No Doubt, and one of their classic hits, "Spiderwebs" to be the inspiration behind my art. While searching the Internet for images related to the band, I saw a sheet of music for "Spiderwebs " and immediately noticed how much the bars of music looked like the title of the song: spiderwebs. I quickly decided that my nail would focus on bars of music that would transition into webs, ensnaring music notes within. The "tree" holding up the webs would be a treble clef, and since the tree is the base of the web, the nail itself would become the base of my design. The final element of the "Spiderwebs" theme was the spider. I wanted the entire design to flow together, so I placed the spider' s head as the center dot of the treble clef. I wanted to add an extra musical touch to my design, and so I used actual string from a guitar to create both the music bars and spider webs. The finished nail is bright, colorful and a little bit outrageous, all characteristics that truly describe the band' s style as well."
Onycholysis - separation of the nail plate from the nail bed - may appear innocuous at first, but caution clients against a “wait and see” approach. While you can’t diagnose the condition or its cause, arm yourself and your clients with information.