
Embrace the Bronze While You Can
As skin becomes sun-kissed over summer, these polishes can add an extra glow.

As skin becomes sun-kissed over summer, these polishes can add an extra glow.

Custom solid hues and an array of French and moon manicures took front stage for fall colors and designs at New York Fashion Week.

Allure offers tips and trends on virtually every aspect of everyday nail care.

Use popping pink shades to keep your skin from melting away.

An Allure poll online reported a low number of women going to the salon.

Only natural tones and basic products are needed for the California sun.

Tahitia Nails & Spa, Whippany, N.J., uses Germaine de Capuccini products for this signature service.

A great signature manicure always starts with top-notch ingredients and a good idea. Themed hand care collections are always a great choice, so why not take inspiration from some of the industry’s top manufacturers. Read on to discover some new signature services created by a variety of companies using their own hand care lines.

Essie’s Summer 2011 Collection is all about cheerful hues and fun, breezy colors inspired by the tropical climate of Brazil.

Adding extra splashes of color turn the traditional into the ferocious.

Semi-custom colors and designs created via layering are increasingly showing up at trade show booth demos and continuing education classes. Clients love walking out of your salon owning a look no one else has, plus this technique can breathe life back into older shades your clients have gotten bored with. You can layer with so many different mediums. Here are a few to try.

Le Polish Salon | Spa | Lounge, Los Angeles, creates a Hollywood-worthy pampering pedicure using Tasha & Co Organics Red Current products.

How to fight hangnails.

It’s Easter in a bottle.

If you’re an Essie Cosmetics fan, then the summer 2011 collection is a must-have to add some fiery brights to your salon’s polish selection.

Answering the call for a boutique nail salon in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago, Shine offers a clean atmosphere, homemade scrubs, and is consistently on top of the latest nail trends.

As a newbie, you may not be familiar with all the product options available to you. Here we’ve gathered some products that may be useful as you start your career.