ISSE 2012: Snakeskin Pedi
Terri Silacci, the nail tech who made the snakeskin nails famous last year when they appeared in Vogue magazine, was at ISSE Long Beach this year giving editors her famous pedicure. I was lucky enough to
Terri Silacci, the nail tech who made the snakeskin nails famous last year when they appeared in Vogue magazine, was at ISSE Long Beach this year giving editors her famous pedicure. I was lucky enough to
From 1 p.m.-3 p.m. today, world champion Japanese nail artist Mayumi Hase will be at the Nail Labo booth, so be sure to stop by and check that out. In the meantime, the Nail Labo team (shown

According to the January 2012 issue of Self Magazine, a surprising 82 percent of Self.com readers would wear a trendy snakeskin mani. Here are a few tips on how to achieve the look.

We saw tons of custom nail designs – created to specifically complement the presented garments. There were some fierce brights, inspired by the ’60s.
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Chesterfield College in the U.K. held a competition for its students to craft Christmas-themed nail art. The students were level 3, working on the N10 unit requiring nail images for a competition. Working on an avant-garde
On Friday, Young Nails visited the NAILS’ office to tell us more about ManiQ Color, its brush-on gel-polish.When president Greg Salo mentioned that some Young Nails-educated nail techs were doing three Mani Q Color clients an
How is your year going so far? Got that retail area spruced up and plans for making the restroom seem like a part of the salon instead of a convenient store stop? Have you seen anything

FingerNailFixer Holly Schippers uses Shellac to create her own nail art decals. You can use any brand of gel polish with this technique.

Lucky magazine, in its January 2012 issue, suggested turning a client's favorite outfit into a manicure. Elizabeth Monson, a Lucky blogger, was inspired by Prabal Gurung's pop-art floral blouse.
There have been lots of questions about the Konad stamping system (and others). Since I do not use it and wanted to answer your questions, I sent out an SOS and got some great videos and

To make these easy designs even easier for you, these nail artists have generously provided step-by-step video tutorials. Watch the videos at www.nailsmag.com/nailstv. (And that goes for the difficult designs too!)
As a 232-page hardcover book published by Standard Press (the publishing imprint of The Standard Hotels), Nailed: The History of Nail Culture and Dzine is a photo-heavy look at nails through the ages with a focus
The results are in from the 2011 Strut Your Stuff Nail Art and Enhancement Contest, sponsored by WWWeb Services and BeautyTech.com. With a prize package totaling more than $10,000, the competition featured Enhancement and Mixed Media Nail

To kick off the New Year, Cosmopolitan featured Galaxy Tips — a manicure created by nail pro Lisa Logan — in its January 2012 issue.

If you’re looking for more detail and control with your nail art, check out It’s So Easy’s Stripe Rite polishes.