Trending now for the Holiday season: rich jewel tones mixed with shiny metallics. Get this look using the OPI Starlight Holiday Collection shades: Cosmo with a Twist, I'm In The Moon for Love, and Press * for Silver
For this month's cover shoot, John Hauk, top competitor, salon owner with a full book of clients, and OPI Products’ new technical advisor, helped us create a Puccini-inspired nail look.
New Absolute Reconstruction Pink acrylic powder arms nail techs against flat nail beds, short nail bed, bitten nails, and otherwise imperfect nail beds. Reconstruction Pink offers ideal opacity in a skin-flattering pink that’s formulated for camouflaging imperfections and creating the illusion of long, graceful nail beds. Here, reconstruction Pink used to elongate a short nail bed.
OPI artists show how to create a half matte look using base coat, two coats of OPI color, and the OPI DS Top Coat to smooth out imperfections, and a matte top coat over half the nail.
Top competitor and 2003 AVA runner-up John Hauk hwill be responsible for leading OPI’s educational and technical development of new nail care products and will also represent OPI in various worldwide nail competitions.
A gauge of high-fashion savvy, nail color has trickled down from the runways to become a sizzling retail commodity and an integral part of the way consumers use color to build their wardrobes.