Excel with Gels
Who says you can’t create a beautiful array of nail art with gels? Certainly not these seven techs, who show you the step-by-steps for some designs your clients will love.
by Sree Roy
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SEARCHMENUSEARCHWho says you can’t create a beautiful array of nail art with gels? Certainly not these seven techs, who show you the step-by-steps for some designs your clients will love.
Check out these step-by-step nail art designs with international appeal. They were created by students at the award-winning Russian School of Nail Enhancement OleHouse in Moscow.
There’s a hot tip circulating among educators to help techs with their glitter applications.
Earlier, I mentioned Nubar’s Holiday Nail Art Contest, and I’m happy that some of you entered and won! Here are the four winning entries, along with a few notes about the creation of each design. 1st place:
Cina Professional’s ½-oz. Striping Brush with Cleaner can be used with gels or polish to make fine dots, flowers, or precise details. Drop the brush back into the bottle to sanitize and clean.
Bird and feather-related prints and designs are flying off of retail shelves.
This musically-inspired nail art number was created by nail artist and piano player Alexandra Wittenmyer.
The natural pastel colors and polka-dotted seeds of this well-known fruit provide a simple model for techs to recreate on the limited toenail plate.
I was looking through the BeautyTech forums today, and I came across a thread on colored tips. I haven’t seen very many techs using colored tips, and I was wondering how popular they are. It seems
Nails by Anh “Anime” Nguyen, Nails Image, Norfolk, Va.
Nails by Sammijo Hutsell-Hall, Advanced Image, Lemoore, Calif.
Nails by Elaine Watson, Valencia, Calif.
Nails by Vaida Indrasiute, Fantasy Nails by Vaida at The Knitting Room, Wisconsin Dells, Wis.
Nails by Keta Jackson, Dezinerz Edge Nails in Salon Dejon, Sandston, Va.
Nails by Brenda Baker, Miss LaVons Beauty College, Oklahoma City, Okla.
The March issue of Teen Vogue has a 5-page feature focused around nails!
US Weekly includes "Adventures in Nail Art!" in February 2, 2009 issue.