Cover Look: NAILS October 2012

NAILS Magazine's October 2012 cover features MaeLing Parrish, Hand and Nail Harmony's dean of education, creating a Chihuly-inspired effect using Gelish soak-off gel-polish.

Troubleshooter: Embedded Lace Design

In this video from the NAILS Troubleshooter series, Hand and Nail Harmony educator MaeLing Parrish shows how to create lacy nail art by embedding paper scrollwork into gel-polish.*   *This video was originally created by Gelish for the education section of their website.

My Other Life: Misha Parks, pole dancer

Misha Parks, salon owner. In her other life: pole dancer.

NAILS Magazine - March 2005

My Other Life: Melody Hopkins, Sheep Farmer

Keeping Sheep Ship Shape: Canadian nail tech Melody Hopkins moved her family to a 200-acre sheep farm in central Alberta to help out with about 400 ewes.

Mellowing Out

It occurs to me that I have mellowed considerably over the years. When I started doing nails, back in 1992, it always struck me as odd that people would continue to come back to me when

NAILS Magazine - July 2004

Troubleshooter: Chihuly-inspired Effect with Gel-polish

In this video from the NAILS Troubleshooter series, Gelish educator Ghenna Gonzales shows how to create a bubble effect with gel-polish inspired by the sculptural glass works of Dale Chihuly.*   To watch MaeLing Parrish, Hand and Nail Harmony's dean of education, create a Chihuly-inspired look for NAILS' October 2012 cover, click here.   *This video was originally created by Gelish for the education section of their website.

For Certain

Mark Twain is often credited for making the astute observation that "death and taxes" are the only certainties in life.Most of the time, I try very hard to keep in mind all the things that my