Troubleshooter: Acrylic Nail Art with Embellishments
In this video from the NAILS Troubleshooter series, OPI guest artist Adela Munoz shows how to create embellished nail art using acrylics and glitter.
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SEARCHMENUSEARCHIn this video from the NAILS Troubleshooter series, OPI guest artist Adela Munoz shows how to create embellished nail art using acrylics and glitter.
This wavy glitter acrylic French design by Kenneth Vu is perfect for the discerning client.
In this video from the NAILS Troubleshooter series, OPI guest artist Adela Munoz shows how to create her version of color blocking with glitter acrylic and swirls.
Lorri Silvestre uses colored acrylic and fimo cane slices to reate this pink design.
A glitter fade is the perfect background for this lock-and-key design by Jade Sewell.
Brandy Williams uses glitter acrylic to create Fourth of July nail art.
Is it summer yet? Melt your clients' cares away with this acrylic design by Lorri Silvestre.
As round nails become increasingly popular, these pink-flavored nails should be a hit at any nail salon for Valentine’s Day .
Magnetic instructor Ingeborg Mensonides demonstrates how to create almond-shaped nails with acrylic.
Get a New Year’s shine and shimmer with ASP Aspire’s Prism Acrylic Kit. This ultrafeminine collection features a 1/8-oz. pot of pink, white, and clear acrylic powder in one kit.
With bonus nail art not printed in NAILS Magazine, this gallery showcases stylish, salon-friendly Valentine’s Day designs.
Entity’s Glitter Powders are for sculptors who want a little more flash in their enhancements.
Amidst the gel-craze, acrylics have steadily been reinventing themselves to come out with better performing powders, and with brighter colors than ever. Here’s a collection of the newest acrylic powders on the market.
StyleEnvy’s It’s So L.A. Acrylic Glitter and Charm Powders can be used with tips as sculpting powder for quick and easy nail art.
Nails by Shauni Kelly, Hot Heads Barbershop and Cool Claws Nails, Albuquerque, N.M.
The Sparkles Nail Products Starter Kit is ideal for the tech starting out with acrylics.
A current trend is to add glitter, mylar, and other embellishments to nail enhancements, but how can nail techs be sure they aren’t compromising the strength of the enhancement and causing premature service breakdown by adding too much? Sometimes the glitter tips I’ve sculpted break off at the free edge, causing clients to doubt my abilities. (This occurs more often in gels than acrylics.)