
Paint Drops Keep Fallin' On My Head
Nails by Gabby Carino of Bay Shore, N.Y.

Nails by Gabby Carino of Bay Shore, N.Y.

Nails by MaeLing Parrish, Nail Sensation in Columbus, Ohio

An accomplished artist who has sold her oil paintings, Mary L. Piper was the second runner-up in our 2002 contest.

Nails by Dianne D'Agnolo, Too Much Fun.

Doing marbleized nail designs may not be as difficult as you once thought.

Are some of your clients too shy to try nail art? Fear not. We rounded up a few nail artists and asked them to come up with simple designs that are big on subtlety and short on flashiness. Take inspiration from their work and start turning your French and polish-only clients into nail art patrons.

Nails by Tracy Waterman of Perfect 10 Nail Salon in Merrimack, N.H.

Nails by Sue Tumblety, Sanzio Salon in Matawan, N.J.

Best of Stuff winner Janet Martin of South Charleston, W.V. earns a NAILS cover shoot along with her share of more than $8,000 in prizes.

EZ Flow's swirl design is perfect for the New Year festivities and was created using the Gemstones Colored Acrylic Collection.

Spectacular. Amazing. Impressive. You can take your pick of adjectives, since all of them describe the quality and range of entries to NAILS' first Nail Mural Contest.

Nails by Ellen Torchia, Beauty Airbrushing in North Bend, Wash.

Nails by Debbie Ward of Artisan Salon in Livermore, Calif.

Corset-inspired lace-up nails make a "bad girl" statement.

Fabric and texture can be used to enliven the nails and coordinate with clothing.

Autumn is here and that means nail polish colors have taken on a decidedly warmer tone. We asked several nail artists to come up with fun abstract designs using colors reminiscent of fall that fit in perfectly with this season's polish shades.

Nails by Erin Barnes, Visuals II Day Spa in Litchfield, Ariz.