Tune in Mondays at 6PM to see who won, who’s packing their paintbrushes, and to check out next week’s challenge.NAILS Next Top Nail Artist: Season 3, Challenge #2 is sponsored by Akzéntz. Akzéntz had each competitor recreate their favorite board game on a set of 10 nail tips. The design must have 3-D gel art on at least six nails. They then had to upload step-by-step nail tutorials to their Nail Art Gallery social media site: http://nailartgallery.nailsmag.comVisit this link to vote for your favorite set of nails by Thursday, Sept. 17th at 12 PM, PST: http://www.nailsmag.com/nexttopnailartist/2015/challenges/week-2-akzentzThe votes will be combined with our judges scores, the winner will receive Akzéntz Gel Play Paints, glitters, Bling On, Shine On, Matte On, a compact LED lamp and Art Palette, and products from the Luxio and Options series ($525 value), and one artist will be eliminated. You can also play along to win prizes at home using the hash tag #GelishPlayAtHome on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Details here: http://www.nailsmag.com/nexttopnailartist/2015/play-home
I often get requests for referrals in far away places — places that far outreach my ability to refer myself. I know a lot of other nail techs all over the world. I know a lot
We all know you can use clear nail polish to stop a run in your stocking, but did you know some major league catchers use white polish on their nail so the pitcher can see their hand signals better? Or that hobbiests use colored polishes to decorate Easter eggs? There are all sorts of uses for polish besides the obvious one-here are just a few.
Last month at Cosmoprof North America in Las Vegas I saw some great new products that were either newly launched or are in the pipeline and will be available shortly. I thought I’d share some of them. Feel free to leave me a comment in Feedback about which ones interest you the most.
I have to honestly say that it was very hard to get up and get to class on time today. When I woke up I wasn't really feeling that well — headache, queasy stomach, and tired.
