One company whose goal is to satisfy this demand, with a sophisticated combination of product, marketing and merchandising support, is the Ligonier, Pennsylvania-based Anything Goes Inc., owned and operated by the husband and wife team of Richard and Pamela Gross.
Torie Bastian creates a handmade cabochon liquid gemstone using pink opal crush from Athena Rocks (called Elaine's Crush) mixed with Akzentz clear builder gel at the Best Lil' Nail Show Texas. Follow us on Periscope (@nailsmag) for a behind-the-scenes look into our world.
Check out a faceted gemstone technique using acrylic by clicking here.
I had a great time at America’s Beauty Show (formerly the Chicago Midwest Beauty Show) earlier this month. For the first time, the show took place in McCormick Place, a gigantic convention center in the heart of Chicago (in previous years, it had been held in the suburb of Rosemont, Ill.)
The Best and the Blingiest: Take the work involved in blinging out a set of toenails and multiply that by a hundred — at least. That might give you some idea of the effort involved in covering a Whale Spa pedicure chair in tens of thousands of premium and vintage crystals.
If you say Beetlejuice three times, he might appear on your nails! Get your manis ready for Halloween with these spooky nail designs inspired by the Tim Burton movie.
Blame it on Descartes. Modern society fragments our body, mind and spirit into warring entities. In some forms of religious interpretation, the body is portrayed as the enemy, as the source of unholy appetites and base impulses. We feel differently, and embrace the body, even with its occasional sneezes, pimples, hiccups, and cravings for raw cookie-dough, as our most tangible expression and daily experience of the sacred.