How to Get the Crackle Effect With Gel
Learn how to create the crackle nails your clients are asking about with the added longevity of a gel.
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Light Elegance’s P2 is the latest formula from the company, which prides itself in its quality of gels and range of colors available.
Global IBD educator Brenda Skermont explains how she combines Gelac colors to make this “déco-polish” design, which works like decoupage for the nails.
Holly Schippers (FingerNailFixer) shows you several nail art designs combining the "rockstar" look with carving (or engraving) techniques.
When you work with liquid and powder, one of the key elements is mix ratio. Here Holly Schippers, our FingerNailFixer, some tips on figuring out how to check and perfect your mix ratio.
One of the most difficult things about gel is getting the hang of working with it, especially if you are used to doing liquid and powder. Holly Schippers offers this video with tips and an idea on how to get more accustomed to the workability of gel.
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Magnetic instructor Ingeborg Mensonides demonstrates how to create almond-shaped nails with acrylic.
FingerNailFixer shows you how to perfect (and practice) your smile lines with acrylic.
We love nail beds in all shapes and sizes, but, well, your client is her own worst enemy and may be mortified that her nail beds are “too wide.” Luckily, the nail style experts at CND have an easy fix.
Learn how to fix a bitten nail using Young Nails products. (Part 1 of 3.) View Part 2 at http://www.nailsmag.com/video/91979/young-nails-fixing-bitten-nails-part-2 View Part 3 at http://www.nailsmag.com/video/91981/young-nails-fixing-bitten-nails-part-3
Learn how to fix a bitten nail using Young Nails products. (Part 2 of 3.) View Part 1 at http://www.nailsmag.com/video/91978/young-nails-fixing-bitten-nails-part-1 View Part 3 at http://www.nailsmag.com/video/91981/young-nails-fixing-bitten-nails-part-3
Learn how to fix a bitten nail using Young Nails products. (Part 3 of 3) View Part 1 at http://www.nailsmag.com/video/91978/young-nails-fixing-bitten-nails-part-1 View Part 2 at http://www.nailsmag.com/video/91979/young-nails-fixing-bitten-nails-part-2
JoAnne Millar of En Vogue reveals how she creates this rhinestone-tipped curl on a gel nail.
So, you wowed your client into a new gel polish application by telling her how much more durable they are than standard polish, and that they help prevent chipping and cracking, and then she comes back a day later with a chip. So what do you do?
Painter and craftswoman Donna Dewberry is perhaps best known in the art world as the inventor of the One-Stroke painting technique, a method that allows painters to blend, shade, and highlight all in one stroke of a brush.
Allure’s Insiders’ Guide for October features advice from expert manicurist Tom Bachik on how to fix a manicure.