Salina Rush achieved two things when she came to Los Angeles at the beginning of the year: She won first place in the Ladies’ Sculptured Nails competition at ICE Los Angeles, and she got to do the nails for this month’s cover.
The October 2011 issue of SELF Magazine features 2011's best nail trends and gives readers tips on how to create the two-toned manicures making an impact this season.
A clever spin on nail art can come from a simple craft corner border hole punch. AII global educator MaeLing Parrish explains how she spreads soak-off gels flat over a piece of plastic and pops imprints out of them with a border punch. (According to Parrish, she uses soak-off gels because they are soft and flexible and don’t crack like traditional gels when they are used with a hole punch.) Take a look at these steps and see if you can score a knockout of your own.
For the first NTNA S.7 challenge, contestants were asked to create Romantic nail art using CND's English Garden collection. This is Giselle Caballero's entry.