Day 328: Abstract Nail Art with a Cherry on Top
Tashina “Poochie” Green, Poochiez Pawz Nail Studio (Atlanta, Ga.)
Tashina “Poochie” Green, Poochiez Pawz Nail Studio (Atlanta, Ga.)
Tricia Baldwin, Studio Salons (West Jordan, Utah)
Katja Klinkenberg, European Way of Nails (El Paso ,Texas)
My first full week of working on clients in the school was a welcome change form the pace of the week before. We were finally working on clients and were out on the main floor of
The start of week two immediately began with changes. Our teacher was called away on a family emergency and we were going to have someone new help us finish out the week before our “Freshman Final”.

Elaine Watson, global education director for Star Nail International, sculpted this month’s autumn leaves for the cover. Because the nails were leaf-shaped at the free edge, she didn’t have to do any file-finish work, so the application was actually remarkably quick.
Walking in the doors of the beauty college as a student for the first time in nearly seven years was so odd. It smelled the same, it looked basically the same and the girls were exactly
Stephanie Saddler, Buttafingers Nail Studio (Cleveland, Ohio)
Amanda Savacool (Nichols, NY)
Katja Klinkenberg, European Way of Nails (El Paso ,Texas)
Louise Callaway, Noble Nails (Cambs, UK )
Anna Neroznak Nail Studio, Nail Design by Anna Neroznak (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Amanda Savacool (Nichols, NY) Alexandria Richter, Dazzlin Digits (Layton, UT) Danalynn Stockwood, Genesis Salon (Fitchburg, MA) Vinod “Vinny” Patel, The Look (Bronx, NY) Jamie Rena Melchor, Nails by Jamie (Fresno, CA) Dianna Medeiros, The Make-Up Bar (Cherry Hill, NJ) Dianna Medeiros, The
A few Halloween designs from Jen Giovannetti, Nails By Jen (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada).
Thought we'd share some extra Halloween nail art with you guys. These were all done by Louis Callaway of Noble Nails in Cambs, UK.

Top nail competitor Lynn Lammers offers an excellent description of filing grits, and how best to use them in this excerpt from her online NAILS blog, Competition Insider.

Elena Maltseva is a nail artist from St. Petersburg, Russia, who educates all over the world. She is an expert in gels, acrylics, and hand-painting, and is especially good at combining all three together to make spectacular nail designs. Maltseva has chosen an acrylic design here that is simple, yet very expensive-looking and rather easy-to-complete.