Greg Salo and his many devoted educators draw quite a crowd with their fun attitudes and intriguing nail styles. When I asked him where he got the inspiration for this month’s cover nails, he simply told me, “My inspiration comes from my educators.”
Nails by Ellen Nycz, Plainsboro, N.J.
Get the step-by-step for nail artist Clara Hostetter’s signature style.
Nails by Jayne Berger, Cissna Park, Ill.
Step-by-step by Tahiam Isambert, Perry Anthony Salon & Spa Network, Wilmington, Del.
Nails by Yomary Millan, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee
Nails by Julia Barrios, ASP Aspire educator, Hatillo, Puerto Rico
Nails by Patricia Amato, Glitz & Glamour, Garfield Heights, Ohio
Put some flower power in your next set of acrylic or gel.
Michele Baker of Van Goe’s Salon and Day Spa in Cumming, Ga., is developing a year’s worth of nail art based on each month’s birth flower and birthstone to share with NAILS readers.
Nails by Adela Muñoz, Artistic Bride-All, Fontana, Calif.
Flower blossoms spring from this luscious base of intense color.
Nails by Carol Kiley, Mes Amis Hair and Nail Studio, Bloomington, Ill.
Nails by Keta Jackson, Dezinerz Edge Nails @ Salon Dejon, Sandston, Va.
Nails by Carmen DeBellis, Carmen’s Nail-Tique, Saginaw, Mich.
Nails by Debra Meek, Anne's Beauty Center, Visalia, Calif.
Nails by Paula Imler, Clip Art Salon, Altoona, Pa.