
Shellac French Manicure with Contrasting Flower Nail Art
Holly Schippers, The FingerNailFixer, shows you how to paint this pretty French floral design on your clients' nails. It was inspired by something a client brought her from Pinterest.

Holly Schippers, The FingerNailFixer, shows you how to paint this pretty French floral design on your clients' nails. It was inspired by something a client brought her from Pinterest.

Teen Vogue, in its June 2012 issue, recommends four fun and easy nail art designs for summer.

Here are some snippets from nail tech Holly Schippers Sunday at Premiere Orlando 2012. From The Blonds arrival at the show and backstage access with Jan Arnold to helpful hints to step-by-steps in the CND class.

Here are a some clips from nail tech Holly Schippers Monday at Premiere Orlando 2012 so you can get a glimpse of things that were there and some info as well. Enjoy!

Beauty Changes Lives and AACS are offering currently enrolled beauty school students, in an AACS school, the chance to be matched up with a celebrity mentor to launch their career in the industry. Available mentors include Jan Arnold, co-founder of CND; Ted Gibson, celebrity stylist; Dr. Howard Murad, dermatologist and skin care expert; and Diana Schmidtke, celebrity stylist for Hollywood’s leading men. Get details on how to enter at: http://beautychangeslives.org/scholarships

With the sudden rise of brush-on gel-polish bringing many new customers into salons, it seems nail techs are seeing fewer tried-and-true acrylic customers. With new products on the market, traditional acrylic users now have more options to choose from, but there is still a seat at the manicure table for them.

Holly Schippers creates color block nail art for NAILS' June 2012 cover. Here's the step-by-step.

InStyle magazine, in its May 2012 issue, compiled a list of nail shades that compliment different skin tones.

Holly Schippers (FingerNailFixer) shows you how to create these sneaker nail designs using CND Shellac.

Harper's Bazaar released a list of spring's most popular statement nail shades, urging readers to get out of their neutral rut.

Launching in July 2012 exclusively to salons, CND Additives are a collection of pure pigments and lustrous effects. Blend Additives into any CND sculpting powder or gel or layer over CND Shellac to create nail art designs. Watch this video for a few examples of nail art created with Additives. Related Videos: Cover Look: NAILS December 2011 (using CND Additives)

Show your clients that you’re the queen of gel fashion by offering them the latest seasonal colors this year in their favorite soak-off brand.

According to the April 2012 issue of InStyle magazine, opposite — and even clashing — hues of polish and lipstick can look good together.

Museum-quality nail art is making waves on the red carpet and spring fashion shows, according to the April 2012 issue of InStyle magazine.

The April 2012 issue of Marie Claire shared with readers the best solutions to fixing and preventing broken or chipped nails.

Self Magazine, in is March 2012 issue, urges readers to break out of their polish rut and experiment with a multicolored mani for Spring.

Congratulations to CND for its milestone 15 years doing nails for Fashion Week runways. Here's a look back at how it all began, plus some of the amazing nail art designs that have graced the runways over the years.