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Last year, I wrote an article about how more and more licensed nail techs are launching their own consumer product lines — a business-savvy move in light of the booming category.I’m thrilled to hear that one
Please join me in reaching out to our entire industry so that we can all elevate our standing together as an educated, united force!
The NAILS Next Top Nail Artist season 2 contestants were warmly welcomed by a crowd of cheers at ISSE Long Beach 2015. Danielle Costantino, Lavette Cephus, and Lexi Martone entertained questions by CND style director/co-founder Jan Arnold and NAILS Magazine editor Hannah Lee. NAILS Next Top Nail Artist: Season 2's final challenge asked our Top 3 to design five sets of 10 nails to be presented to Johnson Hartig for his fashion label, Libertine. We chatted with each contestant about two of their designs.DANIELLEPart 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLAVETTE:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLEXI:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five Designs
Here's a 10-minute recap of NAILS Next Top Nail Artist: Season 2. We selected 24 semi-finalists for our second annual NAILS Next Top Nail Artist competition. The field was narrowed down to our Top 12 after two pre-challenges. For 10 weeks in September 2014, we gave our finalists a new challenge each week to showcase their skills in creating nail art looks based on a theme created by NAILS and each of our weekly sponsors (Bio Seaweed Gel, CND, Dashing Diva, Entity Beauty, Gel II, Gelish, INM, It’s So Easy, Orly International, SuperNail, and Young Nails). In addition to creating their nail art masterpieces, NAILS Next Top Nail Artist contestants shot step-by-step tutorials, video demos, and shared their entries via social media.
On the MenuPamper your client’s feet with a warm bath of lemon and sea salt, followed by a warm paraffin wax treatment. A soothing lotion massage and gentle grooming prepares her nails for the polish color of her choice.
On the MenuUtilizing relaxing marine-based products, this one-hour pedicure has all the ingredients of a mini vacation. For the ultimate in pampering, treat your clients to this Ultimate Charmed Pedicure with an exfoliating sea scrub, cooling mask, therapeutic paraffin, and more.
The best kept secret in long wear polish is #CNDVinylux. Pass it along!
See nails on the runway at the 06:56 mark. Beauty Changes Lives (BCL) held its fourth annual event following the first day of ABS Chicago. The BCL Experience, #ShoutYourBeauty, featured NextGen hairstylists and nail artists walking the runway with their models at Chicago's Soldier Field. For the second year in a row, nails rocked the runway with CND's NextGen artists who were the Top 3 finalists in the NAILS Next Top Nail Artist competition. Congrats to all of the NexGen artists:00:05 — Redken (NexGen: Blake Reed Evans)01:05 — American Crew (NexGen: Lauren Shuler Thompson)02:32 — Matrix (NexGen: Breck Csicsai, Ksenia Kim)03:53 — Wella's Hair Dressers at Heart (NexGen: Jamie Pierce and Katey-Bug Browne)05:15 — Mizani (NexGen: Ashley Lee and Marquita Gatling)06:56 — CND / NAILS Next Top Nail Artist Top 3 (NextGen: Celina Rydén, Sarah Elmaz, and Winnie Huang)09:29 — TIGI (NexGen: Demi Walsh) You Might Also Like: Meet the 2016 BCL Experience NextGen Artists! [on modernsalon.com] ABS Chicago 2016: BCLE Shout Your Beauty Runway Show (photo gallery)
CND Education Ambassadors translate runway looks from the Blonds F/W 2014 show onto actual nail tips using CND's Modern Folklore collection.
On the Menu: Your client will love this sweet, refreshing treat for the feet. The pineapple jelly footbath helps eliminate odor and discoloration, the zesty orange scrub exfoliates, and the mandarin and mango-scented foot mask ensures deep penetration of rich emollients that will leave her feet supple and smooth.
