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NAILS Magazine's May 2012 cover features Terri Silacci from Monterey, Calif., who creates flame nails inspired by the novel series and movie, The Hunger Games. She uses OPI GelColor and gold leafing.Photography by Vu OngModel: Adele Uddo (www.adeleuddo.com), Body Parts Models
Jennifer Mather of Polished Nail Design Group in Burlington, Ontario, Canada creates a fun technique combining CND Retention+ liquid and powders, CND Black Pigment, Cerulean Blue Pigment Effect, Titanium Pearl Pigment Effect, and Velcro — yes, Velcro!
Many techs dream of a career in which their nail designs are published on magazine covers and adorn the fingers and toes of the hottest celebrities. One nail tech shares her story of uprooting her quiet Midwestern life for a chance to make it as a celebrity manicurist in New York City.
NAILS Magazine's October 2011 cover features CND educator Shelena Robinson who creates a half matte half shimmer look using CND Shellac colors Black Pool and Zillionaire. Photography by Vu OngModel: Jenna Chong Body Parts Models
Get Polished! Agency is a unique boutique agency created to provide talented, experienced, creative, and professional nail techs to the advertising, publishing, and entertainment worlds.
In the year 2000, the editors of NAILS decided it would be fun to have a nail technician reader create the cover for one issue and so we started the Cover Tech Contest. Every year, we get hundreds of beautiful entries, creative concepts, and astonishing photographs.
The Contessas are an annual beauty award program that shows off the best Canada’s salon professionals have to offer.
With the voting for this year’s winning cover tech image too close to call, NAILS has done something it’s never done before: We ran two different covers for the same issue. Some of you received an issue featuring black and pink striped nails on the cover and some of you got a blue and green plaid design. In either case, you’re enjoying the handiwork of Julie Kandalec of Jenniffer & Co. in Mentor, Ohio.
Celebrity manicurist Marsha Bialo gave Jessica Alba a manicure for Genlux Magazine's Summer 2010 issue, using China Glaze Sacred Heart--and Alba's nails were predominantly shown on the cover.
During the June cover shoot for InStyle magazine, nail tech Ashlie Johnson used Essie's Starter Wife on Salma Hayek Pinault's hands.
When we asked Orange, Calif.-based celebrity nail artist Elsbeth Schuetz to come up with a toenail art design for this month’s cover, she brought us a whole slew of nail tips to choose from. While her hand-painted nail art is always super creative and artistic, we wanted to go with something a little more simple and wearable for the cover. Inspired by tone-on-tone patterns, she created this faux-snakeskin design using layered polish and diamond-shaped rhinestones.
Elle's April issue features photo shoots with makeup guru and includes nail colors from OPI.
You don’t have to live in a fashion mecca like New York City to find opportunities to have your best nail styles featured in a professional photo shoot. Take a page from the (ever-growing) book of Joy Yavenue, who enhances her nail art print and web portfolios by partnering with area entrepreneurs.
Manicurist Tom Bachik did supermodel and TV host Heidi Klum's nails for the February cover of Instyle. Duplicate the look by using Victoria's Secret Beauty Rush polish in Tutu.
The Contessas are an annual beauty award program that shows off the best Canada’s salon professionals have to offer.
From getting initial experience and photos to selling yourself at an appointment with an agent, this is a handy how-to guide for finding an agent for freelance manicuring work.
Nail salons need to harness the power of the press to help build their businesses.
