Artistic Nail Design educators will offer nail techs an intense two-day training in more than 11 countries during its Rock Hard World Tour. The training will cover the chemistry behind the Artistic Nail Design’s gel and liquid and powder products. Learn the ease of application, tips and tricks, and art techniques to turn your clients into groupies. For more details and tour dates, visit here.
Lauren Wireman shows how to create a raised 3-D lace design made out of Lace Paste, a 3-D/4-D gel with a clay consistency from Wildflowers Nails. At 3:19, Lauren shares some tips on ways to price your nail art based on the cost of your product, the amount of time it takes to do the nail art, and what your nail art is worth.
Ann Chang, educator for Kupa Inc. and host of The Nail Tips Show, demonstrates how to remove soak-off gel-polish using an electric nail file (the KUPA Mani Pro Passport E-File) and a 3-in-1 medium bit (a tapered bit with a small barrel, large barrel, and rounded like a safety bit, all in one). She also uses a medium sanding band to finish filing off the product.
NAILS contributing editor and nail tech Holly Schippers shows a few tips on taking better photos of your nail art. She also shows how to e-mail them or share them with us for the chance to get your nail art featured in NAILS Magazine and on our social media.
Want to step up your nail photo game? Read our guide to photographing nails, which includes an introduction to DSLR cameras: http://www.nailsmag.com/article/95982/photographing-nail-art
Would you discourage someone with no experience in this business from trying to open a nail salon? I am looking to completely change careers, and I have always thought that a nail salon/massage spa would do
I may just have a silly notion of opening a salon in San Francisco. I have no training but have been a client for 20 years, as well as being a customer service human resources professional