The Perfect Note of Color

OPI's celebrity manicurist does American Idol.

The Game of the Name - Fun Salon Names

Kiss the Fish Goodbye

Florida is the latest state to ban fish pedicures.

Painting Outside the Box

Former beauty editor Eleanor Langston (Cosmopolitan, Fitness) founded Paintbox, a new concept nail studio.

Second Generation of the DeSantis Family Now Serving the Nail Industry

It had been 15 years since I visited the offices of DeEnterprises, a Chicago-based manufacturer of professional nail products and originator of Aqua Nails, an acrylic system that cures in water (click here for the story

Where the Boys Are

18-8 is a Southern California salon focusing exlusively on male clients. Read to find out what tips they have to attracting a male clientele. 

All the RAJ

With the philosophy that nature is the basis for aromatherapy, this nail studio incorporates reflexology and herbology into its services for some fundamental natural nail care.

Polish College: The Basics

An introduction to common nail polish ingredients.

The Queen of Wrap

Madelyn Johnson has been a licensed nail tech for 22 years, presently servicing clients at New Again Nail Spa & Boutique in Houston. Johnson’s early clientele had a fondness for wraps, leading her to become a skilled wrap expert, even earning a placement in the 2005 Nailympics in Las Vegas in the category. She is also an educator for Star Nail. Here she shares one of her most common fiberglass wrap procedures over a tip.