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Celebrity nail tech Jenna Hipp teamed with RGB founder Gina Carney to create HIPPxRBG, a skin-tone specific, full coverage, all-nude nail color collection.
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Celebrity nail tech Jenna Hipp teamed with RGB founder Gina Carney to create HIPPxRBG, a skin-tone specific, full coverage, all-nude nail color collection.
San Francisco-based nail artist Sonia “G” Molina honored Eryka Badu, the inspiration behind many of her creative works, in her winning nail portrait. Take a look at Badu and the other famous faces commemorated by this year’s contest participants.
Amber Edwards at Suzanne Denee Salon, Saint Charles, Ill., shares the steps for doing a Fizzing Chocolate Peppermint Spa Pedicure. CA Botanica products are used.
While the nail area of Diva A Nail Boutique in Fresno, Calif., serves as the hub of the business, the salon’s retail boutique accounts for 80% of its revenue.
During October, 20% of sales of NVLA’s Warrior Princess Pink will be donated to Pink Lotus Breast Center, helping women in need to obtain financial aid from the foundation and receive 100% free services.
Gina Silvestro demonstrates application techniques for a full set of sculptured nails on a reformed nail biter using Akzentz Proformance Gel, available early 2014. Two weeks prior, Silvestro did a gel manicure on the biter's nails to allow them to heal and grow before soaking them off and applying the sculptured set. "As they grow out and we fill them, they will take on a much more natural shape. We are planning to do a new video every two weeks to follow the transformation!" Silvestro says.
Akzentz educator Gina Silvestro shows a 45-minute gel fill using Akzentz Classic UV gel and Luxio gel polish, finished with Akzentz Shine-On no wipe top gloss. This is an advanced fill with no finish filing and no hand filing, it is completely done using an E-file with time-saving techniques. Note: If you are not trained and/or certified to use an e-file you can use a hand file instead.
Awards approached and the calls and letters started coining. Here is what the judges heard from their eager contestants.
Gina Elliott, Urban Angel, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Kym Lee, founder/CEO of Galaxy Nail Products (Corona, Calif.), drives more than an hour each Thursday to do nails for loyal clients in a Huntington Beach, Calif., Salon.