The International Salon & Spa Expo (ISSE) Long Beach, held January 26-28, is billed as the West Coast’s largest and most influential total beauty event. Produced by the Professional Beauty Association (PBA), the ISSE concept has evolved beyond the traditional “hair” show to really incorporate a diverse exhibitor base covering hair, nails, cosmetics, esthetics, wellness, massage, and advanced education. More than 400 beauty brands were on display for nearly 40,000 beauty professionals in attendance. ISSE Long Beach 2014 will be held January 25-27.
Morgan Haile and Taylor Daniel take us through the first look at the new Morgan Taylor line of professional nail lacquer, previewed at the International Salon and Spa Expo in Long Beach, Calif.
Venique Nails educator Bernice Diep creates a marbleized French nail art design using Venique Nail Lacquer at the International Salon & Spa Expo Long Beach.
Dashing Diva educator So Yong Yu demonstrates a quick and easy method for removing DesignFX nail appliqués using non-acetone polish remover and an orangewood stick.
Sam Biddle, international educator for Orly, creates a fun and easy rose nail art design using Orly's GelFX gel nail lacquer and Instant Artist polish at the International Salon and Spa Expo Long Beach.
From the same associations that bring us the International Salon & Spa Expo (ISSE) in Long Beach every January came the first-ever ISSE Midwest, held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill., from March 26 to 28, 2011.
Congratulations to the winners of the Handpainted Nail Art category (whose theme was "Paris by Night"), and the 3-D Nail Art winners (whose theme was "Vampires").
At the International Salon & Spa Expo (ISSE 2011) in Long Beach, NAILS asked attendees: What nails did you wear at the show? Here's a gallery of their responses.
