Three San Diego Beauty Academies Cooperate to Form Nail Technician Program
Poway, Je Boutique, and Bay Vista academies are launching the nation's first Spa Nail Technician Program.
Poway, Je Boutique, and Bay Vista academies are launching the nation's first Spa Nail Technician Program.

UV light-cured gel enhancements are more popular than ever. Here’s how to fine-tune your arch technique to create the most beautiful nails possible.
At a two-day conference held during Cosmoprof, Creative Nail Design had a coming out party to announce its new identity as CND to 400 of the company’s top global educators, distributors and other industry “influentials.”

Valinoti recognized in Star Magazine for her trendsetting nails.

M&M Nails & Wellness Center wins 2007 Salon of the Year award. Owner Maisie Dunbar calls it "the pinnacle of my nail career."
An Eastern-inspired service that incorporates tamanu oil (an oil from Tahiti’s ati trees), coconut oil, and mandarin, this manicure is ideal for clients in need of a tropical getaway.
Here’s how your fellow techs clean and store their brushes, and what the experts have to add to the debate.

Practically every time an actor or musician is photographed for a magazine or works on film, they get their hair, makeup, and nails professionally done. So who are these nail technicians who are slaving away behind the scenes? And more important, how can you become one of them?
Samantha Sweet figured out how to affix tiny Swarovski crystals to nail overlays.
The “Nail Community Cares” campaign to fight breast cancer needs volunteers to help spread the word and peddle its signature pink high-shine buffers.

New York's Fashion Week provides CND with a showcase for its runway-worthy polishes.

Manufacturers share their news tidbits for the month.
Read about seven techs so new (with three years or less of nail experience) or so-recently brave (with one year or less in a new facet of their nail career), NAILS didn’t even know how luminous they were until reading their rave reviews. Keep your eyes peeled for what’s to come from these up-and-coming stars.

We asked, and you told us. For the third year in a row, NAILS announces the winners of our annual Readers' Choice Awards. From Acrylics to Wraps--and everything in between--read on to see if your favorite products made it onto our 2006 list.
Members of the nail industry gathered in Las Vegas to celebrate NAILS 2006 Artists and Visionaries Awards winners.

Do you ever wonder how some of the industry’s biggest power players got their start — in life and in the beauty industry? Are you interested in how their minds work? From theme song to what car they drive, we’re letting our readers peek behind the curtain of some of the nail world’s most powerful players.

When acrylic nail systems first became available on drugstore shelves, and statistics came out stating the number of children accidentally burned by primer — more than 500 over four years — the manufacturers noticed.