
Scents & Sensibility
Like many day spa owners, Tamara Friedman away from traditional acrylic systems due to the odor.
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Like many day spa owners, Tamara Friedman away from traditional acrylic systems due to the odor.








You may be surprised to learn that scotch tape is a key ingredient when repairing badly damaged toenails. Athena Elliott, the owner of SPAthena in Houston and a certified Medical Nail Technician, describes her method of rebuilding toenails when clients have very little nail.
The Reverse French Acrylic Nail is one of the most difficult to design. Suzie Moskal uses a new technique that is easier to learn and master in this in-depth tutorial.
Nails by Daphnye Shaffer, CND education ambassador, Baytown, Texas
Bels Gels creates this easy acrylic nail design using a 120 grit hand file, NSI Nail Pure Plus, OPI Bond Aid, Perfect Nails Acrylic products: Gold Signature Adhesion Enhancer (primer) Platinum Plus Cover Pink and Clear powders, Platinum Plus Liquid (monomer); IBD's Just Gel Polish in Eden (green), Sunset Strip (orange), Full Blu-um (blue)/ Charming Charlie (red), Gerber Daisy (pink); and her own mix of glitters.
When you work with liquid and powder, one of the key elements is mix ratio. Here Holly Schippers, our FingerNailFixer, some tips on figuring out how to check and perfect your mix ratio.
"Acrylics Anonymous" is billed as a 12-step program for healthy nails.
Here is a quick rundown to give you a little info on some of the more common enhancement systems.
Reduce your time doing colored acrylic fills by using this "Reverse Application" method.
Well, maybe not easy. But Star Nail’s global education director Elaine Watson has a quick tip on how to get a better performance out of acrylic for 3-D designs.