NAILS contributing editor and nail tech Holly Schippers shows a few tips on taking better photos of your nail art. She also shows how to e-mail them or share them with us for the chance to get your nail art featured in NAILS Magazine and on our social media.
Want to step up your nail photo game? Read our guide to photographing nails, which includes an introduction to DSLR cameras: http://www.nailsmag.com/article/95982/photographing-nail-art
Sheba has a collection of Gel Paint Nail Art Pens that have a ballpoint head much like a writing pen, but dispense a thin paint that fl ows easily on the nail.
On the busy streets of Saigon, Vietnam, nail services come in all shapes and sizes from high-end nail salons to street vendors. VnExpress shows what a 'street vendor'-style nail service is.
Young Nails president Greg Salo explains the basics of using a nail file, including how to properly hold the file for leverage and how to use the entire surface of the file for efficient finishing.
For NTNA Challenge 3, sponsored by LeChat, contestants were asked to create a double nail design, with one design on the underside of the nail and a transparent design layered on top. Here is Ashton Harlan's entry. See all 10 entries here.