The much-anticipated grand opening of U.K. clothing retailer Topshop took Manhattan by storm in April, and nail techs Julia Werman, Mika Ogawa, and Maki Sakamoto (all of New York City nail salon Valley) were there to do mini-manicures on the customers. The techs polished the women’s fingernails with China Glaze’s Simply Stunning (a bronze), Recycle (gray), and Shocking Pink (hot pink).
Nails by Brenda Baker, Miss LaVon’s Beauty College, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Step-by-step by Sammijo Hutsell-Hall, Advanced Image, Lemoore, Calif.
Step-by-step by Joanne Truitt, Boca Nail Depot, Boca Raton, Fla.
Nails by Regina Lankford, Worcester, Mass.
Nails by Joanne Truitt, Boca Nail Depot, Boca Raton, Fla.
Nails by Lee Barnes, Nails N Flight, Lanham, Md.
Nails by Tracy Ann Majewski, Tips, Toes & Do’s at Kutter’s Hair Salon, Buffalo, N.Y.
Nails by Yomary Millan, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee
Nails by Rhiannon Miles, Dazzle Dry/VB Cosmetics educator, Chandler, Ariz.
The natural pastel colors and polka-dotted seeds of this well-known fruit provide a simple model for techs to recreate on the limited toenail plate.
Nails by Anh “Anime” Nguyen, Nails Image, Norfolk, Va.
Nails by Sammijo Hutsell-Hall, Advanced Image, Lemoore, Calif.
Nails by Vaida Indrasiute, Fantasy Nails by Vaida at The Knitting Room, Wisconsin Dells, Wis.
Nails by Keta Jackson, Dezinerz Edge Nails in Salon Dejon, Sandston, Va.
Nails by Brenda Baker, Miss LaVons Beauty College, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Nails by Yoriko Kandono, Tokyo