Day 309: Tropical Fimo Toenail Art
Sage Goff, Nail Diva (Riverton, Wyo.)
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Amanda Savacool (Nichols, NY) Alexandria Richter, Dazzlin Digits (Layton, UT) Danalynn Stockwood, Genesis Salon (Fitchburg, MA) Vinod “Vinny” Patel, The Look (Bronx, NY) Jamie Rena Melchor, Nails by Jamie (Fresno, CA) Dianna Medeiros, The Make-Up Bar (Cherry Hill, NJ) Dianna Medeiros, The
Gina Silvestro, educator for Akzéntz, offers this advice on how to get clear and crisp lines on gel nail art. “I’ve been doing this for a few months now, and people can never figure out how I get such clean lines with gel art. When using gel for art and designs, it can be very difficult to achieve fine lines because if you brush gel art onto the tacky layer of gel it often spreads.
Reveal by Hand and Nail Harmony are UV- or LED-cured gels that bond to the natural nail using a fused keratin bonding system without the use of harsh acids for retention. With whites, clears, and pinks, these gels can define any look, and with the faster cure times of LED lights techs can save up to 20 minutes on total service time.
Elena Maltseva is a nail artist from St. Petersburg, Russia, who educates all over the world. She is an expert in gels, acrylics, and hand-painting, and is especially good at combining all three together to make spectacular nail designs. Maltseva has chosen an acrylic design here that is simple, yet very expensive-looking and rather easy-to-complete.
Intricate floral stiletto nails won the NSI Free-hand Nail Art Competition, an online photo competition that invited nail techs from around the globe to use NSI acrylic or gel to create nail art designs. The entries were judged by Vicki Peters, Denise Wright, and Debbie Doerrlamm, who looked for difficulty of design, use of color, originality, overall enhancement design, and first impression (or the “wow” factor).
For the Teen Choice Awards, celebrity manicurist Kimmie Kyees manicured singer Katy Perry’s fingernails in Hand & Nail Harmony Gelish in the shade June Bride for an eye-catching sparkly nail look.
Joy Choi, Pro Nail & Hair (Carteret, N.J.)
Marilyn Garcia, Element Salon (Caguas, Puerto Rico)
Leanne Brown (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada)
Glamour’s beauty expert Andrea Pomerantz Lustig recommends getting gel manicures only once in a while, as the removal process can leave nails weak after lots of filing and acetone soaking.
Be the mastermind behind your salon’s success with Star Nail’s new Eco The Pretty Tough Manicure Soak-Off UV Gel Master Kit. Lasting longer than traditional polish, Pretty Tough Soak-Off Gels guarantee a two-week manicure with no smudging or chipping. The kit includes 22 fashion-forward colors, plus brushes, a UV light, soak-off solution, and an instructional DVD.
Carla Foster, of Carla Foster Nails in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, prefers UV gels as her medium of choice when it comes to nail art — which may come as a surprise to many nail artists (especially in the United States) who think gels aren’t workable for detailed designs.
Michelle Achhammer of Michelle’s Nail Design explains how to create a delicate purple floral nail with foils and gels.
Tara Deck, Tara Lea Esthetics & Custom Nail Art (Chetwynd, BC, Canada)
Soak-off gels are on Cosmopolitan's Hot Sheet for August.
Bio Sculpture USA's Professional Starter Kit includes everything you need to start offering a complete line of BioSculpture Gel services. The gels are odorless and require no primers or base coats.