On the Road: The Painted Nail
With service names like The Walk of Fame and The Starlet, nail techs make sure clients who stop by get the A-lister treatment.
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With service names like The Walk of Fame and The Starlet, nail techs make sure clients who stop by get the A-lister treatment.
Photographer Helen Maurene Cooper recently released her book, Paint & Polish: Cultural Economy and Visual Culture from the West Side. Cooper spent eight years building relationships with nail techs, salon owners, and clients in Chicago to take the photos that appeared in this book. NAILS spoke with the photographer and author about why she found the subject of nails so fascinating.
I can't believe how fast the time is flying by. I was able to open my studio September 29, while it was still under construction. Let me clarify that: I had passed all the inspections, but
This month, InStyle produced a list of 10 ways to look more polished — "maintaining your manicure" made it to the top, at number four.
Created by celebrity manicurist Myrdith Leon-McCormack, M2M-Natural Nail Care Polishes are inspired by celebrities Myrdith has worked with over the years.
Get Polished! Agency is a unique boutique agency created to provide talented, experienced, creative, and professional nail techs to the advertising, publishing, and entertainment worlds.
These two ELLEgirl Model Search winners, Maggie (left) and Jazzlyn, bunked in New York City for a week and lived the model life, culminating in a photo shoot by celebrity photographer Francis Hills. (Photography by Francis
China Glaze celebrity manicurist Marsha Bialo used Pure Torture, a creamy coral, on Nylon magazine's cover girl Zooey Deschanel.
As fashion designers experiment with different textures on the runway, nail polish manufacturers keep up with an array of stylish nail polish finish offerings — from the traditional cream to the edgy suede. One nail tech shares her expertise to help you sort through all of the jargon and match the appropriate client to the appropriate finish.
In the first part of a three part series, Polished Girlz founder Alanna Wall interviews two of the nail artists who created T-shirts for awareness. Artists Mr. Luis and Amy Becker are profiled.