
Shine-On
This tack-free UV/LED brilliant top gloss has superior shine and mirror-like finish.

This tack-free UV/LED brilliant top gloss has superior shine and mirror-like finish.

Akzéntz’s new Gel Art Powder can be mixed with any Options color gel to create beautiful 3-D designs.

As always, Premiere Orlando was a show for the books. The massive beauty show, which took place June 2-3, hosted beauty professionals and industry manufacturers from around the globe.

IBS Las Vegas, which took place June 9-11, 2012 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, was teeming with enthusiastic beauty professionals.

Akzéntz’s Luxio soak-off gels come in polish-like bottles and brush on easily like polish, while soaking off in 10 minutes.

Jessica Hoel of LuvNailz salon in Bellevue, Wash., has an interesting technique for her color gels.

More than 50,000 attendees cruised the aisles at this year’s Premiere Orlando. They came to shop, to learn, to compete, to network, and to have some fun!

Luxio Soak Off Gel is an odorless and solvent-free 100% pure gel in a polish bottle.

Show your clients that you’re the queen of gel fashion by offering them the latest seasonal colors this year in their favorite soak-off brand.

To make these easy designs even easier for you, these nail artists have generously provided step-by-step video tutorials. Watch the videos at www.nailsmag.com/nailstv. (And that goes for the difficult designs too!)

As the bright shine of summer fades into the earthy tones of fall, perk up your customers with these new color gel collections from your favorite manufacturers.

As a newbie, you may not be familiar with all the product options available to you. Here we’ve gathered some products that may be useful as you start your career.

At the International Salon & Spa Expo (ISSE 2011) in Long Beach, NAILS asked attendees: What nails did you wear at the show? Here's a gallery of their responses.

Richmond, Ontario, Canada-based Akzéntz is coming out with a new line of its very own brush-on, soak-off gel polish, called Luxio.

Akzéntz's educator Gina Silvestro created this soft gel French look for our May cover. Find out how you can do these nails.

If you’re itching to ditch this heavy winter, ring in the spring with these fun new color gels from your favorite manufacturers. There’s no time like the present to make nails more pleasant.

Robyn Schwartz of Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada, has no problem making these streaky-clean gel art designs on a regular basis, she says. The secret is in the thin layer of uncured clear gel.