Young Nails Nail School: Creating Dimension and Depth in Nail Art
Young Nails mentor Melissa De La Cruz shows how to add dimension and depth to your nail art.
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Young Nails mentor Melissa De La Cruz shows how to add dimension and depth to your nail art.
In this video, Kirsty Meakin does her own nails live on camera. Click here to watch part two.
Bels Gels creates this easy acrylic nail design using a 120 grit hand file, NSI Nail Pure Plus, OPI Bond Aid, Perfect Nails Acrylic products: Gold Signature Adhesion Enhancer (primer) Platinum Plus Cover Pink and Clear powders, Platinum Plus Liquid (monomer); IBD's Just Gel Polish in Eden (green), Sunset Strip (orange), Full Blu-um (blue)/ Charming Charlie (red), Gerber Daisy (pink); and her own mix of glitters.
We’re down to the results of our last weekly challenge. See which contestants have secured their spot in our Final Challenge and who must battle head to head in CND’s Last Chance Design Lab for the last spot. The Top 3 will be flown to Chicago and one will be crowned NAILS Next Top Nail Artist. http://www.nailsmag.com/ntna2015
Akzentz' Gina Silvestro discusses how to adhere crystals to nails.
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 9 contestant Torie Bastian shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #4, L.A. Landmark, sponsored by Orly. Click here to see all 9 entries.
Young Nails head of education Tracey Reierson demonstrates how to properly build an apex and arch using acrylic.
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist: Season 3 begins with 12 highly motivated and talented nail artists. The first challenge is sponsored by Dashing Diva. In the spirit of Dashing Diva, our contestants were tasked to select their favorite diva and create the perfect set of nails custom designed just for them.Click here to vote for your favorite set of nails by Thursday, Sept. 10th at 12 PM, PST.The votes will be combined with our judges scores, the winner will receive a complete set of Dashing Diva nail art supplies ($450 value), and one artist will be eliminated. Tune into NAILStv on Monday, Sept. 15th around 6 PM to see who won, who’s packing their paintbrushes, and to check out next week’s challenge.You can also play along to win prizes at home using the hash tag #GelishPlayAtHome on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Details here: http://www.nailsmag.com/nexttopnailartist/2015/play-home
Over the years, NAILS has seen a number of staff members come and go. But we’ve also seen a good number come and stay. In our 30-year history, we’ve had 5 publishers, 6 top editors, and 17 art directors (14 of which were in the first decade). Here’s a look at our current team and how long each has been onboard.
Young Nails president Greg Salo demonstrates an ombre nail using three colors of gel-polish and a touch of glitter.