Young Nails Vlog #75: The Nude Black Tip Gel Nail

Young Nails president Greg Salo sculpts a sleek nude nail using gel and adds a black tip with Misson Control Paint.

ISSELB15 Demo: Presto's Tokyo Swag Custom Color Gel Nails

At the Nail Labo booth at ISSELB15, Natalie Minerva (@nail_swag) demonstrated how to create a custom gel color using Presto's Tokyo Swag.

Young Nails Nail School: Jolly Rancher Glitter Gel Nails

Young Nails' Tracey Reierson shows how to use the brand's Liquid Art with builder gel to create a candy effect nail design.

Gel Paint Nail Art Pens

Sheba has a collection of Gel Paint Nail Art Pens that have a ballpoint head much like a writing pen, but dispense a thin paint that fl ows easily on the nail.

NTNA S.5 Ch. 3: Zeus and Hera Nail Art (Trish)

NAILS Next Top Nail Artist S. 5 Challenge #3 sponsored by LeChat asked contestants to create nail art showing two things or people that go together using gel-polish only. Here is Trish's entry. Click here to see all 10 entries.   

Gelaxy Color Soak-Off Gels

If you’re looking for a large selection of color UV brush-on gels, then check out Gelaxy.

Crowdsourcing: What terminology do you use with your clients to distinguish between the various types of gel (soak-off, hard gel, gel-polish)?

This month we asked nail techs: What terminology do you use with your clients to distinguish between the various types of gel (soak-off, hard gel, gel-polish)?

GelColor by OPI DVD-Part 5 of 9-Removal

OPI has a new instructional DVD for its soak-off color gel-polish line, GelColor by OPI. Here is part 5 of 9: Removal.

$5,000 Gel-Polish a Hit at the Grammys

My interest is piqued by this trend of super expensive manicures. I love that clients are putting this much worth on having stunning nails (well, some clients, celebrities and such — but, hey that’s where many