
Unique, Hand-painted Designs for Long Matte Nails
NTNA Season 2 winner Lavette Cephus uses Gelish to paint her intricate nail designs--find out why the brand is the best for hand-painting.
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NTNA Season 2 winner Lavette Cephus uses Gelish to paint her intricate nail designs--find out why the brand is the best for hand-painting.
Sponsored by Gelish

Ugly Duckling master educator Natasha Harton shows how to create beautiful floral wedding nails.

Morgan Galaider, The Nail Studio, Coconut Creek, Fla. @morganashley.beauty

Lulu Desfassiaux has been doing nails for 26 years, so it’s no surprise she found a clever technique to cut her cover shoot design time down by using a nail form as a stencil.

Fee Wallace creates a dragonfly wing effect using CND Shellac Aura and Lecenté foils.

The matte nail trend really didn’t click for me until I understood how to use it to create visual texture.

Lauren Wireman of Wildflowers Nails creates a matte foil nail design.
Delee Dennison, Simplicity By Design, Terrace, British Columbia, Canada

Inspired by runway looks from CND for Libertine, Halley Fortenberry created this glimmering gold set that calls to mind the intricate shapes and precious metals found in Gothic art and architecture.
Becky Bunnell, Nailed by Becky, St. George, Utah. @nailedbybeckybunnell
Melissa Robillard, The Nail Studio, Coconut Creek, Fla.
Tamara Mitchell, Nail'd By Tammy, Antioch, Tenn. @naildbytammy

Natasha Lee shows how to create an elegant matte purple nail design with holo and crystals.

Sarah R creates a tropical flower nail art design with a black background.

Young Nails' Greg Salo creates matte blue acrylic nails with a glitter underside.
Melissa Robillard, The Nail Studio, Coconut Creek, Fla.

Young Nails' Greg Salo creates a subtle taupe matte smoke-effect nail.