
Are You In? An Open Letter to the Beauty Industry
Beauty Changes Lives prepares to launch Make Your Mark, a recruitment campaign designed to target Gen Z.

Beauty Changes Lives prepares to launch Make Your Mark, a recruitment campaign designed to target Gen Z.

Launching a guest speaker series in your class can be beneficial for both you and your students. While students have the opportunity to learn about the nail business from various perspectives, you too can enjoy a break from teaching and learn more about topics with which you may not be familiar.

Use these three simple step-by-steps to help your students practice basic nail art techniques.

Milwaukee –based nail artist and instructor Tracy Conley Balistreri is a driven and devoted teacher who has inspired and mentored countless nail techs to realize their career goals and dreams. We recently caught up with her for a quick Q&A.

The International Salon and Spa Expo Long Beach is the largest beauty industry event held on the West Coast.

Instructors, NAILS Magazine is looking for our next student blogger for NAILS 101: A Student Blog. Do you have a new student or know someone who will soon be starting nail school? Does this person love to post online and have a true enthusiasm for all things nails? We want to hear from her or him!

The Professional Beauty Association (PBA) is now accepting applications for the 2016 Lifetime Member Scholarship, the 2016 Minerva Beauty Scholarship, and the 2016 Hans Neumaier Memorial Scholarship.

As seen on Snapchat: Advance Beauty College nails instructor Bi Dinh shows students how to perform a spa manicure using CND products. Add us on Snapchat (nailsmagazine) for a behind-the-scenes look into our world.

The Professional Beauty Association (PBA) has trained hundreds of beauty professionals to recognize domestic violence warning signs and to safely refer clients, colleagues, friends, and family to local resources through its CUT IT OUT: Salons Against Domestic Abuse program (CIO).
Nail school isn’t a competition, it’s a community. You need friends to make the experience one that’s worthwhile.

With more than 650 classes offered and close to 800 exhibiting companies, Premiere Orlando is the largest beauty show in the United States and provides a great opportunity for nail tech students to immerse themselves in the industry.

Sometimes we jump in and take on roles professionally, not knowing exactly what we’re getting into. Often it’s a case of sink or swim. We asked instructors: What do you wish you had known before you started teaching?

We talked to educators from various disciplines and identified some of the main qualities needed for good teaching. Whether you’re teaching a room of kindergarteners, a university classroom, or a group of adult nail school students, these are the qualities you’ll want to develop to be an effective teacher.

Although it can be a daunting task to keep students excited and productive while in nail school, there are things instructors can do to help their students keep moving forward.
Win cute specks for nail techs!
We got a new student, and I am so grateful for her because she put the nail-art fire in me.
This week I have been doing more encapsulating acrylic practices. My foils made the cut.