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ISSELB 2014: PBA Beauty Bar

Holli Holiday and Pamela Jaye happily worked the Beauty Bar.One of the things I look forward to the most at PBA trade shows are the Beauty Bars. These giant purple booths are filled with sample sizes

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ISSE Long Beach 2014: Nail Spotting

Nail art from ISSE Long Beach 2014.

ISSE Long Beach 2014

The West Coast's largest shopping and education event for beauty professionals took place on January 25-27 at the Long Beach Convention Center.

Negative Space Nail Art at ISSE 2014

As always, we all brought home handfuls of different manicures from ISSE Long Beach 2014! But what jumped out at me was the overwhelming amount of negative space nail art I saw. Five out of my

ISSELB 2014: A Spectacular Show!

NAILS' Next Top Nail Artist finalists Buddy Sims and Lauren Wireman with winner Ryoko Garcia.What a whirlwind this weekend was at the ISSE show in Long Beach! It was my first show, and I had no

ISSELB 2014: Pedi Princess

Tired of the dull flip-flops that you usually give your clients? Pedi Princess says "no more!" Designer/founder Laura Slipak was hands-on with her pedi vision, creating a toe-shaped sandal with bling to separate the toes. With

ISSELB 2014: Famous Names' IBX Treatment

Tracy and I got to try Famous Names' new IBX nail treatment, which is debuting here at ISSE Long Beach 2014. There are two formulasNormal0falsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONE

ISSELB 2014: CND Open Road

CND talked trends this morning at a press event. Their Open Road collection for Spring 2014 is comprised of both new Shellac and Vinylux colors. The story behind the collection: a woman who runs a PR

NAILS NTNA Finalists on Nail Talk Radio

Our three NAILS Next Top Nail Artist finalists, Buddy Sims, Lauren Wireman, and Ryoko Garcia, chatted together last Sunday on Nail Talk Radio, a weekly internet radio show created for the nail industry. (If you're running

Smokies Event Was Smashing Success

The sixth Nail Tech Event of the Smokies took place August 25-26 in Gatlinburg, Tenn., with 225 nail techs in attendance and 30 nail company booths.