techniques

Continental School of Beauty Nail Art Competition Winner

It’s always heartening to see the enthusiasm of recent nail school graduates. One recent graduate of the Continental School of Beauty had an extra reason to be enthusiastic. Recent graduate Leticia Gonzalez writes, “I graduated on July 14.

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Nubar Cosmetics Wants You

Nubar Cosmetics, an eco-friendly professional nail products manufacturer, is looking for highly motivated and qualified demonstration nail techs and nail artists to demonstrate Nubar products at ISSE in Long Beach, Calif., IBS Las Vegas, and the

Puerto Rican Nail Style Classes

Nails by Marilyn Garcia, Element Beauty Salon, Caguas, Puerto RicoAs the editor at NAILS in charge of most of our nail art articles, I get a lot of distinctive nail art submissions from Puerto Rico. Nail

Cosmetologists Chicago Offers Nail Classes, Scholarships

Educator Shawn Wilson is dedicated to taking nail techs to the next level by training, mentoring, and coaching them to successful careers in the industry. On September 13 and 27, she’ll be combining her unique teaching

Exotic Mango Manicure/Pedicure

Hollywood Nails explains how to give clients a luxurious manicure/pedicure with mango oil, sliced oranges, and flower petals.

Simple Steps for a Quick and Easy At-home Manicure

Better Homes and Garden s lays out the rules for a quick and easy at-home manicure.

West Coast Vs. East Coast: A Day With 2 Celebrity Nail Techs

Associate publisher and editor Hannah Lee takes a look into the lives of two very in-demand, jetsetting celebrity nail techs for a day.

Jealous of My Gelish?

Hand & Nail Harmony (the makers of Gelish) founder Danny Haile (second from right) visited the NAILS office with nail techs Yuki Morooka and Mie Asada. I’m showing off my sparkly red Gelish manicure.Gelish applies like

Vicki Peters E-File Certification Class

Renowned nail educator Vicki Peters is hosting a one-day class on e-filing that techs can take to receive a certificate stating they are educated on e-file safety and technique. The instructors are Simmy Bredal-Bell, TeamVicki Director

Orly Introduces Instant Artist!

Orly has recently introduced it’s new Instant Artist Collection — “an extensive color palette designed to satisfy the most exotic of tastes and allow clean and precise designs to be achieved by artists at every skill