On The Road

OPI Gives Back with Computers, Scholarships, Traffic Light

About 700 people (including OPI employees and their children) were present yesterday as George Schaeffer, surrounded by new Dell desktops, announced the company’s computer and scholarship winners. OPI created a festive atmosphere for the occasion, with popcorn,

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Nail Art Gallery Launch and Networking BBQ!

The NAILS Team (Sree, Cyndy, Hannah, Michelle and Kim) in our cute Green Apple Aprons.Partygoers enjoy their fun-filled goodie bags.New friends and old...everyone was busy mingling at the BeautyTech Networking BBQ.BeautyTech Webmaster and founder Debbie Doerrlamm

On the Road: Be Beauty, San Diego

I found Be Beauty by posting a message on the NAILS Facebook page (www.facebook.com/nailsmag) that I was looking for a salon in San Diego. Nail tech Brian Garces messaged me back to come to the salon where he works. When I looked it up online and saw it was in a cute little 1920s-era bungalow, I was sold.

On the Road: Body Shoppe Spa, Yorktown, Va.

Java is my friend, so it’s a good sign when I head into a salon and they have a coffee bar. Food too? Even better. I can grab a bite to eat and be pampered at the same time. That’s what I found at the Body Shoppe Spa in Yorktown, Va.

Bio Sculpture Launches Pedicure Line, New Gels

Earlier this month, Bio Sculpture Gel debuted several new products for its educators, and the company let me, a few other members of the beauty press, and several local salons who use the company’s product line, get

We're Having a Party!

To celebrate the launch of our new Nail Art Gallery site, we've partnered with BeautyTech.com to have a grand old party. On June 6, at the Premiere show in Orlando, from 7-10 p.m., come have dinner with us

5 Tips for Throwing a Memorable Salon Opening Party

Congratulations to celebrity manicurist and new salon owner Elizabeth Ashton for opening Elizabeth Ashton Ayurvedic Nail Spa earlier this month! I attended the grand opening party for the Long Beach, Calif., salon, and I wanted to

Mobile Salon Reaches Cancer Patients

The beauty industry is known for contributing to worthy causes, whether its donating flip flops (and many other items) to earthquake relief efforts in Haiti or developing and purchasing pink products whose proceeds help fight breast

On the Road: The Painted Nail

The Painted Nail — a cozy, shabby chic-style space with white-washed wood floors, big comfy white armchairs, vintage-inspired chandeliers, and pretty purple walls. Clients (including many celebrities) come in to get their nails done, but stay for the camaraderie.

An Afternoon at Be Beauty in San Diego

I love salons in houses…there’s just something quaint and comfortable about them. Owners and estheticians Juliana Rodrigues (left) and Tara Manna (right) opened Be Beauty a year ago in San Diego’s Little Italy neighborhood. Nail tech