celebrity nail techs

Just a Small Town Girl

This month’s cover tech, Kristina Baune, hails from Redwood Falls, Minn population: 5,000.

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New Jersey Tech Goes Hollywood ... So to Speak

Nail tech Maria Salandra's illustrious clitentele includes stars such as Demi Moore, Sandra Bullock, and the cast of "The Sopranos."

Picture Perfect: How to Break Into Doing Nails for Print and TV

Follow the steps outlined by agent Crystal Wright and you may join out industry’s most elite group by becoming one of the tech who makes celebrities and models look perfect before they step in front of the camera.

Behind the Scenes: A Natural Global Outlook and Maisie Dunbar

Pretty Hands to Punch With

You never know where connections might lead. In the case of Athena Elliott, a nail technician at The Upper Hand in Houston, they led to the home of heavyweight boxer Evander Holyfield.

A Client at the Capitol

For four years-from 1988 to 1992-Deborah Sims, an Alexandria, Va.-based nail technician, kept First Lady Barbara Bush’s nails looking beautiful.

Behind the Scenes: Tracey Revis

“I was very nervous because I knew I would be representing OPI so there was pressure as well as a challenge,' says Tracey Revis about her first NAILS cover shoot. “I'm a total perfectionist—it's never good enough. You can never be too good because there's so much more to learn.”

“You’re soaking in it”

Nail Tech Goes Hollywood, Gets Work.

Hands Across the Water

Electra Sawbridge has London head-over-nails in love with her cozy, classy salon.