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Go Collegiate with Light Elegance

Light Elegance introduces an overhaul in its education program to pick up where beauty schools left off.

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Behind the Scenes: Roller Derby Nails

Rolling Into Her Dreams: Get a behind the scenes look at our October 2014 cover, featuring nails by Young Nails' senior mentor Lauren Denney.

See Holly's Sugar Skull Nails From Orlando

Holly created these cool sugar skull nails to wear at Premiere Orlando.

Brain Training

Troubleshooter: Spaghetti As a Nail Art Tool

In this video from the NAILS Troubleshooter series, Elaine Watson, vice president of marketing and sales for Star Nail International, shows how to use a stick of uncooked spaghetti to easily pick up and place rhinestones.

Troubleshooter: The Turquoise Technique

In this video from the NAILS Troubleshooter series, Elaine Watson, vice president of marketing and sales for Star Nail International, demonstrates her turquoise nail art technique using regular polish and nail cleansing spray.

Video Doesn’t Lie

Nail tech Jesse Bruner, owner of Jesse David Nail Design in Wilmington, Del., suggests videotaping yourself as you work.

Whistle While You Work

Here’s a compilation of physical and mental activities — everything from stretching to rewiring — that can change your outlook and help you see that morning or midday cup of coffee as half full.

Return of the Nail Wrap

As shorter nails trend, many nail techs are using nail wraps as a way to give their clients stability while still maintaining that natural look. And as nail wraps make their way back into the limelight, other creative product uses are emerging as well.

Fashion Re-Imagined As Nail Art

The Fall 2013 issue of  Cosmopolitan for Latinas  offers some new nail art techniques, inspired by fashion re-imagined as nail art.

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