polish techniques

Shellac in Minutes: Shellac Layering UV Color Coat System

Get creative and layer CND Shellac to create custom color combinations.

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Shellac in Minutes: Shellac Solid Color Application & Removal

Basic CND Shellac application and removal steps using a solid opaque color.

Does This Polish Make My Nails Look Fat?

We love nail beds in all shapes and sizes, but, well, your client is her own worst enemy and may be mortified that her nail beds are “too wide.” Luckily, the nail style experts at CND have an easy fix.

Get Wild With China Glaze's Leopard Manicure

Three easy steps to getting prowl-worthy summer nails: The Leopard Manicure from China Glaze, featuring China Glaze Summer 2011 Island Escape polish colors.

ROB|B Salon Reveals Tips on How to Extend the Life of a Manicure

Robbie Schaeffer, celebrity manicurist and owner of ROB|B — the first OPI Concept Salon — in Studio City, Calif., offers expert advice on how to maintain a manicure and keep the “fresh from the salon” look even longer.

Texas Collection by OPI - The New Sorbet-like Look

OPI reviews the new Sorbet-like look achieved with 6 of the Texas collection shades. Displayed here is "Guy Meets Gal-veston, one of the season's hottest corals.

One-Stroke Nail Art

Painter and craftswoman Donna Dewberry is perhaps best known in the art world as the inventor of the One-Stroke painting technique, a method that allows painters to blend, shade, and highlight all in one stroke of a brush.

How to Fake a Pedicure

In Style magazine says the quickest way to fake a spa pedicure is to put on your peep-toes and paint only the nails that are visible.

Take a Tip From ... Celebrity Manicurist Kimmie Kyees

A quick tip from celebrity manicurist Kimmie Kyees is to apply two coats of white polish over natural nails before applying any neon polish. "Neons especially have spaces and gaps where they are see-through and they can look watery on the nail. Putting on a solid white really makes those neons pop so they look just like they do in the bottle."

Sugar and Spice

Cosmopolitan talks to Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, artistic director for OPI, about this year’s version of the gradation manicure.

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