enhancements

5 Brush Tips for Speed Sculpting

Whether you're using acrylics or gels to sculpt enhancements, you can save time on finish filing by applying the product accurately. These tips will help you use your brush to save time.

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Something to Talk About: Letting Nails Breathe

A notion persists in our industry that nails need to breathe and artificial coatings should be removed periodically. Learn why this seemingly logical idea is actually a fallacy.

Crowdsourcing: What terminology do you use with your clients to distinguish between the various types of gel (soak-off, hard gel, gel-polish)?

This month we asked nail techs: What terminology do you use with your clients to distinguish between the various types of gel (soak-off, hard gel, gel-polish)?

How-To: Unicorn Nail Enhancement

Follow the steps below for a look reminiscent of the mythical creature.

10 Common Causes of Nail Service Breakdown

When it comes to service breakdown, a handful of common slip-ups and mistakes are often at the root of the problem. Here's a list of ten common application mishaps to share with your students to help them keep their nail enhancement applications flawless.

Something to Talk About: Acrylic Nails

Clients often view acrylic enhancements negatively, thinking they are harmful for the nails. Let’s educate the masses to the benefits of this tried-and-true technique.

Sculpting on a Form with Entity One Gel

This video demonstrates how to sculpt on a form using Entity One Gel system.

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.

Troubleshooter: Nail Biter Tip Application

In this video from the NAILS Troubleshooter series, LaShaun Brown-Glenn, a U.S. business development manager and trainer for Alessandro, shows how to apply a nail tip enhancement on nail biter clients.

The Queen of Wrap

Madelyn Johnson has been a licensed nail tech for 22 years, presently servicing clients at New Again Nail Spa & Boutique in Houston. Johnson’s early clientele had a fondness for wraps, leading her to become a skilled wrap expert, even earning a placement in the 2005 Nailympics in Las Vegas in the category. She is also an educator for Star Nail. Here she shares one of her most common fiberglass wrap procedures over a tip.

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