cuticle care

AHA Cuticle Care

Poshé brings us to the next level in cuticle care.

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The Anatomy of a Finger and Nail

Nail Lingo: Learn to speak fluent nail by knowing your anatomy. This illustration will help you know all the proper names and locations of the parts that make up a single nail tip.

Signature Crystal Pusher

The tool is a dual-sided, stainless steel, professional implement that aids in the proper preparation of the nail before any salon service.

Shaping and Cleaning the Cuticle

Holly Schippers shows how to properly shape and clean the nail plate.

Gelish Double-Ended Nail Prep Tool

This sleek, double-ended tool features a cuticle pusher on one end and a disposable nail buffer on the other.

Week Three: Settling In

Slowly, I’m settling in and school is beginning to feel like home. Earlier in the week I was pleasantly surprised with a visit from my 4-year-old daughter, Demi.

A New Angle On Pushing

The #144 Pusher (pterygium pusher) from Antoine de Paris gives nail techs a new angle on cuticle pushing.

Manicure Oils

Cuccio Naturale’s manicure oils, available in three scents, help condition, nourish, and revitalize your clients’ cuticles.

Maisie Dunbar Spa Lounge: True Cuticle and Customer Testimonials

Nail tech and salon owner Maisie Dunbar explains the true cuticle, plus shares testimonials for her spa, Maisie Dunbar Spa Lounge in Silver Spring, Md.

The "Perfect" Pink-and-White Nail

What makes the perfect nail? How do you define the picture-perfect acrylic pink-and-white sculpt? NAILS combined contributions from CND education materials, Young Nails’ Greg Salo, and former NAILS Top 25 competitor Lynn Lammers to help draft guidelines for the quintessential “perfect nail.”