behind the scenes

Sculpting in the Year of the Snake

To help VietSALON Magazine celebrate the Year of the Snake, Kupa's Sindy Mark combined real snakeskin with faux snakeskin designs and sculpted a 3-D snake on oval acrylic extensions using Artfinity and Divinity products from Kupa.

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Behind the Scenes: Our Pearl Anniversary Cover Nail Art Look

We tasked nail tech Tom Bachik with creating nails to celebrate our “pearl” anniversary without being too literal.

January 2013 Cover: Step by Step

Cover tech Hillary Fry explains how she got the “hammered metal” look featured on NAILS’ January 2013 cover.

Behind the Scenes: Butterfly Toes

Slow and Steady for July 2012's Cover: Cover tech Holly Schippers shows how to create the July 2012 cover of NAILS.

Behind the Scenes: Our Very Own Bond Girl

When the new James Bond film, Skyfall, comes out this month, the newest Bond girl will be seen wearing two shades from OPI’s Skyfall Collection — Skyfall, a rich maroon shade on the top of the nail, and GoldenEye, a shimmering gold painted on the undersides.

Behind-the-Scenes: Candy Shop Nail Art

This month’s lemon drop cover was created by Monterey, Calif.-based nail tech Terri Silacci — what a perfect concept for the owner of Nail Candy Lounge. The simple nail art design is easy to recreate and can be done in all sorts of fun summer colors.

Cover Look: NAILS October 2012

NAILS Magazine's October 2012 cover features MaeLing Parrish, Hand and Nail Harmony's dean of education, creating a Chihuly-inspired effect using Gelish soak-off gel-polish.

Behind the Scenes: A Work of Art

Inspired by artist Dale Chihuly’s sculptural glass works (particularly the ceiling piece Fiori di Como in Las Vegas’ Bellagio Hotel and Casino) we asked Columbus, Ohio-based nail tech MaeLing Parrish to recreate the design for this month’s cover model.

Orly Birds of a Feather - Behind the Scenes

Go behind the scenes with Orly at their Birds of a Feather - Fall 2011 photo shoot.

Orly Cool Romance - Behind the Scenes

Go behind the scenes with Orly at their Cool Romance - Spring 2012 photo shoot.