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Cover Look: NAILS December 2011

Jennifer Mather of Polished Nail Design Group in Burlington, Ontario, Canada creates a fun technique combining CND Retention+ liquid and powders, CND Black Pigment, Cerulean Blue Pigment Effect, Titanium Pearl Pigment Effect, and Velcro — yes, Velcro!

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Six New Nail Designs

Celebrity Nail Tech Lisa Logan has created six new nail designs currently featured in the February 2012 issue of Cosmopolitan.

Citrus Polished Pedicure

Polished Day Spa takes advantage of lemons' brightening properties in this pedicure.

Chocolate Martini Pedicure

Especially perfect for Valentine's Day, this pedicure coats your client's feet in chocolately goodness.

Reptile Nails

According to the January 2012 issue of Self Magazine, a surprising 82 percent of Self.com readers would wear a trendy snakeskin mani. Here are a few tips on how to achieve the look.

Nail Trends from the Spring 2012 Fashion Week Runways

We saw tons of custom nail designs – created to specifically complement the presented garments. There were some fierce brights, inspired by the ’60s.

9 Easiest Nail Art Designs to Master [Bonus: 4 Difficult Designs That Are Worth the Effort]

To make these easy designs even easier for you, these nail artists have generously provided step-by-step video tutorials. Watch the videos at www.nailsmag.com/nailstv. (And that goes for the difficult designs too!)

The Original: NAILS Readers’ Choice Awards 2011

NAILS announces 2011 Readers' Choice Award winners and finalists.

FingerNailFixer Shows a Quick and Easy Way to Apply Foil to Shellac

FingerNailFixer (Holly Schippers) receives lots of requests for foil application demos. Here is a video on how to add transfer foil or metallic leafing to your Shellac.

FingerNailFixer Creates Animal-Print Nail Art with Shellac

Holly Schippers (FingerNailFixer) shows you how to take your Shellac for a walk on the wild side with animal print in either leopard, jaguar, cheetah, zebra, or tiger!