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Elle Photo Shoot with OPI Colors

Elle's April issue features photo shoots with makeup guru and includes nail colors from OPI.

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Picture Perfect

You don’t have to live in a fashion mecca like New York City to find opportunities to have your best nail styles featured in a professional photo shoot. Take a page from the (ever-growing) book of Joy Yavenue, who enhances her nail art print and web portfolios by partnering with area entrepreneurs.

February InStyle Cover: Heidi Klum's Nails

Manicurist Tom Bachik did supermodel and TV host Heidi Klum's nails for the February cover of Instyle . Duplicate the look by using Victoria's Secret Beauty Rush polish in Tutu.

A Conversation with the 2009 Contessa Winners

The Contessas are an annual beauty award program that shows off the best Canada’s salon professionals have to offer.

Living the Dream

From getting initial experience and photos to selling yourself at an appointment with an agent, this is a handy how-to guide for finding an agent for freelance manicuring work.

On My Mind: A Quick Guide to Getting PR

Nail salons need to harness the power of the press to help build their businesses.

Catch A Break at Modelmayhem.com

A salon owner who frequently works behind the scenes at photo shoots, Maisie Dunbar recommends modelmayhem.com — a site geared for models and photographers.

Celebrity Manicurists: They’re Just Like Us

Practically every time an actor or musician is photographed for a magazine or works on film, they get their hair, makeup, and nails professionally done. So who are these nail technicians who are slaving away behind the scenes? And more important, how can you become one of them?

How to Be a Fantastic Cover Nail Tech

Tom Bachik is a true professional and shares here his tips for getting photo shoot gigs.

Behind the Scenes: Extreme Makeover-Exponential Toms

For the perfect makeover cover, we enlisted the help of two of the industry’s finest nail techs turned entrepreneurs — Entity Nail Couture’s Tom Holcomb and Tom Bachik.