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Today’s batch competition products offer great results in the nail area - as well as in the salon. We talked to top competitors to find out what it takes for a product to be deemed a winner.

Technique

The Help Desk Answers Your Technical Questions

by Staff

This month our readers want to know about a shadown on a backfill, a client with a splitting thumnail, and yellowing acrylics.

The style on this month’s cover was created by the mother-daughter team of Galina Stepanovna and...

Nail Design

Behind the Scenes: From Russia , With Style

by Staff

This month’s cover comes to you all the way from Russia. Russian women are very fashion-conscious and feminine in their styles. With a full set of nails costing around $120 U.S. dollars (and rebalances costing $60) not all women can afford enhancements, but a growing number of women visit salons regularly.

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Help Desk

by Staff

What am I doing wrong? Is alcohol a better polish prep?

Technique

Cure Competition Jitters

by Staff

“What works for me is doing the polished hand first,” veteran competitor John Hauk says.

Technique

Canada Coronates Winning Nail Techs

by Staff

Jennifer Moon-Hillman of Methods Salon in Chatham, Ontario, took the top prize in the annual Contessa Awards' Nail Enhancement category.

Technique

Electric Filing Techniques: Backfills

by Lysa Comfort, EZ Flow

Doing a backfill with an electric file can help you achieve faster and more accurate results.

Technique

Electric Filing Techniques: Repairing a Crack

by Lysa Comfort, EZ Flow

Cracks appear too often on acrylic nails, but with the help of an electric file they can easily be removed.

Technique

Electric Filing Techniques: Prepping for a Full Set

by Lysa Comfort, EZ Flow

Getting the nails ready for a full set is one of the most important steps in artificial nail application.

Technique

Electric Filing Techniques: Removing Lifted Acrylic

by Lysa Comfort, EZ Flow

Using an electric file to remove lifted product will greatly reduce the time spent on this common repair.

Technique

Acrylics Are Your “Bread and Butter”

by Cyndy Drummey

Salons could easily charge, and get, $50-$60 for a full set. Those increasing service prices helped the overall industry growth upward this year (after a year that saw the overall business fall, this year we saw an increase in salon business from $6.43 billion to $6.45 billion).

Technique

Troubleshooter: Removing Acrylics Without Damaging the Natural Nail

by Staff

Whatever the reason your client wants to go natural, it's a good opportunity to maintain her as a client by preserving her natural nail as only a nail professional can.

Business

Reader to Reader: How Have You Advanced Your Career?

by Staff

NAILS Magazine readers share their secrets to success.

Technique

The Help Desk

by Staff

"I have been a nail tech for a little over two years and I still have trouble blending the tips so that they don’t show through the acrylic at all. Do you have any advice?"

Technique

The Help Desk Answers Your Technical Questions

by Staff

This month's panel tackles how to buy nippers, what's happening with a damaged nail, and how mood-changing polishes work.

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