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Floral Nails Over a French Twist: The Power of Flower (Nails 21)

Nails 21 , a company based in Lisbon, Portugal, shows how to create a floral gel design over a French twist.

Business

Amp Up Your Offerings: Permanent Makeup

In our fourth installment of our new series, NAILS explores services you can add to your menu to increase your revenue and offer your clients convenience. This month, we take a look at permanent makeup.

Technique

Tammy Taylor Peace Hope Love Prizma & Pink and White French Fade Demo

by Staff

Tammy Taylor shows how to use the new Peace-Hope-Love Prizma Powderz Collection. "This collection was inspired by the people around the world that help make this world a better place to live; a percentage of all proceeds will be donated to help the Rwanda Peace Plan," says Taylor. "Peace" is a navy blue with shimmer, “Hope” is a cool soft white with shimmer, and “Love” is a bright pink with shimmer.

Nouveau Nail’s Advanced Formula Sculpting Powders are triple sifted acrylic powders made with a...

Technique

29 Products for the Acrylic Faithful

by Staff

We rounded up a sampling of the industry’s latest liquid and powder products.

Technique

How-To: Iridescent Stiletto Swirl

by Sigourney Nuñez

This tutorial shows you how to encapsulate glitter acrylic to add dimension and shine to get a hot look.

Alfalfa Nail Supply’s Botanical Escapes Herbal Spa Pedicure brings natural healing agents into...

Technique

19 Foot Care Systems for Summer-Ready Feet

by Staff

With these complete foot care systems, you can get your clients ready to take on the summer.

Technique

Seashore Ombré Gel II Tutorial

by Staff

Gel II shows how to create a design fit for the beach with a sponge technique and water marbling technique.

Technique

How-To: Chrome Mirror Nails by Mia Secret

by Staff

Mia Secret introduces Chrome Mirror Nail Liquid specially formulated with a metallic pigment for a reflective finish. Pair the chrome color with Mia Secret Luxury UV base and top gel-polish for maximum results, otherwise, the shine will only last for two hours. Here’s how you apply it: 1. Prep the nail and dehydrate the surface. 2. Apply a base coat and cure. Wipe off the inhibition layer. 3. Apply Chrome Mirror fast-drying nail liquid until you reach desired opacity. 4. Seal the reflective effect with UV top coat and cure. Wipe off the inhibition layer. For more information, visit www.miasecretnails.com

Nail Design

Embedded Acrylic for the Flower Girl

by Staff

Jen Fetty of Middleton, Idaho, shares how to embed dried flowers for a nail look that’s meant to be worn outdoors.

Technique

Luraco IMD Nail Drill Controller (Tiếng Việt)

by Staff

Here is the Luraco Intelligent Medical Drill (IMD) Portable Nail Drill Controller, explained in Vietnamese.

Technique

VPP Hydro Gel: Art In the Bottle

by Staff

VPP's Hydro Gel is the easy solution for nail art and doesn't require artistic skills to create cool effects. The soak-off system that can be used as regular gel-polish with VPP Base, two coats of Hydro Gel and VPP Top Coat. However, when used over VPP's Metallic Gel, the hydro gel colors will transform into a water-like effect, spreading and changing a few shades lighter, creating unique patterns. Cure time is 30 seconds in an LED and one minute in a UV (min. 9W) light.

Technique

VPP Hydro Gel: Rose Nail Art

by Staff

VPP's Hydro Gel is soak-off system that can be used as regular gel-polish with VPP Base, two coats of Hydro Gel and VPP Top Coat. However, when used over VPP's Metallic Gel, the hydro gel colors will transform into a water-like effect, spreading and changing a few shades lighter, creating unique patterns.