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Oct 8 | Salon Services | admin |
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with Comments Off on Technique Tuesday: Proper Gel-Polish Removal
A few weeks ago I went to a local salon to get my gel-polish removed. Things were going smoothly; the friendly nail technician used foil to wrap small acetone-soaked balls of cotton around my nail plates. But after a couple...
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Oct 1 | Nail Trends | admin |
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with Comments Off on Technique Tuesday: Half-Moon Mani
Although half-moon manicures seem like a fairly recent trend, they actually date back to the 1920s! While now they’ve morphed to include bright colors, glitter, and metallics, we can still consider the half-moon mani a...
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Sep 24 | Nail Trends | admin |
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with Comments Off on Technique Tuesday: Outlined Nails
Are you obsessed with outlined nails yet? They’re minimalistic, chic, and not completely impossible. Check out this step-by-step video by nail artist Madeline Poole of MPNAILS. Here she uses L.A. Colors’ black nail...
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Sep 17 | Nail Trends | admin |
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with Comments Off on Technique Tuesday: Velvet Nail Art
The texture craze. Did it start with matte? Crackled polish? Caviar? Or maybe it has something to do with our information-age obsession with all things 3-D. There’s no doubt the trend is only growing, with feathered nails,...
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Sep 10 | Cool Products | admin |
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with Comments Off on Technique Tuesday: Using a Thumb Palette
Every artist needs a palette! If you’re really into mixing custom colors or incorporating glitter into your nail art, you might want to try using LaVaque’s Thumb Palette. It’s a rectangular stainless steel plate...
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May 9 | Nail Trends | admin |
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with Comments Off on Rock Nicole Richie’s Punk Polish
We shared pictures of Nicole Richie’s nail art done by Kimmie Kyees for the Met Gala’s punk theme. Now you too can have your nail tech create this Gelish manicure. Kyees chose Gelish’s My Forbidden Love as the base and...