
2017 NAHA FINALISTS: Nail Professional
See who the 2017 finalists are in the North American Hairstyling Awards' Nail Professional category.

See who the 2017 finalists are in the North American Hairstyling Awards' Nail Professional category.

Step-by-step instructions on how to create newspaper nails.

Flowery's block of buffers deliver natural shine to your client's nails in seconds. Each pop of color in this professional grade buffing block denotes a different step in the nail prep process so technicians can easily decipher between them.

Prepping guests to look their best during rock festivals has become a cottage industry. Here are services and retail items that will help them look like a rockstar all weekend.

Whimsical, colorful spring hues shed much-needed light on dark, toned-down winter shades. Offer your nail clients fresh nail-color shades that reflect a warmer, sunnier season, from the spring collections from some of your favorite brands.

The Christian Siriano F/W 2017 collection has created quite the buzz since being presented this week at NYFW. Models of all shapes and sizes sported gorgeous silhouettes as they glided down the runway at the famed Plaza Hotel. Learn more about the nails here, created by Rita Remark for essie.

CND offered the perfect accent for The Blonds fall/winter 2017 collection during NYFW. Crafted with diamond-like precision, the nails featured moonlit colors and hypnotic effects representative of a woman’s talisman.

Lead Nail Artist Jessica Tong used Smith & Cult to create the nail look for the A Détacher F/W 2017 collection. “The A Détacher woman is the downtown New York woman. She’s street smart, aggressive and fashionable. I designed this look with the founder to reflect those characteristics in a modern, experimental way,” says Tong of the nail look. Nailed Lacquer in Dark Like Me and Lovers Creep were used to create the daring look.

Lead Nail Artist Jessica Tong used Smith & Cult to create the nail look for the Ulla Johnson F/W 2017 collection presented at NYFW.

Making sure nails are in a healthy condition to be lacquered is just as important as the manicure itself.

The Sexy Hair Tribe celebrated a successful 2016 and five years of charitable giving to Look Good, Feel Better.

The collection features 12 new nail lacquers in Nail Lacquer, GelColor and Infinite Shine formulas, with colors ranging from rich ocean blues and pops of flora and fauna-inspired shades to eyecatching sunset hues and natural sandy-toned neutrals.

2016 was YOUR year! MODERN's more than 730,000 Instagram followers continue to impress with stunning before-and-after imagery, truly artistic color and chic nail art. Take a look back at some of the most striking images you tagged with #modernsalon this year.

Nail Tek Nail Nutritionist Biotin and Bamboo Nail Treatment is a multitasking base coat. It smoothes and preps nail beds for better polish adhesion or, when worn alone, enhances the natural color of the nail bed with a sheer pearlescent pink hue.

See our top shimmer and glitter picks from some of your favorite brands' holiday and winter 2016 collections.

Check out some of the best Halloween-inspired hair, makeup and nail looks that showed up on our Instagram feeds to get costume ideas for your clients (and yourself!).

Smith & Cult has introduced its 2016 holiday kits, perfect for salon retail. This year, the brand has curated three collections: The Shining Lip Lacquer Trio, Nail Collection and Nail Collection Deluxe.