Smoke Nails – Nail Art Technique with CND Shellac and Lecenté

fee wallace blog banner smoke nails with cnd shellac and lecente neon effect poderes

This trend it on fire right now!! There are a ton of great tutorials and step by steps going around, and some amazing pictures. I was asked by a lot of people to do a tutorial for this incredibly cool look using CND Shellac and Lecenté products. And here it is! Such a simple technique … Continue reading Smoke Nails – Nail Art Technique with CND Shellac and Lecenté

Nail Art Stamping – Rules to Live By! Step by Steps & Troubleshooting

yours loves fee stamping over shellac with cnd creative play mindful mandala plate

Today sees the launch of a set of 4 stamping plates I designed in collaboration with Yours Cosmetics. It was a HUGE honour to be asked to create a set of plates and I've loved the opportunity to select designs that allow us to create the kinds of nail art looks I truly love. I … Continue reading Nail Art Stamping – Rules to Live By! Step by Steps & Troubleshooting

SHELLAC™ with Lecenté™ Foil – Deconstructed Chrome Design

Fee Wallace short nails shellac with lecente foil

CND™ Education Ambassador Nataliya Al-Ta-ai gave me a beautiful Shellac Manicure last night that's right up my street! I love to wear my nails short and finding simple nail designs that look fabulous on super short nails is a quest I'm always on. This design is very quick and easy to create. Step 1 After performing CND™ … Continue reading SHELLAC™ with Lecenté™ Foil – Deconstructed Chrome Design

Craft Culture – New SHELLAC™ & VINYLUX™ Colour Collection from CND™

CND Craft Culture Banner for a blog about the colours by fee wallace

Craft Culture is launched in the UK & Ireland on the 1st of July and I am super excited to have the colours for a thorough investigation ahead of time! The first thing to remember is that this is an 'Fall' collection (or Autumn as you may prefer to call it). It launches in the … Continue reading Craft Culture – New SHELLAC™ & VINYLUX™ Colour Collection from CND™

Nail Designs with CND™ Creative Play™ Step by Steps

Fee Wallace CND Creative Play feature in SCRATCH Magazine

This month saw the launch of CND™ Creative Play™ in the UK and Ireland. To mark the occasion I was invited to submit a feature to SCRATCH Magazine. It was a two page article with information about this new nail lacquer and included step by steps for 3 nail art looks I created using SHELLAC™ and … Continue reading Nail Designs with CND™ Creative Play™ Step by Steps

Facebook Live Broadcast – UK launch of Creative Play™

Fee Wallace at the launch of CND Creative Play

Thanks to everyone who tuned in and made it along in person to my first ever Facebook LIVE Broadcast this morning to mark the launch of CND's newest nail lacquer line, Creative Play™ Sweet Squared customers across the UK and Ireland have been requesting demos and step by steps for using Creative Play™ to stamp … Continue reading Facebook Live Broadcast – UK launch of Creative Play™

How to charge for Professional Nail Services

hand painted VINYLUX nail art image by Fee Wallace, How to charge for Professional Nail Services

If you would rather listen to this blog post as an audio recording, press play below and I'll read it to you! Let me start by saying this is all just advice based on my own personal experience. Over the last 17 years as a Nail Professional, a salon owner, a one man band, an … Continue reading How to charge for Professional Nail Services

Shattered Glass Nail Design

shattered glass broken glass nail art with shellac

The Shattered Glass Nail trend really exploded on to the scene and is popular with DIY consumers and also with Nail Professionals. As a professional, there are three ways I like to use to create the shattered glass nail look for my clients using SHELLAC™ from CND™ The video below shows a quick step by … Continue reading Shattered Glass Nail Design

Creative Play™ from CND™

CND Creative Play Colors lined up in a row

Creative Play™ is new line of Nail Lacquer from CND™ just launched in Germany at the massive European Beauty Show, BEAUTY DUSSELDORF. Here in the UK & Ireland Creative Play launches on the 9th of May 2016. I have had a selection of the colours sent to me so I can experiment and road test … Continue reading Creative Play™ from CND™

She Loves Pink! SHELLAC™ Nail Art with Stamping

Every nail different SHELLAC nail art pink crystals and stamping

These nails were created for one of my regular clients. This is what we did: CND™ Liquid & Powder Enhancement Rebalance using Clear Retention+ Powder and Retention+ Liquid. This client hasn't had a removal for years, she wears L&P as an overlay over her natural nails and we maintain that coating by Rebalancing every 2-4 … Continue reading She Loves Pink! SHELLAC™ Nail Art with Stamping