8th Annual "Nails Magazine" Readers' Choice Awards for 2011

I love Nails Magazine. It's supposed to be strictly for professionals. But in my mind, I am. So my friend Lindsay, the nail tech, brings me copies of the magazine home from her salon. As I was reading the December issue of "Nails Magazine", I came across an article I knew I wanted to share with my readers. I searched their online website at  http://www.nailsmag.com/ so that I could directly link the article and properly site it. Since I was unsuccessful, I have decided to type a few of the results here for my readers that I found interesting. So here are a portion of the:

8th Annual Nails Magazine Readers Choice Awards for 2011: Chosen by Nail Professionals. 

Favorite Cuticle Treatment

1. CND: SolarOil
2. Young Nails: Rose Cuticle Oil
3. OPI Products: Avoplex Cuticle Oil To Go
4. NSI: Nurture Oil
5. Hand & Nail Harmony: Nourish by Harmony

Favorite Files

1. Young Nails: 150/150 Zebra Files
2. OPI Products: Professional Files
3. NSI: Endurance Nail Files
4. CND: Girlfriend Buffer
5. Entity Beauty: Shiner

Favorite Implement or Tool (nippers and pushers)

1. OPI Products: Titanium Tooling System
2. Young Nails: Magic Wand
3. Tweezerman Professional: Cobalt Stainless Steel Cuticle Nipper
4. Mehaz Professional: #777 Cuticle Nipper
5. EZ Flow: Pro Pusher

Favorite Lotion for Hands or Body

1. CND: Scentsations
2. OPI Products: Avojuice Skin Quenchers Lotion
3. Young Nails: Lomasi Lotions
4. Cuccio Naturale: Lemongrass & Lavendar Body Butter
5. NSI: Nurture Lotion

Favorite Nail Art/Decals/Accessories

1. Young Nails: Glitter Collections
2. OPI Products: Designter Brush
3. Cina Nail Creations: Cina Nail Art Pens
4. NSI: Glitter Kit
5. It's So Easy: Stripe Rite

Favorite Pedicure Product or System

1. OPI Products: Manicure/Pedicure by OPI
2. CND: Marine SpaPedicure
3. Young Nails: Lomasi Line
4. Entity Beauty: Rainforest Body Couture
5. Cuccio Naturale: Pomegranate: Fig Signature Service Kit

Favorite Pedicure Tool

1. OPI Products: Disinfectable Foot File with Disposable Grit Strips
2. Mehaze Professional: Pedicure Plus
3. Tweezerman Professional: Pedicure Plus
4. Cuccio Naturale: Metal Foot File
5. Flowery Professional: Swedish Clover Fot Fil

Favorite Polish Drying Product

1. OPI Products: Drip Dry Lacquer Drying Drops
2. CND: Solar Speed Spray
3. China Glaze: Fast Freeze Quick Dry
4. NSI: Airshield
5. Jessica Cosmetics: Jessica Quick Dry

Favorite Polish (Traditional, not gel or UV cured)

1. OPI Products: Nail Lacquer
2. China Glaze: Polish
3. CND: Colour & Effects
4. Essie Cosmetics: Nail Polishes
5. Zoya and Qtica: Zoya Nail Polish

Favorite Top Coat

1. Seche: Seche Vite
2. OPI Products: Rapid Dry Top Coat
3. CND: Super Shiney Top Coat
4. Young Nails: Y-UV Top Coat
5. NSI: Glaze 'N Go

Favorite Strengthener or Treatment

1. OPI Products: Nail Envy
2. Nail Tek: Nail Tek/Hydration Therapy Strengtheners
3. CND: Toughen Up
4. China Glaze: Nail Strengthener & Growth Formula
5. Nailtiques: Formula 2

So, my lovely readers, what do you think? I love Nails Magazine. They have up to date info on product/polish lines and lots of good nail art and mani/pedi info. I thought this was a wonderful article. I will now, thoughtfully, be switching brands on some of my go to products. What can I say?? I trust the professionals.