Nails

the strategist 100 1/30/2025
The Strategist Beauty 100 Something for every step of your routine — from your scalp to the soles of your feet.
By Arielle Avila and Tembe Denton-Hurst

beauty 10/6/2023
This LED-Cured Nail Polish Wears Like Gel But Comes Off in Minutes There’s less UV exposure, too.
By Jolie De Feis

beauty 3/21/2023
It’s Taken Me 5 Years (and 15 Nail Polishes) to Find a Clambake Replacement After dozens of home manicures, I have the perfect red-orange dupe for the discontinued nail polish.
By Caroline Weaver

grooming 3/4/2022
Who Knew a German Knife Company Would Make the Best Nail Clippers I’ve Ever Used “After experiencing the smooth fluidity and elegant precision of the Zwilling clippers, I simply can’t go back to cheap $5 ones.”
By Kitty Guo

beauty 9/22/2020
I Can Use My Nails As a Box Cutter — Here’s How I Get Them So Strong It’s one part genetics, one part maintenance, and one part conscious product selection.
By Danielle Odiamar
As told to Jenna Milliner-Waddell

compulsive shopping 1/30/2020
I Can’t Stop Buying Glittery Nail Polishes Catbird’s co–creative director on the glittery polishes she owns, the ones she wants to try, and the best nail accoutrement for glitter-polish fans.
By Leigh Plessner

beauty 8/15/2019
Strat Investigates: What’s the Next Status Nail Polish? “It’s definitely a brand that nail girls are obsessed with.”
By Hilary Reid

my hobbies include skin-care 8/2/2019
The 7 Nail Polishes I (Let the Pros) Use to Paint My Fingers and Toes My favorites span the color wheel — pink for summer, red for fall, blue-ish for winter, purple for spring.
By Buzz Bissinger

footcare 6/6/2019
How to Get Rid of Ingrown Toenails, According to Podiatrists and Pedicurists Because it’s sandal season.
By Karen Iorio Adelson

beauty 3/11/2019
The Best Non-Acetone Nail Polish Removers, According to Nail Experts Nail experts share which ones they stock in their salons and use themselves.
By Lori Keong
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