There are three things I can credit with my foray into manicuring: my own sad bitten nails, my friend and former manicurist Sreynin and YouTube tutorials. I specialize in gel nail art on natural nails, so I won’t be of much use in the acrylic department (although I hear that Nail Career Education, Naio Nails and Young Nails are amazing resources.)

The Nail Hub: Gel Nail Fundamentals

Liz has an AMAZING series called Gel Nail Fundamentals, literally everything from anatomy to application.

Hillary Dawn Herrera:

Hillary is just one of those magical unicorn people with a gift for education. I love that she talks business and real salon scenarios as well. If you want more in-depth skill training, she also has a paid digital education library (I highly recommend her Speed Gel Removal class).

Paola Ponce Nails

Paola specializes in Japanese gel nail education, and is a great resource for business, basics and art. She’s my go-to when I have a Japanese gel question.

Light Elegance: Jim McConnell’s Chemist Corner

I don’t use a ton of LE in my studio (mostly their glitter gels), however, Jim is a super renowned chemist. So if you are an education junkie like myself and you want to know the ins and outs of chemistry, take a stroll over to the LE channel and get nerdy with Jim.

Celina Rydén:

Celina just has the BEST personality, her videos have something for everybody whether it’s basics, business or advanced techniques.

Mainee Nail TV

Mai Sakai is a super well known Japanese artist and her tutorials breakdown simple and complex art, step-by-step complete with subtitles and royalty-free background music that’s for sure going to get stuck in your head.

Isabel May Nails:

Isabel is a more recent discovery of mine, but I just love her tutorials and British accent. Here’s one of my faves!

Nails by Katie Dutra

Katie’s channel is super fun, great and honest vlogs, necessary tutorials (hello ombré!) and product reviews.