Nail

NEW YORK — Coty's Sally Hansen brand is gearing up for 2011 with an assortment of new nail products, including new, innovative nail polish strips for no-dry nail styles that last up to 10 days.

NEW YORK — It's official. Coty, whose brands include Sally Hansen nail care products, has announced plans to acquire OPI Products, a maker of professional nail salon products.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition will bolster Coty's color cosmetic portfolio by adding more than 200 shades of OPI Nail Lacquer's chip-resistant formula.

LOS ANGELES — Clothing manufacturer American Apparel has announced the addition of 12 new colors to its line of nail polish.

The company's Made in the USA nail lacquer is now available in 48 colors.

It’s no secret that the economic crunch helped to spur the sales of nail products in 2009—especially nail color—and that trend is expected to continue as women still are likely to forgo the pricey salon and embrace the do-it-yourself trend.

MIAMI Kramer Consumer Healthcare recently pegged its first-half sales increases of 38% this year on the success of its Fungi-Nail pen brush applicator launch.

According to Clarissa Sanchez, Fungi-Nail product manager, the new pen brush applicator is outselling Kramer’s 1 oz. SKU by almost two to one in accounts with distribution.