Quick answer: Buff Beauty, founded by Katia Beauchamp, went live Sept 10, 2026 in Target Beauty Studio — Target.com plus 600+ stores — with a three-step bare-nail ritual priced $7–$50. Target’s pitch is cared-for nails without another salon stop. Independent rooms should not fight the $20 aisle treatment. Sell what retail cannot: a custom look from the client’s phone, in the chair, in minutes, as a named menu add-on.
On Sept 10 Buff Beauty left DTC and walked into Target Beauty Studio. Full lineup: Resurface, Restore, Revive, plus serums, exfoliants, and gel oils. Press contact is Beach House PR. Beauchamp’s line is “Bare Is the New Done” — intentional bare nails as a finished style, not a skip-week apology.
That is a direct attack on soft demand for polish and gel, not on artistry. If your ticket is only gel, dip, and a vague “art” upcharge that eats 25 minutes, you are competing with Buff on hours and losing. If your ticket has a priced print add-on the front desk can quote in one sentence, you are selling the appointment Target cannot stock.
We already sketched this when Target announced Beauty Studio in late August. The news today is the shelves are live. North American owners should update the consult script this week: “If you want bare and healthy, great — and if you want a custom photo on one nail for Saturday, here is the print price.” See also what a nail printer machine is and the professional nail printer path.
Takeaway: Let Target own bare-nail maintenance. Own the custom look only a chair can deliver.
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