May 16, 2012
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Chicago-based artist Carlos Dzine Rolon elevates the nail industry with a coffee table book and nail salon-inspired museum installations that showcase our industry’s culture.
Keywords: fantasy nail art nail art books
March 9, 2012
| Encyclopedia
Elaborate 3-D nail art, usually on a live model and around a given competition theme.
Keywords: competing fantasy nail art nail art
March 5, 2012
| Photo Gallery
Nail artists created fantasy works of art using a combination of professional nail products in the Multimedia Nail Art competition at the 6th Global Nail Cup held in Seoul, Korea.
Keywords: 3-D nail art abstract nail art acrylics advanced nail art colored gels
December 27, 2011
| Photo Gallery
Let the [Nail] Games Begin.
Keywords: competitions fantasy nail art Nailympics
December 6, 2011
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When Headliners Salon in Las Vegas was chosen to be one of six salons to compete in the August 16 Bang Tuesdays! Hair Wars, salon owner Tzigane Osborne put together a team of experts to create a whole look — including nail tech Joy Yavenue of Nails by Joy in Henderson, Nev.
Keywords: competitions contests fantasy nail art
June 15, 2011
| Encyclopedia
3-D nail art takes nail art out of the flat dimension; it means a design that stands up off the nail. Although generally not worn for everyday wear, 3-D nail art is popular among nail competitions for its nearly limitless possibilities (it is also sometimes called "fantasy nail art."
Keywords: 3-D nail art fantasy nail art Lynn Lammers
June 14, 2011
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Akzéntz educator Jessica Hoel had some fun interviewing veteran nail art competitor Catherine Wong on how she came up with the details in her award-winning fantasy nail art at the 2011 Premiere Orlando beauty show. Story here: http://blogs.nailsmag.com/editor/archive/2011/06/14/Run-for-the-Roses--Catherine-Wongs-Fantasy-Nail-Art.aspx
Keywords: 3D acrylics Catherine Wong competitions fantasy nail art nail competitors
March 25, 2011
| Demo
Viv Simmons (from Australia) and Catherine Wong (from Singapore) created this month's extreme spring look using a combination of colored acrylics and gels. See how they did it.
Keywords: acrylics animal print nail art Behind the Scenes fantasy nail art gels
November 1, 2009
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Nail artist Sam Lynam of Arabella Nails in Bedfordshire, U.K., has developed a unique nail form to assist techs in creating fantasy nail art designs.
Keywords: acrylics enhancements fantasy nail art forms nail art
June 1, 2009
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The theme was Las Vegas at the 7th International Nail Art Championship in Warsaw, Poland; the competition is part of the International Nail Care Forum and Fair and Nails Professional 2008. The winning designs showed a keen understanding of the glitzy U.S. city.
Keywords: 3-D nail art fantasy nail art international
April 1, 2009
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These intricate designs, made from acrylic nail products, were winners of a Design-A-Corset Competition recently held in Australia.
Keywords: 3-D nail art acrylics colored acrylics competitions fantasy nail art
November 1, 2008
| Article
Feeling creative? Looking for a new challenge? Why not try your hand at fantasy nail art?
Keywords: 3-D nail art acrylics colored acrylics fantasy nail art nail art
October 1, 2008
| Demo
EZ Flow educator MaeLing Parish shows how to make a Halloween-inspired fantasy nail. If you have fun trying this design, feel free to try Lynn Lammers’ Dragon design too.
Keywords: 3D acrylics fantasy nail art Halloween nail art
September 3, 2008
| Photo Gallery
Competitions took center stage at Premiere Orlando and IBS Las Vegas.
Keywords: competitions Entity Beauty fantasy nail art Odyssey tradeshows
September 1, 2008
| Article
Ever since she first started competing three years ago, Lynn Lammers has wanted to be number one — and this year she made it. The competition was tough for Lammers. She had to beat out competition superstars like former three-time champ Trang Nguyen (2nd place) and six-time top-five competitor John Hauk (3rd place). International competitor Catherine Wong Li Mei took fourth place, and 2006’s third place winner, Michelle Sproat, placed fifth.
Keywords: competing fantasy nail art Top 25 Competitors tradeshows
