This week’s winner is Lexi. The judges loved your “Black Swan”-inspired design. Many of our judges, including INM’s Juli Miller and Gelish’s Danny Haile, commented on how unique your interpretation of the swan theme was for this week’s challenge. Staying true to yourself, your nail style, and your obvious love of fashion really helped you “fly” away with this week’s top spot. (Click here to see her inspiration video on how she created the winning look.)

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Challenge 4 sponsored by INM asked our Top 9 to use INM’s swan logo as inspiration for this week’s challenge. Tasked with creating a cohesive swan-inspired look on five nail tips, our contestants also shared a behind the scenes look at how they get inspired to create these beautiful works of art. From “Swan Lake” to the “Black Swan” and everything in between, see how well our Top 9 did this week.
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This week’s challenge is sponsored by INM, whose logo includes a swan. Our Top 9 contestants were tasked with creating their own interpretation (literal or abstract) of a swan on five nail tips.

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This week’s winner is Buddy. The judges loved your beautifully crafted nail mural of Nebraska that went from day to night. Many of our judges, including Gel II’s Rose Velez, commented on how you took us on a journey across your state and we really got a feel for Nebraska through your cohesive design. Your passion for your home state and your attention to detail really helped you clinch this week’s win!

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Challenge 3 sponsored by Gel II asked our Top 10 to create a mural across 10 nails representing their hometowns. Spanning the globe from Japan to South Africa, and back to Canada and the good old US of A, this week’s entries definitely show that “home is where the heart is.” Read on to see who is safe and who is in danger this week.

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This week’s challenge is sponsored by Gel II, which is located in the Heartland of America (Wichita, Kansas). So our Top 10 contestants were tasked with creating a nail mural across 10 tips using their hometowns or home states as their inspiration. Spanning the globe from Japan to South Africa, and back to Canada and the good old US of A, this week’s entries definitely show that “home is where the heart is.”

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This week’s winner is Christian. The judges loved the unique shape of the pipe nails and the lovely hand pose. Many of our judges, including Entity’s own Lorena Marquez, commented on how it looks like an actual Entity ad. The details and step-by-steps for your 3-D elements were also loved by the judges.

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Challenge 2 sponsored by Entity Beauty asked our contestants to create a complete hand and nail look inspired by Entity’s recent ad campaign and the slogan, “You’ve always been mysterious.”

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This week’s challenge is sponsored by Entity Beauty and our Top 11 contestants were tasked with creating a 3-D nail art design that would fit in with Entity’s recent ad campaign “You’ve Always Been…” Entity’s ad campaign launched with “You’ve always been…daring.” The next month the concept was “passionate”. More recently, the expression was “spirited”. For this challenge, we tasked our Top 11 to come up with a complete hand and nail look for the next would-be ad in the Entity series: “You’ve always been…mysterious.” We’ve posted them on the Week 2 Challenge page.

Our artists were allowed to use any medium to create a 3-D effect on the nails and they were tasked with setting up props and shooting a single hand on a black background to look like the other Entity ads.

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Congratulations, Lauren! You won the judges over (including Dashing Diva’s own Masako Sasaki!), with many commenting you created their favorite design of the week. Judges overall loved your color choices, your inspiration, and the balance and composition.

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