Bodipure's Jonathan Yoo and Steven Choi
Debra Bourque and Kimberly Kennedy, educators for Footlogix and the directors for the International Pedicure Association (IPA)
Footlogix’s Linda Prida demos some of the company’s comprehensive pedicure products for show attendees Sandra Montiel, Yvonne Rodriguez, and Carrie Rose from Carrie’s Hair & Nails in Tampa, Fla. surrounded by Debra Bourque, Keith Grader, and Tanya Palladina
Alfalfa Nail Supply’s Dat Ton, Tina Nguyen, Anh Nguyen, Duy Truong, and Kevin Nguyen
Chris Luong with Lexor’s Luminous (left) and Mystique pedicure spa chairs integrated with the company’s newest Aurora LED Color-Changing Bowls.
Team Orly: Cindy Cebulak, Catherine Baek-D'ambrosia, Nadine Galli, Amy Oung, Kanisha Muslar, Sylvia Friedman, Elissa Mark, Ke'na Marcell
Team Orly’s fun shot!
Revel Nail’s Keeli Malone, Phon Malone, Monica Sutton, Ai Nguyen, and Nich Hipple promoted the company’s Masquerade acrylic nail liquid.
Two father-son teams with Aerovex Systems’ Jeff and Nick Cardarella and Healthy Air’s Dr. Karim Zahedi and Arya John Zahedi
Orly’s Shirley Cheng
Medicool’s Robert Munkel and Steve Wallace
Morgan Taylor’s mascots Super Bunny, Pandamonium, and Owl helped promote the company’s Hello Pretty! line.
Morgan Taylor’s Khalaila Hines, Morgan Haile, Garrin Haile, Vanessa Willoughby, Taylor Daniel, Wanda Belk, and Latonya So
Alexis Irene with Static Nails (right) demos the company’s pre-made nail tips on show attendee Sabe Oldfather.
Gelibility owner Brandi Hensley shows an attendee how to turn regular polish into gel-polish.
Team Gelish’s Danielle Candido, Maria Aune, Shannon Schneider, Melinda Chruscial, and Jesse Bruner
Artistic Nail Design’s Wende Thummel, Ellie Williams, and Jorge Ruvalcaba
Team Tammy Taylor
ANC’s Nancy Tran with Gelish educator Bryan Vu
Amazing Nail Concepts’ Eric Huynh, Nancy Tran, Maya Le, Shelly Pechota, Ricky Huynh, Vicki Jensen, and Dylan Huynh
Atwood Industries’ Kristi Din and Bruce Atwood
Famous Names’ Niki Nordstrom, Ken Cooper, Linda Nordstrom, and Lisa Cooper
California Mango offered an extensive line of products at the show.
Odyssey Nail Systems power couple Vannie Luu and Trang Nguyen
Nails4Viet’s Henry Duong, Hoang Lefty Nguyen, Amy Oung, Victoria Beauty Supply’s Vinnie Le, and Tan Nguyen
NTNA Season 2 finalist Lexi Martone with her dad.
The Geláze team of Tonya O’Dell, Sreynin Peng, and Michele Baker
China Glaze’s Lynn Long getting in on the Geláze action.
Signature Nail Systems (SNS) founder Joe Nguyen with Nail Supply City’s Nghi Ngo, Quynh Dang, and Tuan Tran
Odyssey Nail Systems’ Joseph Pham (right) with his daughter Jade Pham
Young Nails educator Shara Pegram from Atlanta, Ga.
CND education ambassador John Nguyen from Ontario, Canada
Orly’s Amy Oung from Warwick, N.J.
Alessandro’s Sylvia Clark, Michelle Williams, and LaShaun Brown-Glenn
Show attendees try out Bio Seaweed Gel's newest LED light and gel-polish colors.
Christrio’s Hong Nguyen, Ann Nguyen, Anahi Romero, My Anh Vo, Ylianne Maldonado, Veronica Vargas, and Mimi Tritachaigoon
Belava’s Vladimir Zolotnik and Stephen Pirtle, Belava’s new VP of sales
Bio Seaweed Gel’s Trang Vu, Elaine Giang, Michelle Le, Amy Luu, Hellen Luu, Sarah Luu, and Michael Luu
VietSALON's Kim Pham (front, right) helped gather members of the Vietnamese nail industry for an impromptu get-together.
Team LeChat winding down after an eventful first day of the show.
Tweezerman’s Erich Liendo, Sylvia Clark, Kim, Alyssa Camardella, and Mark Ganga
Hong Nguyen, Mai Pham, and Giang Lombard with IBD's Terry Burciaga.
NAILS senior editor Tracy Rubert (center) with The Nail Association’s Ali Davidson and Megan Heagle
Our friends from the NailTech Network Orlando Social Diana Bonn and Mindy Borrego
OPI’s Danielle Devine and Vu Nguyen
Nail industry veterans Vu Nguyen, OPI guest artist, and DeShawn Bailey
Chisel Nail Art’s Christopher Nguyen, Frank Deo, David Hoang, model Genesis Stallings, and John Hang debuted their new products at Premiere Orlando.
Cousins Dara Marsden from Orlando, Fla. and Ashley Alexander from Atlanta, Ga.
Lavette Cephus and Carly Snyr
Binh Nguyen and salon team prepared for a day at the show.
Intrinsics’ Teri Lea Ahlswede, Christopher Ahlswede, Stacy Glover, and Kim Arrowood gave away their hearts (in the form of heart-shaped compressed sponges).
The team at Direct Payment Services: Tim Tran, Vincent Dang, Catheryne Tran, and Max Trieu, based out of Atlanta, Ga.
Worry Free Pedi’s Johanna Kimberley, Jen LaRue, Clark Gibbons, Michelle LaRue, Anthony Cortes, Allen Pryor, and Megan Morris
Entity Beauty’s Yuliya Normand, Dee Nguyen, Roxanne Nguyen, Janna Jahr, Lenzi Brock, and Leslie Randall
OPI is a main hub at the show, showcasing its Spring/Summer Hawaii collection, Infinite Shine, and GelColor
The Lexor team
Gel II team Margo Reed, Alena Clark, Sandie Lombardi, Rosie Johnson, and NAILS advertising rep Mary Baughman
Jan Arnold and the CND team perform a rap song about the rapid performance of XPress5 Top Coat, designed to expedite Shellac removal.
CND nail designer and educator John Nguyen works on NAILS editor Erika Kotite.
The Bio Sculpture Gel team
Attendees check out Gigi's waxing and paraffin products at their sunny booth.
AII brands Nail Tek and Seche shared booth space and fun.
Sleek lines and dramatic lighting set off Akzentz' ultra-modern space.
LeChat's newest products included the SMD LED lamp, Perfect Match Oasis collection, and Mood Gel-Polish.
Light Elegance demo
The China Glaze booth
Young Nails makes a splash
Nails by Danielle Lubin
Editor Sigourney Nuñez with NAILS NTNA Torie Bastian at the Athena Rocks booth
Kia Sky's Amanda Acello, Stephanie Martinez, Mike Doung, Jennifer Dang, and Saksith Say.
A look at Nail Spex by Lauren Wireman with profits that go toward her Wildflowers Nail Academy.
The Painted Nail's Jennifer Delios, Christine Ozeretny, Katie Cazorla, and Libby Letlow
The Painted Nail introduces right light technology for its new LED lamp.
Lauren Wireman hosted a class on getting noticed in the nail industry.
Editor Sigourney Nuñez with Nail Talk Radio's Braden Jahr
Safari nail art spotted at Mia Secret booth
Nails by Gelish's Sandy Borges and Maeling Parrish
Mia Secret's Eva Montelingo, Robert Mejia, and Karla del Cid
Cuccio's Elaine Watson
NAILS NTNA Celina Ryden at hanging out at the Light Elegance booth
CND's John Nguyen and editor Sigourney Nuñez
Plaid nail art by CND's John Nguyen for editor Sigourney Nuñez
Nails by Halley Fortenberry
Editor Sigourney Nuñez at the Skyline Beauty Supply mani cam
Nails by Rose Barron (left) and Gena del Portillo
Skyline Beauity Supply hooked up attendees with mani cam similar to the one at the House of Polish.
Nails by Gino Trunzo
Nails by Cuccio's Marilyn Garcia
Nails by NTNA Top 24 Celina Ryden
Orly has been made in Los Angeles for 40 years and is celebrating the milestone at the show. Educator Denise Kelley wore Orly GelFX in It's Up to Blue with a cool LA ring for the occasion.
Nails by Elizabeth Morris
Victoria Zegarelli's amazing nails
Nail art by Shannon Rooney
Nails by Lexi Martone
Nails by Lexi Martone
Jan Arnold nail art by Shelena Robinson
A look at CND's fall 2015 Contradictions collection
Continuum Footspas' Connie Weissling, Renee Gorelik, Jamie Rivers, and Dana Carini welcomed attendees to the show with a few of their sleek products including the Continuum Echo pedicure chair.
Skyline Beauty Supply's David Ngo, Beru Lalli, Kandi Banks, and Cathy Cheoung
Nail art by Elizabeth Morris
CND's Jan Arnold
Nails editor Sigourney Nuñez and OPI's Shannon Rooney
Naja Rickette and Nuni Torres
January 2015 cover tech Amanda Lenher did demos at the Empower Nail Art booth.
Nail techs Rose Barron (left) and Gena del Portillo
Jessica Cosmetics' Joey Brown, Kris Ruffin, Ilene Richkind, Donna Wilton, and Niki Huynh
Editor Sigourney Nuñez recieved a demo from Akzentz's Elizabeth Morris.
Chris and Lexi Martone
Orly's Kelly Bannon, Shirley Crerig, Nadine Galli, and Denise Kelley
Gelish educator Jesse Bruner
J&A USA with NAILS senior editor Kim Pham
Light Elegance Joseph McLellan, Lexy McLellan, and Jim McConnell
Kimberly Kennedy and Debra Bourque, Footlogix
Live demos at the Gelish booth by Bryan Vu
Whale Spa and Valentino's David Dilorenzo, Johnny Ngo, David Ngo, and David Anthony
Rebecca Isa, Zoya
Zoya's new Naked Manicure demo
Cris Searle and Mary Chhea, CND
Hanna Do, Jackie Truong, and Daniel Buenabad, LeChat
Maricio Trujillo, Moyou
Entity Beauty's Roxanne Nguyen, Dee Nguyen, and Lenzi Moore Brock
Lisa Boone and Ericka Ramirez, Gelish
Danielle Candido, Melinda Chruscial, and Shannon Schneider, Gelish
Allana Williams, Dashing Diva
Becky Wroblewski, Gel II
Sandra Lombardi, Gel II
Melanie Visser and Marilyn Castorina, Bio Sculpture Gel
Beautiful neutrals from Essie
Essie's Bridal 2015 collection
Essie's new Watercolor line
Nicole Goldberg, Essie
Joel D. Arivett, Microplane Personal Care
NAILS NTNA Top 24 Halley Fortenberry
OPI's Vu Nguyen
Morgan Taylor team
Kimberly Harr's awesome manicure
The NAILS team traveled to Florida this year for an amazing (and huge!) nail show at the Rosen Center in Orlando. We got to check out all the latest nail products, see some amazing nail art, and say hello to old and new friends.
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