Bea Sharif and Bonita Inza of BB for Me.
Donald Anderson, Elham Jazab, and Kelvin Pham of AII with NAILS' Beth Livesay.
Alfalfa Nail Supply's Hien Ton, Katie Nguyen, and Kevin Nguyen promoted the DreaMau nail polish creator.
The BCL Spa team: Imran Ali, Daisy Rosales, Maria Revolinski, Cliff Heiser.
Jessica team: Alexander Sarkissian, Victor Recinos, and Raj Kaliuwahewa.
NAILS' Shannon Rahn chats with Gehwol's Shelley Kessler.
Young Nails' Sabella Snyder demoing line work.
Lisa Wong of Famous Names promoted the new Dadi Lotion.
Lauren Gartland of Inspiring Champions motivated techs with her high-energy classes.
Morgan Rudner of Jessica loves the Every Night Nourish Cream.
Roxy Carillo rocked the Orly demos.
Young Nails' Sabella Snyder demoing line work.
Sabella Snyder of Young Nails uses Kaleidascope gel-paint for line work.
Lavette Cephus demonstrates some designs at the Nail Labo booth.
Team Orly: Front Row: Sam Biddle and Kena Marcell; Back Row: Natalia Ospina, Kanisha Muslar, Dee Nguyen, Belen Perez, Mariel Pizarro, Lauren Tovar, Elsbeth Schuetz, Cindy Cebulak, and Amy Oung
China Glaze came out in full force: Karen Vuong, MyDuyen Doan, Mimie Le, Sammi Nguyen, Andy Ho, and Bridgette Jones
Bio Sculpture Gel's Kai Keach, Melanie Visser, Ricky Coppopella, Storm Meredith, Elsie Visser, and Lauren Stanaland promoted the company's gel products.
Lexor promoted the new Prestige pedicure spa chair.
Exclusive Nail Couture's Max Estrada demos his products on Meg Sawase
Nail Labo artist Temeka Jackson
NAILS/VietSALON's Kim Pham finally got to meet Seattle-based Sensé Nail Spa's Daniella Carpenter, Victoria Estrella, and Robert Luu, who flew down for the show.
Joya Mia's Sindy Mark taught a class on the company's Cat Eyes gel.
Nail artists Thao Nguyen, Ann Chang, and Kim Oanh Pham
Clubman's Ivory Thomas and Kelvin St. Pham
Mirage Spa Education's Cheryl Thibault and Maisie Dunbar
Ann Chang, Mikey Nguyen, and Thao Nguyen
Color Club's Robert Nguyen (center) with his team of nail artists.
NAILS' Shannon Rahn with Kokoist Japan's art director Natsuki Kuga and Kokoist USA's Koko Kashiwagi
Johnny Ngo, Mariee Holiday, and David Anthony promoted the Candy Cube Complete single-use manicure and pedicure system.
Aora Nails's Vannie Luu, Trang Nguyen, Yinnie Ong, Jasmine Quach, Do Nguyen, and Alex Nguyen had an intergalactic presence with their newly expanded booth and products.
NAILS' Shannon Rahn with nail salon owner and nail artist Sammy Wang, who started her own line of gels and nail art products.
Ann Chang interviews Nail Career Education's Suzie Moskal for Ann's new YouTube series The Nail Tips Show.
Nail Labo artist Temeka Jackson with show attendee Elizabeth De Leon
Akzéntz' Gina Rinaldi-Silvestro, Yuriko Hoshina, Olivia Clements, and Jade Tang
Gena's Lisa Testa with EzFlow's Matthew Nguyen
Vetro's Megumi Hasegawa demonstrated an ombre technique using Vetro gel products.
Joya Mia's Sindy Mark and Benny Dadon promoted Joya Mia's rechargeable and portable E-file.
David Pan, LeChat's Newton Luu, AII's Kelvin St. Pham and Donald Anderson, and CND's Thong Vu
Famous Names' Lisa Wong, Ken Cooper, Linda Nordstrom, Niki Nordstrom, and Lisa Cooper promoted the company's new Dadi Oil lotion.
Linda Ibarra and Jill Ogborn with Kokoist Japan's Natsuki Kuga
IBD's Lorene Golling and Sean Phan
Voesh New York's Guy Wong, Faith Roxas, and Bezu Wong
Tammy Tran and Kupa's Richard Hurter
Team Vetro: David Ngo, Fariha Ali, Tatiana Grigorash, Megumi Hasegawa, Paola Ponce, and David Anthony
Jessica Cosmetics' Alexander Sarkissian with NAILS assistant editor Katherine Fleming
Gelish's Vu Nguyen drew detailed faces of attendees on their own nails!
Lupa Rivera gets a demo from Mindy Hardy at Skyline Beauty Supply's booth.
NAILS/VietSALON senior editor Kim Pham with Gelish's Thao Nguyen and Bobbie Naohara
NAILS' Beth Livesay with Young Nails educator Sabella Snyder.
Ardell's Joy Johnson (left) and NAILS Beth Livesay (right)
At the end of the show things got a little silly with Beauty Changes Lives Suzanne Mulroy, NAILS' Beth Livesay, Katherine Fleming, and Nancy Kirk
Beauty Changes Lives Suzanne Mulroy with NAILS' Beth Livesay, Katherine Fleming, and Nancy Kirk
Voesh's Faith Roxas
NAILS Shannon Rahn and Ella + Mila's Narineh Bedrossian
Bio Seaweed Gel's Kristin Newman, Thao Nguyen, Hellen Luu, and Marisol Alvarado
Orly's Roxy Carrillo took a breather from explaining Breathable.
Two nail editors meet: NAILS' Beth Livesay (left) and Scratch's Helena Biggs (right). Both are holding their February issues.
Exclusive Nail Couture's Max Estrada blinged out one of NAILS executive editor Beth Livesay's nails
NCLA asked if attendees were Gelous Yet?
BrillBird's Sharo Lemoine, Liliya Moss, Rachel Thompson, Andra Veselie, and Brandee Alexus Betancourt
Tameka Jackson and Lavette Cephus
NAILS assistant editor Katherine Fleming, executive editor Beth Livesay, and LeChat Ukrainian educator Anastasiia Morozova
LeChat gave educator Yvette Holt a trophy for 17 years of service!
Christrio's Ylianne Maldonado (left) introduced NAILS Katherine Fleming to the brand's Molding Gel
Hand & Nail Harmony's Lenzi Brock, Vu Nguyen, and Christina Gonzales-Glennon
Hand & Nail Harmony's Jesse Bruner
Salon Centric airstream
Unforgettable Nails with Christrio's Christine Le
ibd Get the Look with Vicki Ornellas
FingernailFixer Holly Schippers and Gina Silvestro of Akzentz
Linda Nordstrom teaching about IBX
Bea Sharif and Bonita Inza of BB for Me.
Donald Anderson, Elham Jazab, and Kelvin Pham of AII with NAILS' Beth Livesay.
Alfalfa Nail Supply's Hien Ton, Katie Nguyen, and Kevin Nguyen promoted the DreaMau nail polish creator.
The BCL Spa team: Imran Ali, Daisy Rosales, Maria Revolinski, Cliff Heiser.
Jessica team: Alexander Sarkissian, Victor Recinos, and Raj Kaliuwahewa.
NAILS' Shannon Rahn chats with Gehwol's Shelley Kessler.
Young Nails' Sabella Snyder demoing line work.
Lisa Wong of Famous Names promoted the new Dadi Lotion.
Lauren Gartland of Inspiring Champions motivated techs with her high-energy classes.
Morgan Rudner of Jessica loves the Every Night Nourish Cream.
Roxy Carillo rocked the Orly demos.
Young Nails' Sabella Snyder demoing line work.
Sabella Snyder of Young Nails uses Kaleidascope gel-paint for line work.
Lavette Cephus demonstrates some designs at the Nail Labo booth.
Team Orly: Front Row: Sam Biddle and Kena Marcell; Back Row: Natalia Ospina, Kanisha Muslar, Dee Nguyen, Belen Perez, Mariel Pizarro, Lauren Tovar, Elsbeth Schuetz, Cindy Cebulak, and Amy Oung
China Glaze came out in full force: Karen Vuong, MyDuyen Doan, Mimie Le, Sammi Nguyen, Andy Ho, and Bridgette Jones
Bio Sculpture Gel's Kai Keach, Melanie Visser, Ricky Coppopella, Storm Meredith, Elsie Visser, and Lauren Stanaland promoted the company's gel products.
Lexor promoted the new Prestige pedicure spa chair.
Exclusive Nail Couture's Max Estrada demos his products on Meg Sawase
Nail Labo artist Temeka Jackson
NAILS/VietSALON's Kim Pham finally got to meet Seattle-based Sensé Nail Spa's Daniella Carpenter, Victoria Estrella, and Robert Luu, who flew down for the show.
Joya Mia's Sindy Mark taught a class on the company's Cat Eyes gel.
Nail artists Thao Nguyen, Ann Chang, and Kim Oanh Pham
Clubman's Ivory Thomas and Kelvin St. Pham
Mirage Spa Education's Cheryl Thibault and Maisie Dunbar
Ann Chang, Mikey Nguyen, and Thao Nguyen
Color Club's Robert Nguyen (center) with his team of nail artists.
NAILS' Shannon Rahn with Kokoist Japan's art director Natsuki Kuga and Kokoist USA's Koko Kashiwagi
Johnny Ngo, Mariee Holiday, and David Anthony promoted the Candy Cube Complete single-use manicure and pedicure system.
Aora Nails's Vannie Luu, Trang Nguyen, Yinnie Ong, Jasmine Quach, Do Nguyen, and Alex Nguyen had an intergalactic presence with their newly expanded booth and products.
NAILS' Shannon Rahn with nail salon owner and nail artist Sammy Wang, who started her own line of gels and nail art products.
Ann Chang interviews Nail Career Education's Suzie Moskal for Ann's new YouTube series The Nail Tips Show.
Nail Labo artist Temeka Jackson with show attendee Elizabeth De Leon
Akzéntz' Gina Rinaldi-Silvestro, Yuriko Hoshina, Olivia Clements, and Jade Tang
Gena's Lisa Testa with EzFlow's Matthew Nguyen
Vetro's Megumi Hasegawa demonstrated an ombre technique using Vetro gel products.
Joya Mia's Sindy Mark and Benny Dadon promoted Joya Mia's rechargeable and portable E-file.
David Pan, LeChat's Newton Luu, AII's Kelvin St. Pham and Donald Anderson, and CND's Thong Vu
Famous Names' Lisa Wong, Ken Cooper, Linda Nordstrom, Niki Nordstrom, and Lisa Cooper promoted the company's new Dadi Oil lotion.
Linda Ibarra and Jill Ogborn with Kokoist Japan's Natsuki Kuga
IBD's Lorene Golling and Sean Phan
Voesh New York's Guy Wong, Faith Roxas, and Bezu Wong
Tammy Tran and Kupa's Richard Hurter
Team Vetro: David Ngo, Fariha Ali, Tatiana Grigorash, Megumi Hasegawa, Paola Ponce, and David Anthony
Jessica Cosmetics' Alexander Sarkissian with NAILS assistant editor Katherine Fleming
Gelish's Vu Nguyen drew detailed faces of attendees on their own nails!
Lupa Rivera gets a demo from Mindy Hardy at Skyline Beauty Supply's booth.
NAILS/VietSALON senior editor Kim Pham with Gelish's Thao Nguyen and Bobbie Naohara
NAILS' Beth Livesay with Young Nails educator Sabella Snyder.
Ardell's Joy Johnson (left) and NAILS Beth Livesay (right)
At the end of the show things got a little silly with Beauty Changes Lives Suzanne Mulroy, NAILS' Beth Livesay, Katherine Fleming, and Nancy Kirk
Beauty Changes Lives Suzanne Mulroy with NAILS' Beth Livesay, Katherine Fleming, and Nancy Kirk
Voesh's Faith Roxas
NAILS Shannon Rahn and Ella + Mila's Narineh Bedrossian
Bio Seaweed Gel's Kristin Newman, Thao Nguyen, Hellen Luu, and Marisol Alvarado
Orly's Roxy Carrillo took a breather from explaining Breathable.
Two nail editors meet: NAILS' Beth Livesay (left) and Scratch's Helena Biggs (right). Both are holding their February issues.
Exclusive Nail Couture's Max Estrada blinged out one of NAILS executive editor Beth Livesay's nails
NCLA asked if attendees were Gelous Yet?
BrillBird's Sharo Lemoine, Liliya Moss, Rachel Thompson, Andra Veselie, and Brandee Alexus Betancourt
Tameka Jackson and Lavette Cephus
NAILS assistant editor Katherine Fleming, executive editor Beth Livesay, and LeChat Ukrainian educator Anastasiia Morozova
LeChat gave educator Yvette Holt a trophy for 17 years of service!
Christrio's Ylianne Maldonado (left) introduced NAILS Katherine Fleming to the brand's Molding Gel
Hand & Nail Harmony's Lenzi Brock, Vu Nguyen, and Christina Gonzales-Glennon
Hand & Nail Harmony's Jesse Bruner
Salon Centric airstream
Unforgettable Nails with Christrio's Christine Le
ibd Get the Look with Vicki Ornellas
FingernailFixer Holly Schippers and Gina Silvestro of Akzentz
Linda Nordstrom teaching about IBX
The International Salon and Spa Expo was held at the Long Beach Convention Center from January 28-30. Nail classes took place in The Nail Spot and The Nails Section showcased new products and demos from manufacturers. The 2018 show takes place January 27-29.
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