Buff & Go’s Sandra Tedford, Leatrice Woody, Keanna Dapkus, and Brittney Benton introduced the company’s new Hot Hollywood Collection of portable manicure stations. They also launched a pedicure line.
James Adcock and Mike Ahn stand by J&A USA’s just launched Cléo GXT spa chair.
La Palm’s new two-step gel-polish system, Gel II, includes the base coat directly in the gel-polish colors, eliminating the need for a separate base coat. Marketing manager Jordan Langhofer and owner Michael Lee showed us the company’s 52 colors and top coat.
Courtney Trapp and Joanne Millar of En Vogue showed off their new gel-polish line, Lac It!
Having fun at the Minx Nails booth, Crystal Rice, CMP (right), declared it Moustache Mondays and donned a fake moustache the entire day on the show floor. She and Lisa Logan (left) did demos at the booth.
We love Light Elegance’s new logo and T-shirts so much that owner (and chemist) Jim McConnell gave one to NAILS editor Hannah Lee. The company’s tagline, “We’ve Got Good Chemistry” is on the back.
NailGrafx’s Mami Griffin showed attendees the ultra-thin micro-film decals that can be mixed and matched to create unique looks.
VietSALON associate editor Kim Pham stopped by Hand & Nail Harmony’s booth to see what designs Thao Nguyen was demonstrating.
Malinda Haggerty (left) sported dream pipe nails created by Denise Wright, the winner of U.K.’s Scratch Stars 2012 Stylist of the Year award, at the NSI booth.
ENP’s Brenda Gates, Christine Ozeretny, Jonathan Ozeretny, and Simmy Bredall Bell introduce Gella gel-polish.
LeChat educator Yvette Pitt and owner Newton Luu showed us the company’s new color-changing Mood Gel Polish.
Working the show for EZ Flow were Allison Ross, Brenda Skermont, and Terry Burciaga.
Classic Mully (left) had her first experience as a competition model for Shannon McCowan. Both also worked the booth for Nubar.
Kupa relaunched the company’s Beautiful Nails line of acrylics and gels. From left are Robert Arthur, Sindy Mark, Richard Hurter, Ann Chang, Marshall Himmell, and Sara Smith.
Lexor’s Jennifer Nguyen (right) shows off some pedicure chairs to Miami-based salon owners Ed and Janet Martin, who were looking to renovate their salon.
Nail Tek’s Nancy Jackson, Judith Fairn, and Marlene Bridge performed Hydration Therapy manicure demos at their booth.
OPI educators promoted OPI’s Vintage Minnie Mouse polish collection by bringing out their inner Minnie Mouse. From left to right: account manager Loretta Ricker, distributor David Cervasio, director Herman Paez, Norma Sproles, Stephanie McClary, Nancy Flores, Nancy Illos, Erika Galeano, Terrencia McLamore, Tracy Martin, and Lisa Cao.
Juli Miller, Diane Self, and Adrienne Cheatham took a second from doing INM Gelavish demos.
Vicki Peters stopped by the Akzentz booth to catch up with Jessica Hoel.
Dr. G’s Andy Hillas shared a laugh with neighboring show exhibitors My Thanh Dang (left) and Stacy Nguyen.
Ji Su Seo, So Myoung Lee, Sun Mi Lee, Yoon Hee Kim, Sung A. Lee, and Jung Hwa Hong were Odyssey Nail Systems’ big winners during the nail competitions.
After the three-part show by CND, design duo The Blonds took to the stage with some of their favorite looks from the Forbidden City, Playboy, and Dye Blond collections.
NAILS editors Hannah Lee (left) and Sree Roy (right) flank designer Phillipe Blond and CND’s Jan Arnold backstage before the Shellac Couture event.
Phillipe Blond always gets his nails done backstage before show time — it’s become a tradition. These custom-designed nails feature mini pictures of him in his motorcycle helmet from the Dye Blond collection.
These are some of the amazing nail tips that were created for The Blonds’ fashion shows. On average, nails for The Blonds’ shows take more than 100 hours of labor to create for each season.
During the show, CND’s Roxanne Valinoti (shown here) and Kristina Estabrooks showed how to create easy, wearable, fashion-inspired nail designs.
Buff & Go’s Sandra Tedford, Leatrice Woody, Keanna Dapkus, and Brittney Benton introduced the company’s new Hot Hollywood Collection of portable manicure stations. They also launched a pedicure line.
James Adcock and Mike Ahn stand by J&A USA’s just launched Cléo GXT spa chair.
La Palm’s new two-step gel-polish system, Gel II, includes the base coat directly in the gel-polish colors, eliminating the need for a separate base coat. Marketing manager Jordan Langhofer and owner Michael Lee showed us the company’s 52 colors and top coat.
Courtney Trapp and Joanne Millar of En Vogue showed off their new gel-polish line, Lac It!
Having fun at the Minx Nails booth, Crystal Rice, CMP (right), declared it Moustache Mondays and donned a fake moustache the entire day on the show floor. She and Lisa Logan (left) did demos at the booth.
We love Light Elegance’s new logo and T-shirts so much that owner (and chemist) Jim McConnell gave one to NAILS editor Hannah Lee. The company’s tagline, “We’ve Got Good Chemistry” is on the back.
NailGrafx’s Mami Griffin showed attendees the ultra-thin micro-film decals that can be mixed and matched to create unique looks.
VietSALON associate editor Kim Pham stopped by Hand & Nail Harmony’s booth to see what designs Thao Nguyen was demonstrating.
Malinda Haggerty (left) sported dream pipe nails created by Denise Wright, the winner of U.K.’s Scratch Stars 2012 Stylist of the Year award, at the NSI booth.
ENP’s Brenda Gates, Christine Ozeretny, Jonathan Ozeretny, and Simmy Bredall Bell introduce Gella gel-polish.
LeChat educator Yvette Pitt and owner Newton Luu showed us the company’s new color-changing Mood Gel Polish.
Working the show for EZ Flow were Allison Ross, Brenda Skermont, and Terry Burciaga.
Classic Mully (left) had her first experience as a competition model for Shannon McCowan. Both also worked the booth for Nubar.
Kupa relaunched the company’s Beautiful Nails line of acrylics and gels. From left are Robert Arthur, Sindy Mark, Richard Hurter, Ann Chang, Marshall Himmell, and Sara Smith.
Lexor’s Jennifer Nguyen (right) shows off some pedicure chairs to Miami-based salon owners Ed and Janet Martin, who were looking to renovate their salon.
Nail Tek’s Nancy Jackson, Judith Fairn, and Marlene Bridge performed Hydration Therapy manicure demos at their booth.
OPI educators promoted OPI’s Vintage Minnie Mouse polish collection by bringing out their inner Minnie Mouse. From left to right: account manager Loretta Ricker, distributor David Cervasio, director Herman Paez, Norma Sproles, Stephanie McClary, Nancy Flores, Nancy Illos, Erika Galeano, Terrencia McLamore, Tracy Martin, and Lisa Cao.
Juli Miller, Diane Self, and Adrienne Cheatham took a second from doing INM Gelavish demos.
Vicki Peters stopped by the Akzentz booth to catch up with Jessica Hoel.
Dr. G’s Andy Hillas shared a laugh with neighboring show exhibitors My Thanh Dang (left) and Stacy Nguyen.
Ji Su Seo, So Myoung Lee, Sun Mi Lee, Yoon Hee Kim, Sung A. Lee, and Jung Hwa Hong were Odyssey Nail Systems’ big winners during the nail competitions.
After the three-part show by CND, design duo The Blonds took to the stage with some of their favorite looks from the Forbidden City, Playboy, and Dye Blond collections.
NAILS editors Hannah Lee (left) and Sree Roy (right) flank designer Phillipe Blond and CND’s Jan Arnold backstage before the Shellac Couture event.
Phillipe Blond always gets his nails done backstage before show time — it’s become a tradition. These custom-designed nails feature mini pictures of him in his motorcycle helmet from the Dye Blond collection.
These are some of the amazing nail tips that were created for The Blonds’ fashion shows. On average, nails for The Blonds’ shows take more than 100 hours of labor to create for each season.
During the show, CND’s Roxanne Valinoti (shown here) and Kristina Estabrooks showed how to create easy, wearable, fashion-inspired nail designs.
More than 50,000 attendees cruised the aisles at this year’s Premiere Orlando. They came to shop, to learn, to compete, to network, and to have some fun! With over 500 exhibitor booths to peruse and a full line-up of nail specific classes (not to mention the business and other cosmetology classes), this two-day show keeps you on your toes. There’s little downtime, but we still found time to network and party with all of our industry friends. This is not a show to be missed. Mark it on your calendar for next year: June 1-3, 2013.
CND Brings the Flash of Fashion Week to the Main Stage
For the first time ever, a nail company graced the main stage at Premiere Orlando, and in the middle of the day, no less. With show-stopping runway nails directly from New York Fashion Week, CND brought renowned design duo The Blonds and looks from three of their recent collections to show nail and beauty professionals how important nails are in the fashion world. The Blonds are known for their impeccable (and out there) handmade corsets. And for the last seven years, they’ve been accessorizing their shows with the help of some outrageous nails from Team CND.
Backstage before the event Phillipe Blond told us, “CND is so detail-oriented and so are we. It’s a great match. And we really think about the nail design from the start. We ask ourselves, ‘What can we do to make that dragon outfit look even more amazing?’”
At the Shellac Couture event, which took place on Sunday, June 3, Team CND members Roxanne Valinoti and Kristina Estabrooks (with the help of CND co-founder and style director Jan Arnold as MC) showed an audience of nail professionals and special media guests how to take the nail styles from runway to reality.
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