Competition Insider - NAILS Magazine

Get insider information from NAILS Top 25 List number-one competitor Lynn Lammers as she blogs about getting ready for competitions, what's it's like to compete, post show wrap-ups, and tips and tricks along the way.

SuperPoints Competition Events Announced

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Why earn regular competition points when you can earn SuperPoints? If you follow NAILS’ Top 25 Competitors Ranking, then you know that SuperPoints events are elite competitions at which the competitors can earn double points for

Moons

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The last competition in the Cup Championship series is coming up in Sacramento. And as always, I’ve started practicing again. There are three different comps: Salon Success, Sculptured Nails, and Flat Painted Nail Art (tattoo themed).

International Nail Competition Judges Consortium

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The other day I was surfing around on my Facebook page — not as though I don’t do this enough, cause lately it seems that everyone is on Facebook. In fact even my family now is

Some Writer’s Block

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In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve been struggling getting my blogs done lately. I think mostly because my topic is always about nail competitions and I just haven’t been to any in a couple of months.

First Practice Nails In A While

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I did my first practice set of competition nails in a long, long time on Sunday, what a mess. Man, do I have ring rust! There was shadowing, swirling, choppy, haggard smile lines and the moons...oh

Primer Primer

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This year’s competition circuit introduced us (Me anyways) to a new style competition, the Mirror Image. The image above is of the set I did in Las Vegas this year. It’s hard even for me to

Polish Primer

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As I’ve mentioned before, I plan to start offering classes next year. And as I write the curriculum for those classes, I’m astounded at how little competition training there is available for would-be competitors. Not just

Jen

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Ah. She’s priceless. Completely dependable. I’ve never once had to worry about her showing up on time. She has done every single thing I’ve asked her to do. On competition days, this one is even awake

Dear Readers

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I have to apologize for my errant responsibility shirking, it was the zucchini’s fault. But that is an entirely different subject and if you would like to read about it you can do so here on

Countdown to Sac

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With just a few short weeks until Sacramento, the end of the 2010 U.S. nail competition season is coming to a close. And you all know what I’m doing right about now...practice, practice, practice. I know it

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