Awards & Contests
NTNA Challenge #2: In Too Deep (Simone)
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist: Top 11 contestant, Simone Gilbert from Melbourne, Australia created a set of 3-D gel sculptured nails across five nail tips based on the theme of Week 2 sponsor Bio Seaweed Gel’s fall/winter 2014 color collection In Too Deep. Click here to see all 11 Challenge #2 nail tips.
NTNA Challenge #2: In Too Deep (Yesenia)
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist: Top 11 contestant, Yesenia Oliva, from San Luis Obispo, Calif., created a set of 3-D gel sculptured nails across five nail tips based on the theme of Week 2 sponsor Bio Seaweed Gel’s fall/winter 2014 color collection, In Too Deep. Click here to see all 11 Challenge #2 nail tips.
NTNA Challenge #2: In Too Deep (Karrie)
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist: Top 11 contestant, Karrie Bowers from Morgantown, W.Va., created a set of 3-D gel sculptured nails across five nail tips based on the theme of Week 2 sponsor Bio Seaweed Gel’s fall/winter 2014 color collection, In Too Deep. Click here to see all 11 Challenge #2 nail tips.
NTNA Challenge #2: In Too Deep (Danielle)
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist: Top 11 contestant, Danielle Costantino, from Cranston, R.I, created a set of 3-D gel sculptured nails across five nail tips based on the theme of Week 2 sponsor Bio Seaweed Gel’s fall/winter 2014 color collection In Too Deep.
NTNA Challenge #2: In Too Deep (Amy)
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist: Top 11 contestant, Amy Gustafson, from Victoria, BC, Canada, created a set of 3-D gel sculptured nails across five nail tips based on the theme of Week 2 sponsor Bio Seaweed Gel’s fall/winter 2014 color collection In Too Deep.
Black Swan Nail Art
Lexi Martone of Dix Hills, N.Y., shares the inspiration and process behind her Black Swan nail art. This video was originally for NAILS Next Top Nail Artist 2013 INM Challenge.
Announcing NAILS Next Top Nail Artist Top 12 for 2014
NAILS is pleased to announce our Top 12 for 2014's Next Top Nail Artist competition sponsored by CND.
Get Color Fall: Fall 2014 Collection (Behind-the-Scenes)
A behind the scenes look at Gelish's 2014 fall collectionl. NAILS Next Top Nail Artist winner Ryoko Garcia used the colors from the collection to create fabulous fall nail art.
The Top 18 for NAILS Next Top Artist Sponsored by CND Announced
We started off with 24 semifinalists, but have already narrowed it down to 18 after a preliminary challenge.
by Beth Livesay
NAILS NTNA Top 24 Tips For Challenge 1
Tips for making a successful video for your first NAILS NTNA challenge.
Behind the Scenes: What a Man
Cover tech and NAILS Next Top Nail Artist 2nd runner-up Buddy Sims shows you how to get the look he created for the June 2014 cover.
by Hannah Lee
Tips For NAILS Next Top Nail Artist Competition
2013 NAILS Next Top Nail Artist first runner-up Lauren Wireman shares her tips for this year's competitors.
NTNA 2014 Pre-Challenge #1: 3-D Music (Alecia)
Alecia Mounixay (Wilmington, NC) creates a 3-D design on a single nail tip using a variety of nail products based on a "music" theme. "I used white hard gel for the base of the nail and various neon gel-polishes that faded in the background, lightly dusted with glitter and capped twice with clear gel-polish top coat to give it more depth. I handpainted the word music with little notes. I used white acrylic powder to make the music notes and painted them with gel-polish before applying them to the music lines that surrounded the nail with wire base. This was also capped with black acrylic and gel. The face was made with white gel-polish to give it life and painted with acrylic paint for fine detailed lines."
NTNA 2014 Pre-Challenge #1: 3-D Music (Amy)
Amy Gustafson (Victoria, BC, Canada) creates a 3-D design on a single nail tip using a variety of nail products based on a "music" theme. "I was inspired by the headphones and colours I saw right away. I loved that the headphones became something else (the script Love). I decided that I would have the headphones become the piece of music. I loved the curves of the photos I saw and thought I would incorporate that somehow with it going outside the nail. I love flashy so I thought the more sparkles the better."
NTNA 2014 Pre-Challenge #1: 3-D Music (Beru)
Beru Lalli (Vancouver, BC, Canada) creates a 3-D design on a single nail tip using a variety of nail products based on a "music" theme. "I took to the Internet and looked up a few of my favorite artists — females in the music industry with a distinct strong individualistic image. Missy Slliot. M.I.A. Kesha. Within these videos I saw a lot of color and A LOT of gold. Both Missy Elliot and M.I.A. had these dope gold chains so that's where I got that inspiration from."
NTNA 2014 Pre-Challenge #1: 3-D Music (Erica)
Erica Tam (Yellowknife, NW Territories, Canada) creates a 3-D design on a single nail tip using a variety of nail products based on a "music" theme. "The piano was the first instrument I learned to play and it also brings back fond memories of recitals! I love the piano; not only is it a timeless classical instrument, it is also very versatile. From pieces by Mozart to jazz, blues, and to John Legend's hand in R&B. Music is a large part of my life and I cannot imagine life without it!"
NTNA 2014 Pre-Challenge #1: 3-D Music (Jarrel)
Jarrel Baccus (Stockbridge, GA) creates a 3-D design on a single nail tip using a variety of nail products based on a "music" theme. "The very first thing that came to my mind was MTV videos and the way the broadcast of music videos changed the music industry. For those who don't know the exact history, MTV's very first music video broadcast was on August 1, 1981 for the Buggles "Video Killed the Radio Star". The launch of MTV's music videos mimicked the first man on the moon, only instead of placing the United States flag on the moon it was an MTV flag instead. My 1980 semi-retro-themed nail takes you inside the music study of your favorite musician from the 1980s, KISS."