

NAILS Next Top Nail Artist: Season 3 Premiere + Challenge #1
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist: Season 3 begins with 12 highly motivated and talented nail artists. The first challenge is sponsored by Dashing Diva. In the spirit of Dashing Diva, our contestants were tasked to select their favorite diva and create the perfect set of nails custom designed just for them.Click here to vote for your favorite set of nails by Thursday, Sept. 10th at 12 PM, PST.The votes will be combined with our judges scores, the winner will receive a complete set of Dashing Diva nail art supplies ($450 value), and one artist will be eliminated. Tune into NAILStv on Monday, Sept. 15th around 6 PM to see who won, who’s packing their paintbrushes, and to check out next week’s challenge.You can also play along to win prizes at home using the hash tag #GelishPlayAtHome on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Details here: http://www.nailsmag.com/nexttopnailartist/2015/play-home

Lady Gaga Nails for NTNA S.3, Challenge #1 (Celina)
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 12 contestant Celina Ryden shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #1, Pure Diva, sponsored by Dashing Diva. Click here to see all 12 entries.

Rihanna Nails for NTNA S.3, Challenge #1 (Halley)
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 12 contestant Halley Fortenberry shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #1, Pure Diva, sponsored by Dashing Diva. Click here to see all 12 entries.

Grace Jones Nails for NTNA S.3, Challenge #1 (Lauren)
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 12 contestant Lauren Boyd shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #1, Pure Diva, sponsored by Dashing Diva. Click here to see all 12 entries.

Barbie Nails for NTNA S.3, Challenge #1 (Sarah)
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 12 contestant Sarah Elmaz shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #1, Pure Diva, sponsored by Dashing Diva. Click here to see all 12 entries.

Little Mermaid Ursula Nails for NTNA S.3, Challenge #1 (Sherri)
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 12 contestant Sherri Traweek shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #1, Pure Diva, sponsored by Dashing Diva. Click here to see all 12 entries.

Beyonce Nails for NTNA S.3, Challenge #1 (Szilvia)
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 12 contestant Szilvia Egerszegi shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #1, Pure Diva, sponsored by Dashing Diva. Click here to see all 12 entries.

Cher Nails for NTNA S.3, Challenge #1 (Torie)
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 12 contestant Torie Bastian shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #1, Pure Diva, sponsored by Dashing Diva. Click here to see all 12 entries.

Holly Golightly Nails for NTNA S.3, Challenge #1 (Victoria)
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 12 contestant Victoria Zegarelli shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #1, Pure Diva, sponsored by Dashing Diva. Click here to see all 12 entries.

Little Mermaid Ursula Nails for NTNA S.3, Challenge #1 (Winnie)
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 12 contestant Winnie Huang shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #1, Pure Diva, sponsored by Dashing Diva. Click here to see all 12 entries.

Liberace Nails for NTNA S.3, Challenge #1 (Tan)
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 12 contestant Tan "The Man" Nguyen shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #1, Pure Diva, sponsored by Dashing Diva. Click here to see all 12 entries.

RuPaul Nails for NTNA S.3, Challenge #1 (Alecia)
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 12 contestant Alecia Mounixay shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #1, Pure Diva, sponsored by Dashing Diva. Click here to see all 12 entries.

Marilyn Monroe Nails for NTNA S.3, Challenge #1 (April)
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 12 contestant April Ryan shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #1, Pure Diva, sponsored by Dashing Diva. Click here to see all 12 entries.

Batik and Tie Dye Nail Art With Tammy Taylor
Tammy Taylor creative director Gisela Marti demonstrates the “Batik" nail art technique, which is slightly different than tie dye. "This technique is full of color with great artistic possibilities and the Gelegance Gel Color Polish and TT Gel Art Paints are packed full of pigment, making them the best gels to achieve this artistic technique," says Tammy Taylor.

Venetian Blue Nails (OPI GelColor Tutorial)
OPI guest artist Vu Nguyen shows how to create this abstract Venetian Blue design using OPI's Venetian GelColor collection.

Rose Floral Nails With Gel
Nails 21, a company based in Lisbon, Portugal, shows a new old romantic floral nail design with gel.

Largest Nail Art Lesson Ever Sets Guinness Record
In May, Colombian nail artist Heidy Aristizabal gathered together 500 students in an attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the largest nail art lesson ever.



