Nail Design
NAILS Names Lavette Cephus Next Top Nail Artist
Lavette Cephus of Beaute Asylum in Toledo, Ohio, edges out Lexi Martone and Danielle Costantino to win NAILS Next Top Nail Artist 2014-2015.
Next Top Nail Artist: Season 2 Challenges
Here's a 10-minute recap of NAILS Next Top Nail Artist: Season 2. We selected 24 semi-finalists for our second annual NAILS Next Top Nail Artist competition. The field was narrowed down to our Top 12 after two pre-challenges. For 10 weeks in September 2014, we gave our finalists a new challenge each week to showcase their skills in creating nail art looks based on a theme created by NAILS and each of our weekly sponsors (Bio Seaweed Gel, CND, Dashing Diva, Entity Beauty, Gel II, Gelish, INM, It’s So Easy, Orly International, SuperNail, and Young Nails). In addition to creating their nail art masterpieces, NAILS Next Top Nail Artist contestants shot step-by-step tutorials, video demos, and shared their entries via social media.
Next Top Nail Artist: Top 3 Q&A
The NAILS Next Top Nail Artist season 2 contestants were warmly welcomed by a crowd of cheers at ISSE Long Beach 2015. Danielle Costantino, Lavette Cephus, and Lexi Martone entertained questions by CND style director/co-founder Jan Arnold and NAILS Magazine editor Hannah Lee. NAILS Next Top Nail Artist: Season 2's final challenge asked our Top 3 to design five sets of 10 nails to be presented to Johnson Hartig for his fashion label, Libertine. We chatted with each contestant about two of their designs.DANIELLEPart 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLAVETTE:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLEXI:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five Designs
NTNA Final Part 2: I Love Libertine (Lavette)
Top 3 contestant Lavette Cephus created five sets of nails (10 in each set) for the fashion label Libertine for Part 2 of the NAILS Next Top Nail Artist final challenge. DANIELLEPart 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLAVETTE:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLEXI:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five Designs
NTNA Final Part 2: I Love Libertine (Lexi)
Top 3 contestant created five sets of nails (10 in each set) for the fashion label Libertine for Part 2 of the NAILS Next Top Nail Artist final challenge. DANIELLEPart 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLAVETTE:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLEXI:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five Designs
NTNA Final Part 2: I Love Libertine (Danielle)
Top 3 contestant created five sets of nails (10 in each set) for the fashion label Libertine for Part 2 of the NAILS Next Top Nail Artist final challenge. DANIELLEPart 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLAVETTE:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLEXI:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five Designs
NTNA Final Part 1: Libertine (Lavette)
Top 3 contestant Lavette Cephus reports on Libertine clothing creator Johnson Hartig for Part 1 of the NAILS Next Top Nail Artist final challenge. DANIELLEPart 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLAVETTE:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLEXI:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five Designs
NTNA Final Part 1: Libertine (Lexi)
Top 3 contestant Lexi Martone reports on Libertine clothing creator Johnson Hartig for Part 1 of the NAILS Next Top Nail Artist final challenge. DANIELLEPart 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLAVETTE:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLEXI:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five Designs
Floral French with Entity One Gel
Learn how Entity Global Artist Yuliya Norman created a floral French extension using Entity One Gel.
NTNA Final Part 1: Who is Johnson Hartig? (Danielle)
Top 3 contestant Danielle Costantino reports on Libertine clothing creator Johnson Hartig for Part 1 of the NAILS Next Top Nail Artist final challenge. DANIELLEPart 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLAVETTE:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five DesignsLEXI:Part 1: Check-in Report | Part 2: Final Nails | All Five Designs
Vintage Valentine Collage Tutorial
A gel nail design done to look like a vintage French Valentine card from Denise Heavner is something you'll be sweet on.
Astrology Meets Nail Art at LA’s Enamel Diction
The service called Colorstrology is a personalized astrological profile in color that gets translated to nails.
Idiot’s Guide to Nail Art
We caught up with Ohio-based nail tech Emily Draher to talk about her new nail art book.
Nailing the Right Hashtag
New Orleans-base nail tech credits her social media fan base of 40,000 followers to detailed hashtags. Get her tips here.
Feathered Friends
Our hearts are aflutter with these lovebird designs. Just look up for some inspiration and you’ll find that love is surely in the air.
Nice Accent
This duo pack from Cuccio contains an opaque shade and a glitter for the perfect accent nail.
by Beth Livesay
Trend Watch: Full Bloom
Exaggerated florals are popping up everywhere.
by Beth Livesay