The new advanced formula of Artisan GelEfex Gel Nail Polish from The Nail Superstore offers users extreme gloss, no chipping, zero shrinking, low odor, and ultra-rich pigments. One lucky winner will receive a prize package featuring 36 gel-polish colors, a top coat, and a base coat. The line offers a large array of colors — both subtle and striking — and loads of new glitter gel-polishes. The innovative cap shows the true color of the gel-polish.
Pay tribute to your favorite celebrities by capturing their likeness in miniature form. NAILS’ second-annual Celebrity Face Off challenges you to paint a famous face on a nail tip. Contest rules are simple: Using a photo as a guide, paint a mini-portrait of any well-known face on a #1 tip. Submit both the nail tip and the photograph (with the celebrity’s name on the back) to arrive at NAILS by the deadline of July 17. Mail your entries to NAILS Celebrity Face Off, 3520 Challenger St., Torrance, CA 90503. Don’t forget to include your name, salon name, address, phone number, and e-mail address. You may submit up to three entries. For more information, call (310) 533-2457 or e-mail judy.lessin@bobit.com. Winning nail tips will be displayed in our October issue. (pictured: Frida Kahlo by Sonia “G” Molina, San Francisco)
Post pictures of your work online using Akzéntz’s keyword of the month and you may win a prize package from the company. Each month Akzéntz announces a new keyword #hashtag on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Nail techs are then invited to post a picture of nails they have made that feature the keyword. One winner is randomly chosen each month to receive a prize.
Two can win the Deluxe Salon Intro Starter Kit from Premium Nails. The company’s Trucolor powders come in 11 great colors and its UV-protectant liquids come in two low-odor formulas, allowing techs to create a wide array of unique, gorgeous, and natural-looking nails. The kit includes Primer, Elite Revolution Acrylic Nail Liquid, Pink Powder, Extreme French White Powder, Seal N Shine UV Gel Topcoat, and a Simplicity Brush.
New from Top Color, Angelacq gel-polishes and traditional polishes are five-free. The gel lasts more than three weeks without chipping, peeling, or fading, and can be removed in just 10 minutes. Three readers can each win six Angelacq Gel Laquers with a high-gloss acrylic gift case, three Angelacq Nail Laquers, and an LED light.
Six readers can win a Matchable Kit from ENP Nail Design. ENP’s Matchable Color Collections include a UV/LED gel-polish color and matching high-quality color polish. Use this kit to perfectly match manicures and pedicures. All color polish shades are five-free.
One lucky reader can win Kiara Sky’s Mirror Image Collection: 14 new matching gel-polish and traditional polish colors to fall in love with this season. From decadent creams and stunning sheers to speckled glitters, the Mirror Image collection has it all. The gel-polish formula resists fading and color changes over time. A two- or three-step system, the base coat application is optional.
Perfect Match gel-polish and nail lacquer from LeChat applies like nail polish but wears like gel. Available in more than 150 stunning shades, these high-quality, long-lasting gel-polishes produce a deep, sleek finish with no chips, smudges, or drying time. The gel-polishes come with a free color-matching Dare to Wear Nail Lacquer for touch-ups and perfectly matched manis and pedis. Two can win.
The Footnanny knows that to clients, chocolate means “comfort,” so she’s giving away three Footnanny basin sets, each of which includes a limited-edition Footnanny by Belava Foot Basin, a jar of Footnanny chocolate foot cream, and a pair of chocolate color toe socks. The foot cream’s yummy aroma will immediately reduce clients’ stress and anxiety.
NAILS’ Mini Masterpiece Contest allows you to express your creativity while channeling your inner DaVinci or Picasso. To enter this year’s contest, all you have to do is select a famous work of art and reproduce it on a nail tip. You’re free to select any well-known painting with two exceptions: To mix things up, this year we’re banning perennial favorites “Starry Night” by Vincent Van Gogh and “The Scream” by Edvard Munch. You may turn the nail tip sideways to accommodate a horizontal painting. All entries must be received by NAILS by Friday, May 8. Send your nail tips to Mini Masterpiece Contest, NAILS Magazine, 3520 Challenger St., Torrance, CA 90503. Let us know the artist’s name and the title of the original work of art and don’t forget to send your contact information, including phone number and e-mail address. Please also include a color print-out of the original painting. For inspiration, check out last year’s winners at www.nailsmag.com/2014masterpiece.
