This week’s challenge is sponsored by Misa Cosmetics, who creates beautiful polish colors with fun and interesting names. We challenged our Top 5 to select one polish name from a provided list and create a set of nails that best exemplified the thought behind the name. From Femme Fatale and A Sin Worth Committing to Dirty Sexy Money and Epiphany, see how our Top 5 interpreted these names.
Congratulations to Ryoko, who won this week’s It’s So Easy three-stroke Halloween challenge. The judges were wowed by your intricate design and could hardly believe you created it with three strokes. Many of our judges commented on how technical your negative space skull design was and were amazed that it came together in only three strokes.
Challenge 7, sponsored by It’s So Easy, asked our Top 6 to create a Halloween-themed nail design using ONLY THREE STROKES. Sometimes easy isn’t as easy as it sounds. But our contestants really wowed us with their ingenuity.
This week’s challenge is sponsored by It’s So Easy, whose nail products make it as easy as 1-2-3 to create compelling designs. Keeping with the 1-2-3 theme, we challenged our Top 6 to create a Halloween-themed nail design using ONLY THREE STROKES.
Congratulations to Lexi, who won this week’s French twist challenge. The judges loved your reinterpretation of a classic French look. Many of our judges commented on your color palette and the interesting shape you gave the traditional smile line. The fleur-de-lys look makes it feel even more French. This look is wearable and versatile. We can see it working in a variety of situations in many different color combinations. Your day-to-night interpretation (below) was also spot-on.
Challenge 6, sponsored by Orly, asked our Top 7 to reinvent the French manicure by giving it a twist. Our contestants created some very interesting — and wearable — spins on the old classic, maintaining the versatility of being able to go from day to night with one look.
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This week’s challenge is sponsored by Orly, whose founder Jeff Pink created the French manicure in 1978 to satisfy the needs of television and film actresses in Hollywood. We challenged our Top 7 to reinvent the French manicure by giving it a twist.
This week’s winner is Lauren. The judges loved your 1950s pin-up girls with the surprise undersides. Many of our judges, including NSI’s Malinda Haggerty, commented on how well you used nail forms to create separate looks on each side of the nail. We love that you created a different pin-up look for each nail and that you really made them fit naturally on the shape of your nails. What a great representation of the ’50s! (Click here to see her a full step-by-step tutorial of Lauren’s winning look.)
Challenge 5, sponsored by NSI, asked our Top 8 to use nail forms to sculpt a design in acrylic or gel that harkens back to the 1950s. From the obvious poodle skirts and pin-ups to the not-so-obvious tikis and Dr. Seuss characters, our Top 8 represented the ’50s in high style.
This week’s challenge is sponsored by NSI, whose founder Fred Slack invented the nail form in 1957. Our Top 8 contestants were tasked with using nail forms to sculpt nails harkening back to the 1950s.
