America's Beauty Show Nails Central 2016 in Chicago

Michele Pelafas and her stunning design work

China Glaze's Mary Mock

NAILS' Shannon Rahn and Belava's Natalie Zolotnik

NAILS Beth Livesay and Belava's Natalie Zolotnik

The three international NTNA finalists were welcomed with their home flags onto the show floor.

Nea Hatcher's CND kicks were decked out by her son!

The aftermath of Diaz's shopping spree

Nail tech Diane Diaz won a CND shopping spree at the booth. Here she is stocking up on $750 worth of products!

NAILS senior editor Beth (right) took a selfie at the Cuccio booth with Arica Carpenter to promote the booth's Selfie wall.

Lexor's Tahi Huy Nguyen 

Nail Talk Radio's Athena Elliot, NAILS' associate editor Sigourney Nuñez, and the Nailscape's Ashley Gregory

NAILS' associate editor Sigourney Nuñez with IBD's Tan Nguyen

Miss Pop and NAILS' associate editor Sigourney Nuñez

Gigi's Camille Foote and Paula Pedrero

The Nailscape's Ashley Gregory and Diane Diaz with NAILS' Sigourney Nuñez

CND's troubleshooting class featured 3-D nail images that required attendees to get interactive

NAILS' associate editor Sigourney Nuñez with CND's Holly Schippers 

NAILS' Beth Livesay and Sigourney Nuñez at Cosmetologists Chicago Board Meeting that included a product launches from CND and American Crew

American Dawn's Ron Kothari and NAILS' sales rep Shannon Rahn

Famous Name's Pam Black, Ken Cooper, Lisa Cooper, Lisa Wong, and NAILS' associate editor Sigourney Nuñez

NAILS' associate editor Sigourney Nuñez and Young Nail's Greg Salo

Continuum's Jamie Rivers, John Meyerovich, Rnee Gorelik, Joe Galati, and NAILS' sales rep Shannon Rahn 

NAILS' associate editor Sigourney Nuñez with IBD's Kevin Huy Phan 

IBD's Vicki Ornellas and Nancy Strohm 

Light Elegance's Kyle Crider, Lexy McLellan, and Joseph McLellan

CND's Heather Davis and Shelena Robinson

Nail tech Ashley Gregory's nail blog, the Nailscape had its own Snapchat filter during the ABS.