<p>Backstage before the show started, the tips were all lined up and ready to be applied to the models&rsquo; fingernails.</p>

Backstage before the show started, the tips were all lined up and ready to be applied to the models’ fingernails.

<p>CND education ambassador and Fashion Week veteran Kristina Estabrooks demonstrated (on stage, which was then broadcast to the two large screens) how to create each nail look in real life.</p>

CND education ambassador and Fashion Week veteran Kristina Estabrooks demonstrated (on stage, which was then broadcast to the two large screens) how to create each nail look in real life.

<p>Each model took her turn on the catwalk, then posed her hand to show off her nails.</p>

Each model took her turn on the catwalk, then posed her hand to show off her nails.

<p>"All women can have 20 fabulous reasons to enjoy their nails and to express their style,&rdquo; said CND co-founder and style director Jan Arnold to the Shellac &amp; Fashion Fusion audience.</p>

"All women can have 20 fabulous reasons to enjoy their nails and to express their style,” said CND co-founder and style director Jan Arnold to the Shellac & Fashion Fusion audience.

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Backstage before the show started, the tips were all lined up and ready to be applied to the models’ fingernails.

<p>CND education ambassador and Fashion Week veteran Kristina Estabrooks demonstrated (on stage, which was then broadcast to the two large screens) how to create each nail look in real life.</p>
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CND education ambassador and Fashion Week veteran Kristina Estabrooks demonstrated (on stage, which was then broadcast to the two large screens) how to create each nail look in real life.

<p>Each model took her turn on the catwalk, then posed her hand to show off her nails.</p>
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Each model took her turn on the catwalk, then posed her hand to show off her nails.

<p>"All women can have 20 fabulous reasons to enjoy their nails and to express their style,&rdquo; said CND co-founder and style director Jan Arnold to the Shellac &amp; Fashion Fusion audience.</p>
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"All women can have 20 fabulous reasons to enjoy their nails and to express their style,” said CND co-founder and style director Jan Arnold to the Shellac & Fashion Fusion audience.

On Monday, March 14, CND unveiled the first Shellac & Fashion Fusion Show, a runway show that featured the hottest nail styles and fashions straight from New York Fashion Week. More than 500 nail techs attended the three-hour event at America's Beauty Show 2011, which showcased six of the latest nail styles and looks from leading designers including Jason Wu, Diego Binetti, Ruffian, and Sally LaPointe; a presentation on new Shellac shades and techniques; and hands-on education. The tickets to this show sold out in a week and a half, but CND was able to open the runway show itself (minus the hands-on education part) to even more nail techs to help satiate the demand. Unfortunately, the previous presentation ran over its time limit, causing the nail show to start late and ruffling some attendees’ nerves, but show organizers say this issue will be resolved for future events.

NAILS blogger Holly Schippers (blogs.nailsmag.com/fingernailfixer) snapped a video of the nail fashion show. View it at www.nailsmag.com/ABS2011fashionfusion.

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