Lenzi Brock
Vancouver, Wash.
2nd Runner-Up:
Amelina Anna
Kiev, Ukraine
Jenifer Castrovinci
Ft. Meyers, Fla.
Debbie Schultz
Ft. Myers, Fla.
Amanda Lenher
Colliersville, Tenn.
Carla Foster
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Finalist: Tanya Dimitrova
Glen Mills, Pa.
1st Runner-Up:
Lakia Lewis
Youngstown, Ohio
Ashley Watson
Eustis, Fla.
Finalist: Phoebe Dingman
San Jose, Calif.
Rochelle Dingman
San Jose, Calif.
Nicole Krawiec
Tarpon Springs, Fla.
Nina Ilovar Hribar
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Finalist: Kasumi Ishii
Tokyo
Finalist: Makiko Yuda
Tokyo
Nao Koike
Tokyo
3rd Runner-Up (tie):
Kaya Mitomo
Tokyo
3rd Runner-Up (tie):
Miki Nakano
Nail Salon Ciel, Tokyo
Finalist: Maki Naito
Tokyo
Sachiko Ishida
Tokyo
Yuko Kamizuma
Tokyo
Lenzi Brock
Vancouver, Wash.
2nd Runner-Up:
Amelina Anna
Kiev, Ukraine
Jenifer Castrovinci
Ft. Meyers, Fla.
Debbie Schultz
Ft. Myers, Fla.
Amanda Lenher
Colliersville, Tenn.
Carla Foster
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Finalist: Tanya Dimitrova
Glen Mills, Pa.
1st Runner-Up:
Lakia Lewis
Youngstown, Ohio
Ashley Watson
Eustis, Fla.
Finalist: Phoebe Dingman
San Jose, Calif.
Rochelle Dingman
San Jose, Calif.
Nicole Krawiec
Tarpon Springs, Fla.
Nina Ilovar Hribar
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Finalist: Kasumi Ishii
Tokyo
Finalist: Makiko Yuda
Tokyo
Nao Koike
Tokyo
3rd Runner-Up (tie):
Kaya Mitomo
Tokyo
3rd Runner-Up (tie):
Miki Nakano
Nail Salon Ciel, Tokyo
Finalist: Maki Naito
Tokyo
Sachiko Ishida
Tokyo
Yuko Kamizuma
Tokyo
“The concept for the ‘Hammered Metal’ nails came from trend-spotting,” says Hillary Fry, a nail tech at Scenario Hair Design in Shorewood, Wis. “Looking at fashion and beauty trends, metals and textures are currently riding the crest. I’ve always had a love for the hammered metal look, and obsess over fashion designer Josie Natori’s hammered metal cuffs and belts. Hammered metal combines both trends, and I was interested in the challenge of translating this edgy, industrial look onto nails.”
A nail tech since 2009, Fry says the way the photo come together was a bit magical. “A client loaned some very old tools to use as props. The photographer found chunks of asphalt he thought might look good as a background. When we laid it all out, the glow of the copper just popped against the stones and that wood-grained hammer handle.”
To create the nails she used CND Retention+ and copper leaf. She used rock candy to add interest to the index fingers. Click here for a step-by-step.
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