Jennifer Mccormick
Jans Tans Day Spa, Medford, Ore.
Kelly Motley
Profiles 3 and 4, Fort Myers, Fla.
Carla Foster
Carla Foster Nails, Shaughnessy, Alberta, Canada
Yukari Hoshi
Ci-z International College, Tokyo
Triana Yisel Ramirez
Universal City, Texas
Bresay Defoor
Immix Hair Callery & Day Spa, Conyers, Ga.
Junko, Kubota
Ci-z International College, Tokyo
Susan Moskal
Nail Career Education, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Lyudmyla Kulyniy
The Bucks County School of Beauty Culture, Ocean, NJ
Maki Naito
Nail Salon Ciel, Tokyo
Mindy King
Tara Day Spa, Newburg, Mo.
Kasumi Ishii
Ci-z International College, Tokyo
Erika Kumagawa
Nail Salon Ciel, Tokyo
Naomi Gonzalez
Le Petit Nails, Sanford, Fla.
Princess Gard
Artistic Nails, Shaker Heights, Ohio
Diana Ruiz and Nichole Keyser
The Painted Nail, Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Sam Biddle
Be Inspired, Gillingham, England
Mariko Tamura
Nail Salon Ciel, Tokyo
3rd Runner Up: Nina Ilovar
Nillandia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2nd Runner Up: Jamie Ritchey
Profiles 3, Ft. Myers, Fla.
1st Runner Up: Nicole Lalonde
Hidden Beauty, Thompson, Manitoba, Canada
Jennifer Mccormick
Jans Tans Day Spa, Medford, Ore.
Kelly Motley
Profiles 3 and 4, Fort Myers, Fla.
Carla Foster
Carla Foster Nails, Shaughnessy, Alberta, Canada
Yukari Hoshi
Ci-z International College, Tokyo
Triana Yisel Ramirez
Universal City, Texas
Bresay Defoor
Immix Hair Callery & Day Spa, Conyers, Ga.
Junko, Kubota
Ci-z International College, Tokyo
Susan Moskal
Nail Career Education, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Lyudmyla Kulyniy
The Bucks County School of Beauty Culture, Ocean, NJ
Maki Naito
Nail Salon Ciel, Tokyo
Mindy King
Tara Day Spa, Newburg, Mo.
Kasumi Ishii
Ci-z International College, Tokyo
Erika Kumagawa
Nail Salon Ciel, Tokyo
Naomi Gonzalez
Le Petit Nails, Sanford, Fla.
Princess Gard
Artistic Nails, Shaker Heights, Ohio
Diana Ruiz and Nichole Keyser
The Painted Nail, Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Sam Biddle
Be Inspired, Gillingham, England
Mariko Tamura
Nail Salon Ciel, Tokyo
3rd Runner Up: Nina Ilovar
Nillandia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2nd Runner Up: Jamie Ritchey
Profiles 3, Ft. Myers, Fla.
1st Runner Up: Nicole Lalonde
Hidden Beauty, Thompson, Manitoba, Canada
This year’s NAILS Cover Tech competition was truly international in scope. Our winner, Kelly-Marie Daly, hails from County Cork in Ireland, and our three runners-up represent Canada, the United States, and Slovenia. From a huge number of entries, NAILS’ editors managed to select 10 finalists. Then it was NAILS’ readers chance to weigh in and make the final decision. It was a close race, and Daly’s rounded stilettos came up the winner.
Congratulations to all 10 finalists, especially first runner-up Nicole Lalonde of Hidden Beauty in Thompson, Manitoba, Canada, second runner-up Jamie Ritchey of Profiles 3 in Ft. Myers, Fla., and third runner-up Nina Ilovar of Nillandia in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Thank you to everyone for all of the wonderful entries.
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