Mixing Chemistry and Cosmetology at Luxuria Nail Bar
While embarking on a career in chemistry, Luxuria owner Leonobi Galvez realized her technical knowledge could help her pursue her true passion: Nails!
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While embarking on a career in chemistry, Luxuria owner Leonobi Galvez realized her technical knowledge could help her pursue her true passion: Nails!
We’re down to the results of our last weekly challenge. See which contestants have secured their spot in our Final Challenge and who must battle head to head in CND’s Last Chance Design Lab for the last spot. The Top 3 will be flown to Chicago and one will be crowned NAILS Next Top Nail Artist. http://www.nailsmag.com/ntna2015
Week 10 sponsor, EzFlow, asks our Top 3 contestants to create an enchanted fantasy world on one hand using enhancements and embellishments. This is our last weekly challenge. The Top 2, along with the winner of CND's Last Chance Design Lab, will move on to our finale competition in Chicago.
Janeice Spicer, a licensed vocational nurse, went back to school two years ago to pursue a career that she thought would better utilize her natural born talents.
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist Season 3's Top 3 finalists Celina Rydén, Sarah Elmaz, and Winnie Huang flew into Chicago for this Q&A, held at America's Beauty Show, and the NTNA Grand Finale. Judges votes combined with public votes on their final challenge nails (see them here: http://www.nailsmag.com/ntna2015) along with their answers were all factored in to determine the winner.
Chicago-based hip hop artist Kid Sister (now known as Jane Jupiter) released the "Pro Nails" single in 2007 with her debut album Ultraviolet. The music video, directed by Ruben Fleischer, is a remix of "Pro Nails" and features a verse and cameo from Kanye West. Filmed at a nail salon, it also features West and others moonwalking, dancing, and breakdancing with their fingers and newly manicured nails.
We're down to our Top 3 contestants! Tune into our Facebook Live stream on Sat., Mar. 25, around 7:30pm Central Time to find out the winner! Our grand finale takes place during America's Beauty Show in Chicago. http://www.facebook.com/nailsmagCast your vote for the last Finale Challenge here:http://www.nailsmag.com/nexttopnailartist/2016/challenges/final-challenge-cndSo who do you pick as the winner — Jonny Diep Pham (Australia), Liina Leino (Finland), or Tracey Lee (Netherlands)? Let us know your favorites!
Photographer Helen Maurene Cooper recently released her book, Paint & Polish: Cultural Economy and Visual Culture from the West Side. Cooper spent eight years building relationships with nail techs, salon owners, and clients in Chicago to take the photos that appeared in this book. NAILS spoke with the photographer and author about why she found the subject of nails so fascinating.
See nails on the runway at the 06:56 mark. Beauty Changes Lives (BCL) held its fourth annual event following the first day of ABS Chicago. The BCL Experience, #ShoutYourBeauty, featured NextGen hairstylists and nail artists walking the runway with their models at Chicago's Soldier Field. For the second year in a row, nails rocked the runway with CND's NextGen artists who were the Top 3 finalists in the NAILS Next Top Nail Artist competition. Congrats to all of the NexGen artists:00:05 — Redken (NexGen: Blake Reed Evans)01:05 — American Crew (NexGen: Lauren Shuler Thompson)02:32 — Matrix (NexGen: Breck Csicsai, Ksenia Kim)03:53 — Wella's Hair Dressers at Heart (NexGen: Jamie Pierce and Katey-Bug Browne)05:15 — Mizani (NexGen: Ashley Lee and Marquita Gatling)06:56 — CND / NAILS Next Top Nail Artist Top 3 (NextGen: Celina Rydén, Sarah Elmaz, and Winnie Huang)09:29 — TIGI (NexGen: Demi Walsh) You Might Also Like: Meet the 2016 BCL Experience NextGen Artists! [on modernsalon.com] ABS Chicago 2016: BCLE Shout Your Beauty Runway Show (photo gallery)
Craig and Becky Moore worked together to create the interior of Just Nails. She utilized her fashion training to provide sketches, while he put his artistic talents to work with paint, wood, and steel to make the sketches a reality.