
Pre-Designed Nail Art Tips
A new batch of nail tips is popping up on trade show floors this year, and they are taking colored and pre-designed nail tips into the new decade.
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A new batch of nail tips is popping up on trade show floors this year, and they are taking colored and pre-designed nail tips into the new decade.

Tucked into the corners of dark ballrooms at nail shows, some of the best nail technicians in the world compete against one another, sculpting dazzling nail art designs and perfectly precise C-curves. But what is it like to be a competitor? NAILS takes a quick look at the competition schedule of one veteran and one novice competitor at ISSE Long Beach this past January.
Mandie Staines, Gossip Central Nails & Beauty (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
For those of you who don’t have the time and/or the money to travel to beauty trade shows, you may want to make plans to attend the upcoming Spa Hospitality Expo (SHE) — because you can
So it’s taken a little while, but here are your nail competition winners for the IBS Las Vegas Show. Hand Painted Nail Art Novice 3rd Iryna Giblett 2nd Kim Hyun 1st Ryoko Garcia Veteran 3rd Kirsty Meakin2nd Mariko
Julia Barge, Nailz by Julez (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)

Try a bold shade of polish and a matching ring, says Cosmopolitan magazine. "The fresh combo is a total eyeball magnet."

Victoria's Secret model Doutzen Kroes packs light for her many work trips, going for summery, bright colors. She likes L'Oreal Paris Pro Manicure Nail Colour in Apple of My Eye.

Spring fashion shows highlight bright orange, fuchsia, and pink lips, according to Allure magazine. The magazine recreates the style, adding matching bright polish.

From January 30 through February 1, 40,000 beauty professionals attended ISSE, up 21% from 2009 and breaking the show’s all-time attendance records. The show featured 397 exhibitors, which is up 3% from 2009.