NTNA S.5 Ch.4: Call of the Siren (Dana Cecil)

NAILS Next Top Nail Artist S. 5 Challenge #4 sponsored by ibd asked contestants to create a love story gone wrong using 10 nail tips, using only ibd products and China Glaze embellishments. Click here to see all nine entries. Here is Dana's entry.

NTNA S.5 Ch.6: Triangular Unity Nail Art (Dana Cecil)

NAILS Next Top Nail Artist S. 5 Challenge #6 sponsored by Bio Seaweed Gel asked contestants to create a negative space design on two hands. Click here to see all seven entries. Here is Dana's entry.

NAILS NTNA S.4: Meet the Top 12 Finalists

After two rounds of preliminary competition, we wanted our finalists to be as creative as possible in celebrating their success.

NTNA S. 4 Challenge #3: Vintage Chic (Dana)

NAILS Next Top Nail Artist S. 4 challenge #3 sponsored by Gel II asked contestants to show us what they treasured most. Here is Dana Cecil's entry. Click here to see all 10 entries.

Awesome Dedication

Salon owner Mary Metscaviz says the formula for her two decades of success in the nail industry is total dedication to continually educating herself as well as her clients.

Get to Know Global Educator Catherine Baek Dambrosia

Baek is a beauty industry veteran who has previously worked for Shiseido, Kose, and PurMinerals. Now an educator for SpaRitual and Orly, she shares how she got started in the nail industry.

Nails for NTNA S. 5 Pre-Challenge #2: Bold Watercolor (Dana)

NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 18 contestant Dana Cecil shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Pre-Challenge #2, New Perspectives, sponsored by Swarovski.

Michelangelo Sculpture Nail Art

NTNA Top 5 competitor Dana Cecil created this nail art, inspired both by Michelangelo and by her own daughter, for her NTNA Last Chance Challenge.

My Other Life: Cindy Wentzel, show dog handler

Cindy Wentzel, salon owner. In her other life: show dog owner and handler.