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Celebrate the Lunar New Year (or Chinese New Year, or Tết in Vietnamese) on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 with rooster nail art. That’s right, it’s the Year of the Rooster! Here are just a few of the great Lunar New Year designs from nail artists in a few of the many countries that celebrate the Lunar New Year.
Liina Leino shows how her entry in the NAILS Next Top Nail Artist Week 9 challenge moves. Challenge #9, sponsored by Bio Seaweed Gel, asked competitors to create their favorite neighborhood using 10 nail tips. See all of the Top 4 entries: NTNA S.4 Challenge #9: Paint the Town
The winning entries from this year’s Mural Contest couldn’t be more different in style, yet they all reveal incredible skill and creativity on the part of the artists who created them.
Congratulations to the talented winners of this year’s NAILS Mural Contest — one an industry veteran and the other a relative newcomer.
Karlalee Chabot, Nashua, N.H.
Demonstrating extraordinary talent, a steady hand, and a keen eye for detail, nail artist Elsbeth Schuetz won this year’s contest with her Roaring Twenties-themed mural. Congratulations also go to second-place winner Aria Justice of Enid, Okla., and third-place winner Amanda Lenher, of Collierville, Tenn. Our sincere thanks to all who entered.
Sister publication, VietSALON Magazine, hosted a nail art mural contest to bring in the Lunar New Year in the 2014 Year of the Horse.
Kim Speichts, Nail Enhancements by Kim, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Roz King, Bling Nails by Roz, Queensland, Australia
Shannon McCown of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, won our 2013 Mural Contest with her stunning avian-inspired design. This year’s entries took on a wide range of themes — and depicted them beautifully.
To welcome the Lunar New Year in the Year of the Snake, these six nail artists used nail tips as their canvas to create their visions of the Lunar New Year and their artistic interpretations of our friend the snake.
Lorri Silvestre, Nail Designs by Lorri, Grover Beach, Calif.
When the weather outside is frightful, nail technicians make nails delightful, and since we’ve no place to go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…
Lorri Silvestre, Nail Designs By Lorri, Grover Beach, Calif.
Laura McCarthy, Divine Digitz, Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland
The winner of NAILS’ 2012 Nail Mural Contest pays homage to some of our era’s greatest musicians. Check out the detail in this hand-painted mural by Robert Nguyen and in these other impressive entries.
Emma Louise Ogden (Clacton on Sea, Essex, UK)Anne Creager, Sheer Creations Salon (Shreveport, LA)Tina Thi Huynh, Queen Nails (Renton, Wash.)
