
NAILS & CND Announce Top 3 Finalists in Next Top Nail Artist Competition Season 3
Celina Ryden, Sarah Elmaz, and Winnie Huang will compete for the season three title in Chicago at America's Beauty Show, March 12-14 2016.

Celina Ryden, Sarah Elmaz, and Winnie Huang will compete for the season three title in Chicago at America's Beauty Show, March 12-14 2016.

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.

INM’s Jimmy the Swan came to life this past year in a series of animated shorts. Now it’s the contestants’ turn to make nail art come alive. The Top 4 were asked to create a fantasy nail art tip that has at least one movable component. The animated portion of the nail must be INM–related.The votes will be combined with our judges scores, the winner will receive a $500 gift certificate from INM, and one artist will be eliminated. Visit this link to vote for your favorite set of nails by Thursday, Nov. 5th at 12 PM, PST: http://www.nailsmag.com/nexttopnailartist/2015/challenges/week-9inm You can also play along to win prizes at home using the hashtag #GelishPlayAtHome on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Details here: http://www.nailsmag.com/nexttopnailartist/2015/play-home

NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 4 contestant Winnie Huang shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #9, Animated Short, sponsored by INM. Click here to see all four entries

NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 4 contestant Sarah Elmaz shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #9, Animated Short, sponsored by INM. Click here to see all four entries

NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 4 contestant Celina Ryden shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #9, Animated Short, sponsored by INM. Click here to see all four entries
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It’s the 40th anniversary of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” and what better way to celebrate than with Gelish’s new Two-of-a-Kind color set and a Rocky Horror-inspired Challenge #8. Contestants were asked to create a Rocky Horror-inspired manicure that can be worn out for Halloween. The final set must include polish and gel-polish with the colors red, black, and white and a glow-in-the dark component. Visit this link to vote for your favorite set of nails by Thursday, Oct. 29th at 12 PM, PST: http://www.nailsmag.com/nexttopnailartist/2015/challenges/week-8gelishThe votes will be combined with our judges scores, the winner will receive an 18G LED lamp, ProHesion Master Kit, Fantastic Four pack, and 4 bottles of Gelish (an over $500 value), and one artist will be eliminated.You can also play along to win prizes at home using the hashtag #GelishPlayAtHome on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Details here: http://www.nailsmag.com/nexttopnailartist/2015/play-home

NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 5 contestant Winnie Huang shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #8, Rocky Horror Halloween, sponsored by Gelish. Click here to see all five entries.

NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 5 contestant Torie Bastian shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #8, Rocky Horror Halloween, sponsored by Gelish. Click here to see all five entries.

NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 5 contestant Sarah Elmaz shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #8, Rocky Horror Halloween, sponsored by Gelish. Click here to see all five entries.

NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 5 contestant Lauren Boyd shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #8, Rocky Horror Halloween, sponsored by Gelish. Click here to see all five entries.

NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 5 contestant Celina Ryden shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #8, Rocky Horror Halloween, sponsored by Gelish. Click here to see all five entries.
If you haven’t been following, go vote, and if you’ve been voting catch a few videos, they’re mind bending!

NAILS NTNA Challenge #7 is sponsored by China Glaze. To celebrate Pablo Picasso’s 134th birthday, the contestants were asked to paint a Picasso-inspired masterpiece on a single hand. This was a hand painting challenge so only acrylic paint and polish were allowed. Polish had to make up at least 50% of the final design. Visit this link to vote for your favorite set of nails by Thursday, Oct. 22nd at 12 PM, PST: http://www.nailsmag.com/nexttopnailartist/2015/challenges/week-7china-glazeThe votes will be combined with our judges scores, the winner will receive 50 China Glaze shades and a selection of Nail Art Liners (a $500 value), and one artist will be eliminated.You can also play along to win prizes at home using the hashtag #GelishPlayAtHome on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Details here: http://www.nailsmag.com/nexttopnailartist/2015/play-home

NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 6 contestant Winnie Huang shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #7, The Next Picasso, sponsored by China Glaze. Click here to see all six entries.