In the landmark fifth season of the competition, NAILS Next Top Nail Artist moves its finale to Premiere Orlando to name a winner. Halley Fortenberry, Hemi Park, and Valerie Ducharme will all compete for the biggest title in the nail industry after eight months of online challenges.
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist officially begins in one month! To prepare for season three, we are profiling three of our Top 12 every Friday (in alphabetical order) until the competition begins. If you aren’t following all of our talented Top 12, you should, and here’s why.
NTNA S.5 first runner-up Halley Fortenberry does NAILS executive editor Beth Livesay's nails with an Egyptian theme and talks NAILS Next Top Nail Artist with her and Tammy Taylor.
For NTNA Challenge 1, sponsored by Orly, contestants created nails using the company’s Builder in a Bottle, based on the theme “Seeing Clearly.” Here is Emily Nash’s entry.
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.
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 3 contestant Sarah Elmaz shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #11, Beauty Changes Lives, sponsored by CND. Click here to see all three entries.