The Nail Olympics Defies the Trends, Sets Its Own
New competition opportunity has global vision.
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Competition-level nails take practice, but mastering certain skills will get you in the game.
The Nail Trend, with its warm, friendly atmosphere, subdued yet complimentary decor and reputation for quality, consistent work, seems to epitomize what a nail salon should be.
The Beauty Expo in New Zealand offered its first nail competitions this year. How exciting it was to be included in such a great experience! There was a photo contest as well as a live completion.
I decided that I would try not to bog down the blog with endless musings of my rise to fame and fortune as a champion nail competitor — especially since, at this rate, it's entirely possible
The spirit of Rio could be felt in Amsterdam when nail techs, educators, salon owners, and distributors from Europe and Russia gathered for the second-annual EZ Flow and IBD Nail Competition.
Sitting in the crowd, listening as nailists explained new techniques or styles in Japanese, I found I wasn’t completely in the dark. Why not? Because I found out that what I had in common with everyone here was we all spoke a universal language — of nails.
Competitors got the chance to compete in a new competition called the Decathlon.
Nail tech Ashley Thornton wanted to participate in competitions to push herself and her creativity, but none were available in her area. That’s why she decided to take matters into her own hands and arrange her own nail competition in Wisconsin.
It was like Veteran’s day in January. Tom Holcomb, Trang Nguyen, Virginia Arleo, and Elena Maltseva all claimed first place wins at the nail competitions at ISSE in Long Beach.
