See nails on the runway at the 06:56 mark. Beauty Changes Lives (BCL) held its fourth annual event following the first day of ABS Chicago. The BCL Experience, #ShoutYourBeauty, featured NextGen hairstylists and nail artists walking the runway with their models at Chicago's Soldier Field. For the second year in a row, nails rocked the runway with CND's NextGen artists who were the Top 3 finalists in the NAILS Next Top Nail Artist competition. Congrats to all of the NexGen artists:00:05 — Redken (NexGen: Blake Reed Evans)01:05 — American Crew (NexGen: Lauren Shuler Thompson)02:32 — Matrix (NexGen: Breck Csicsai, Ksenia Kim)03:53 — Wella's Hair Dressers at Heart (NexGen: Jamie Pierce and Katey-Bug Browne)05:15 — Mizani (NexGen: Ashley Lee and Marquita Gatling)06:56 — CND / NAILS Next Top Nail Artist Top 3 (NextGen: Celina Rydén, Sarah Elmaz, and Winnie Huang)09:29 — TIGI (NexGen: Demi Walsh)
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ABS Chicago 2016: BCLE Shout Your Beauty Runway Show (photo gallery)
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 8 contestant Sarah Elmaz shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #5, In Unison, sponsored by Bio Seaweed Gel. Click here to see all 8 entries.
created this set of 3-D fantasy nail art using a variety of products (liquid & powder, gel, gel-polish, paints, glitter) to illustrate her personal three-word tagline for NAILS Next Top Nail Artist Season 3, Pre-Challenge #2.
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 9 contestant April Ryan shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Challenge #4, L.A. Landmark, sponsored by Orly. Click here to see all 9 entries.
Don't Be Afraid. Lauren Boyd (Memphis, Tenn.)
created this set of 3-D fantasy nail art using a variety of products (liquid & powder, gel, gel-polish, paints, glitter) to illustrate her personal three-word tagline for NAILS Next Top Nail Artist Season 3, Pre-Challenge #2.
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 18 contestant Kostadina Tsihlas shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Pre-Challenge #2, New Perspectives, sponsored by Swarovski.
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 18 contestant Katie Barnes shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Pre-Challenge #2, New Perspectives, sponsored by Swarovski.
NAILS Next Top Nail Artist (NTNA) Top 18 contestant Trizia Vargas shows her inspiration and nail tutorial for NTNA Pre-Challenge #2, New Perspectives, sponsored by Swarovski.
Ann Chang shows how to file and shape nails using an e-file to speed up your services. She uses the same sanding band that she used to prep the nail and a low e-file speed to buff the acrylic nail.
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.
