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Next Top Nail Artist: Final Nails Q&A

NAILS Next Top Nail Artist: Season 2's final challenge asked our Top 3 to design five sets of 10 nails to be presented to Johnson Hartig for his fashion label, Libertine. We chatted with each contestant about two of their designs. DANIELLE Part 1: Check-in Report   |  Part 2: Final Nails   |  All Five Designs LAVETTE: Part 1: Check-in Report   |  Part 2: Final Nails   |  All Five Designs LEXI: Part 1: Check-in Report   |  Part 2: Final Nails   |  All Five Designs

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Next Top Nail Artist: Season 2 Challenges

Here's a 10-minute recap of NAILS Next Top Nail Artist: Season 2. We selected 24 semi-finalists for our second annual NAILS Next Top Nail Artist competition. The field was narrowed down to our Top 12 after two pre-challenges. For 10 weeks in September 2014, we gave our finalists a new challenge each week to showcase their skills in creating nail art looks based on a theme created by NAILS and each of our weekly sponsors (Bio Seaweed Gel, CND, Dashing Diva, Entity Beauty, Gel II, Gelish, INM, It’s So Easy, Orly International, SuperNail, and Young Nails). In addition to creating their nail art masterpieces, NAILS Next Top Nail Artist contestants shot step-by-step tutorials, video demos, and shared their entries via social media.

NTNA Final Part 2: I Love Libertine (Lavette)

Top 3 contestant Lavette Cephus created five sets of nails (10 in each set) for the fashion label Libertine for Part 2 of the NAILS Next Top Nail Artist final challenge. DANIELLE Part 1: Check-in Report   |  Part 2: Final Nails   |  All Five Designs LAVETTE: Part 1: Check-in Report   |  Part 2: Final Nails   |  All Five Designs LEXI: Part 1: Check-in Report   |  Part 2: Final Nails   |  All Five Designs

NTNA Final Part 2: I Love Libertine (Lexi)

Top 3 contestant  created five sets of nails (10 in each set) for the fashion label Libertine for Part 2 of the NAILS Next Top Nail Artist final challenge. DANIELLE Part 1: Check-in Report   |  Part 2: Final Nails   |  All Five Designs LAVETTE: Part 1: Check-in Report   |  Part 2: Final Nails   |  All Five Designs LEXI: Part 1: Check-in Report   |  Part 2: Final Nails   |  All Five Designs

NTNA Final Part 2: I Love Libertine (Danielle)

Top 3 contestant  created five sets of nails (10 in each set) for the fashion label Libertine for Part 2 of the NAILS Next Top Nail Artist final challenge. DANIELLE Part 1: Check-in Report   |  Part 2: Final Nails   |  All Five Designs LAVETTE: Part 1: Check-in Report   |  Part 2: Final Nails   |  All Five Designs LEXI: Part 1: Check-in Report   |  Part 2: Final Nails   |  All Five Designs

On My Mind: A Life-Changing Experience

NAILS Next Top Nail Artist 2014 winner Ryoko Garcia shares her thoughts on how winning the nail art contest changed her life.

Losing a Friend. My Memories of Vicki Peters

Vicki loved nails, the nail industry, nail technicians, nail magazines, nail jokes, nail cruises, nail trends, nail memes, nail salons, nail shows, and just about anything nail-related.

Mars and Venus in the Salon

On the nail competition floor, couple Emese Koppànyi and Frédéric Edange can be found both paired together and battling each other. The duo married in Las Vegas in 2014, then for their “honeymoon” won the Perfect Match category together. The newlyweds talk about the male-female dynamic in the nail salon and beyond.

Lavette Cephus' NTNA Libertine Challenge Part 1

We asked our Top 3 to give us a report on designer Johnson Hartig of Libertine. Here is Lavette Cephus'.

Danielle Costantino's NTNA Libertine Challenge Part 1

We asked our Top 3 to give us a report on designer Johnson Hartig of Libertine. Here is Danielle Costantino's.