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Kirsty Meakin
Kirsty Meakin is one of the most renowned nail artists in the world today. With over 100 nail accolades, including Social Media Star of the Year 2021, Nail Artist of the Year 2012 and UK Nail Professional of the Year 2010, Kirsty has also been nominated for Nail Artist of the Year at the American Influencer Awards 2019.
Kirsty has been honing her nail skills for over 20 years after uncovering her creative powers at a Youth Training Scheme. The advancement of nail products has allowed Kirsty to explore her ability and passion for nail art and she is vastly recognised for her freehand and 3D nail art skills.
Kirsty’s innovative creations have been exhibited at the V & A museum art gallery in London after Kirsty was commissioned to do a nail art piece for the “power of making” exhibition. Kirsty is passionate about educating nail technicians and provides a wide range of courses for qualified technicians to push their skills further to be the best they can be. Kirsty has a busy and vibrant Youtube channel, which allows her to teach and inspire worldwide with no constraints. She has simultaneously expanded the Kirsty Meakin Brand to include a clothing line, gel polish system, and a host of professional accessories and products.
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Making Nail Gems - Decorate the Nail
Experiment with mixing and matching different colors and sizes of gems to create a truly unique and eye-catching manicure. Whether going for a bold and dramatic look or something more subtle and understated, anything is possible now you have a wealth of homemade crystal at your disposal.
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Making Nail Gems – Experiment
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Kirsty Meakin
Kirsty Meakin is one of the most renowned nail artists in the world today. With over 100 nail accolades, including Social Media Star of the Year 2021, Nail Artist of the Year 2012 and UK Nail Professional of the Year 2010, Kirsty has also been nominated for Nail Artist of the Year at the American Influencer Awards 2019.
Kirsty has been honing her nail skills for over 20 years after uncovering her creative powers at a Youth Training Scheme. The advancement of nail products has allowed Kirsty to explore her ability and passion for nail art and she is vastly recognised for her freehand and 3D nail art skills.
Kirsty’s innovative creations have been exhibited at the V & A museum art gallery in London after Kirsty was commissioned to do a nail art piece for the “power of making” exhibition. Kirsty is passionate about educating nail technicians and provides a wide range of courses for qualified technicians to push their skills further to be the best they can be. Kirsty has a busy and vibrant Youtube channel, which allows her to teach and inspire worldwide with no constraints. She has simultaneously expanded the Kirsty Meakin Brand to include a clothing line, gel polish system, and a host of professional accessories and products.
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Making Nail Gems – Create, Fill & File
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Kirsty Meakin
Kirsty Meakin is one of the most renowned nail artists in the world today. With over 100 nail accolades, including Social Media Star of the Year 2021, Nail Artist of the Year 2012 and UK Nail Professional of the Year 2010, Kirsty has also been nominated for Nail Artist of the Year at the American Influencer Awards 2019.
Kirsty has been honing her nail skills for over 20 years after uncovering her creative powers at a Youth Training Scheme. The advancement of nail products has allowed Kirsty to explore her ability and passion for nail art and she is vastly recognised for her freehand and 3D nail art skills.
Kirsty’s innovative creations have been exhibited at the V & A museum art gallery in London after Kirsty was commissioned to do a nail art piece for the “power of making” exhibition. Kirsty is passionate about educating nail technicians and provides a wide range of courses for qualified technicians to push their skills further to be the best they can be. Kirsty has a busy and vibrant Youtube channel, which allows her to teach and inspire worldwide with no constraints. She has simultaneously expanded the Kirsty Meakin Brand to include a clothing line, gel polish system, and a host of professional accessories and products.
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Tip Overlay
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John Hauk
As the expert behind Cruise with the Nail Stars, Cincinnati based nail artist and educator John Hauk has led a successful and eclectic nail career. With over 29 years experience as an educator and compeitior, John has accumulated over 300 awards and achieved #1 competitor of the year twice after winning the Nail Pro team cups. Currently an international judge and owner of Royalty Beauty salon, he continues to collaborate with world renown artists to bring nail education and fun to the open seas.
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Why the Pinch?
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Scoring Files
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ALMOND NAILS
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ALMOND NAILS [ahl-muhnd neyls]
What it is: An oval nail shape where the free edge narrows into a delicate point at the tip.
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ACRYLIC NAILS
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ACRYLIC NAILS [ uh-kril-ik neyl]
What it is: A term sometimes used to describe a liquid and powder nail enhancement, but is actually the name of a large family of chemicals used to create various plastics. All artificial nails are based on acrylic ingredients and chemistry.
How to use it: This is an outdated slang term used to generalize nail extensions. Professionals should identify each nail enhancement by its specific name or system.
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No Bubbles in the Pink
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Hi, this is Emese Koppányi.
There is a problem when you're doing pink & white acrylic competition-style nails.
The problem is many, many times you can see small bubbles in your pink.
This is because you are using a huge amount of pink acrylic powder.
So instead, you have to use smaller amounts and more pink powder
when applying your pink part of the nail.
So, when applying smaller beads, and you press with your brush, you can get out all the bubbles from your pink.
So good luck.
See you next time.
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Emese Koppanyi
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UREA
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UREA [yoo-REE-uh]
What it is: An organic compound that has a superhydrating effect on skin cells. This emollient improves the appearance of dry, rough skin by hydrating and smoothing the epidermis while also sloughing away dead skin cells.
How to use it: Synthetically formulated and used in skincare products for its moisturizing and natural, gentle exfoliating properties. Urea is found in footcare products as it’s an anti-itch ingredient, so offers relief while, soothing and hydrating the skin.
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CHEMICAL REACTION
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CHEMICAL REACTION [keh-muh-kl, ree-ak-shn]
What it is: When two or more molecules interact to create a new and different molecule. Therefore a chemical change that occurs when two or more substances combine to form a new substance. An example would be when two molecules of hydrogen (H2) combine with one molecule of oxygen (O2), they form two molecules of water (H20).