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Need Nail Friends?

Need Nail Friends?

The nail industry can be quite isolating for many who work from home, mobile, or as a stand-a-lone tech in a busy beauty or hair salon. Everyone needs motivating from time to time, everyone needs to grow in their work and be inspired by others. Networking in nails is essential for both your business growth and your mental wellbeing. Alex Fox stresses the power of meeting like-minded people and other nail artists in the powerful, energized space of the nail competition arena.

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Nailympia San Antonio 2023

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Nailympia San Antonio 2023

The results are in: Winners unveiled

Overall Top Scorer - Katie Nguyen (787 points) with Elizabeth maskell of CND

Article by Alex Fox | Published in 2023

Nailympia San Antonio was the third Nailympia to be hosted on US soil in 2023. Attracting top class nail artists to battle for medals and points towards the Nailympia Premiere Cup, this event preceded, by just one week, the fourth US Nailympia location, Columbus, Ohio (8-9 October). The thrill of this new cup saw superb skills displayed on the arena as adrenalin kept spirist high and concentration swept over the floor.

Head judge, Alisha Rimando, founder of GlossaryLive.com, was impressed to evaluate such strong skills from the floor, alongside fellow judges Beth Livesay, Jesse Bruner, Gari-Dawn Tingler, Kalista Sims and Koko Kashiwagi. San Antonio saw contestants from across the USA, Germany, Ireland and Ethiopia, which was represented for the first time, who all showcased their nail skills and mastery to hungry spectators. Stepping in to host the event at the Premiere San Antonio beauty expo nail artist Hemi Park relays, “This Nailympia was a blast! This brand new major beauty event, hosted in San Antonio, Texas, delivered 11 categories over two days with 13 competitors from four countries taking 46 seats.
“Seeing such a diverse group of competitors from well-seasoned veterans to novices embracing the arena with such passion and drive to achieve goals was awe-inspiring.

Headline sponsor for the event was nail brand CND, which presented the Top Scorer trophy and prizes.”

Acrylic Tip & Overlay - Division 2
3rd - Provy McClellen - USA

Acrylic Tip & Overlay - Division 3
1st - Olena Oezman - Germany
2nd - Katie Nguyen - USA
3rd - Katarzyna Kruszynka - Ireland

Liquid & Powder Sculpture - Division 2
3rd - Provy McClellen - USA

Liquid & Powder Sculpture - Division 3
1st - Olena Oezman - Germany
2nd - Katarzyna Kruszynka - Ireland
3rd - Katie Nguyen - USA

Perfect Match - Division 3
1st - Olena Oezman - Germany
2nd - Katie Nguyen - USA
3rd - Katarzyna Kruszynka - Ireland

The Joy Of Nails - Division 1
1st - Mari Le - USA

The Joy Of Nails - Division 2
1st - Provy McClellen - USA
2nd - Ana Vega - USA
3rd - Syreeta Aaron - USA

The Joy Of Nails - Division 3
1st - Katie Nguyen - USA
2nd - Olena Oezman - Germany
3rd - Katarzyna Kruszynka - Ireland

Reality Nails - Division 2
1st - Syreeta Aaron - USA
2nd - Provy McClellen - USA
3rd - Ana Vega - USA

Reality Nails - Division 3
1st - Anastasia Totty - USA
2nd - Olena Oezman - Germany
3rd - Katarzyna Kruszynka - Ireland

Invent a Nail Shape - Division 2
1st - Provy McClellen - USA
2nd - Anna Sosina - USA
3rd - Ana Vega - USA

Invent a Nail Shape - Division 3
1st - Anastasia Totty - USA
2nd - Katie Nguyen - USA
3rd - Katarzyna Kruszynka - Ireland

Runway Nails - Division 2
1st - Syreeta Aaron - USA
2nd - Ana Vega - USA
3rd - Anna Sosina - USA

Runway Nails - Division 3
1st - Katarzyna Kruszynka - Ireland
2nd - Katie Nguyen - USA
3rd - Anastasia Totty - USA

Flat Nail Art - Division 2
1st - Provy McClellen - USA
2nd - Thao Pham - USA
3rd - Tammy Mazzaferro - USA

Flat Nail Art - Division 3
1st - Anastasia Totty - USA
2nd - Katie Nguyen - USA
3rd - Katarzyna Kruszynka - Ireland

Extreme Nails Styling Poster - Division 2
1st - Ana Vega - USA

Extreme Nails Styling Poster - Division 3
1st - Anastasia Totty - USA
2nd - Katie Nguyen - USA

Stiletto Nails - Division 2
2nd - Ana Vega - USA
3rd - Provy McClellen - USA

Stiletto Nails - Division 3
1st - Olena Oezman - Germany
2nd - Katie Nguyen - USA
3rd - Katarzyna Kruszynka - Ireland

Salon Nails - Division 2
2nd - Alexandra Podgorny - USA
3rd - Provy McClellen - USA

Salon Nails - Division 3
1st - Olena Oezman - Germany
2nd - Katie Nguyen - USA
3rd - Katarzyna Kruszynka - USA

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A new weekly nail blog from GlossaryLive.com

Article by Alisha Rimando | Published in 2023

As we move into year 2 for GlossaryLive with a new look and feel on our home page, we realized we wanted to connect more often with our audience instead of each season or month with our Newsletter. We thought it would be even more fun to reach out weekly through a blog. This way, we can offer more frequent gossip on celebrity sitings, the latest nail news from around the globe as well as bring you the hottest trends as they are coming out and other pro advice we collect along the way. This blog will be a great place to share our nail life with you, and you with us! If you have any news, pro tips or advice you would like to share, please reach out to us in our contact section. We would love to hear from you and feature your awesome nail art!

xoxox Alisha

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Jacqui & Sean O'Sullivan

With over 30 years nail experience under her belt, there is barely an area of the nail industry that Jacqui O'Sullivan has not worked in. Always championing education & skills. alongside her husband Sean, this dynamic couple is on a mission to uplift, inspire, motivate and guide the youth training in nails towards industry betterment. With this mantra in her mind, ``The capacity to learn is a gift, the ability to learn is a skill and the willingness to learn is a choice``, Jacqui, through her roles as a nail lecturer at Stockport College UK, running the nail skills side of World Skills UK, as a columnist, competition director, international judge & all round industry expert, is a leading light for the UK nail industry as she tempers a path of education & clear direction for the young people starting out in their nail career.

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Do you struggle to get the perfect bead, round, shiny and like a pearl, when working with liquid & powder? Struggle no more, expert nailist, Alisha Rimando delivers the solution in this Pro Tip episode.

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The painted red nails in a nail competition can afford a host of points since it's a really skilled craft to get the nail polish so close to the cuticle that it almost looks at though the nail has grown red. Let Emese Koppányi share her secret to how she has mastered this skill.

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What it is: A form of extreme nail that is sculpted to resemble an almond nut shape with exaggerated lower arches to creating an angle at the tip. It has the appearance of a square pipe nail from the side view with apex placed in the middle of the natural nail bed. Looks beautiful with very long and deep nail bed.

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