Let Emese show you some tricks to create a perfect tip & overlay and how to make the 2 hands match perfectly!

Competition French Tip & Overlay

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Emese Koppányi

A nail professional for over 22 years, Emese specializes in sculptured pink & white acrylic nails, which she’s competed in since 1999. Trained by some of the best competitors the nail world has seen, including Tom Holcomb, Alisha Rimando, Tom Bachik & Trang Nguyen, Emese has accumulated over 120 trophies to her name. Moving to the USA in 2016, Emese opened a nail salon on Sunset Strip in LA & founded the nail product brand, EDKO Nail Systems, with nail expert Frederic Edange. Having had covers on three editions of the USA’s Nailpro magazine, Emese judges for Nailympia & wears the titles Champion in Monaco, Nailpro Cup USA 2018, four times European Champion in Munich & 10 times Hungarian Champion Tom Holcomb Cup winner.

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Competition French Tip & Overlay Nails

Many competitors will try their hand at Tip & Overlay during a weekend of competing. Usually, if they do both Tip & Overlay & Sculptured Nail competitions, they will also register for the Perfect Match competition. Champion nail artist, Emese demonstrates some tricks to create a perfect tip & overlay & how to make sure the two hands match perfectly for a high score!

“Tips & sculpted nails should look exactly the same in order to enter a perfect match competition.”

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Alisha Rimando

Alisha is recognized as one of the nail industry’s leading experts in training & education. In her 28 years experience, her work has been described as ‘ground-breaking’ as she has been a platform artist & motivational speaker for thousands of promotional & educational events, & competed in hundreds of nail competitions around the globe winning the World Nail Championship in 2005 in Pink & White Sculptured Nails. She is the featured artist in many training videos, including hosting the current Milady Standard Nail Technology DVD series.

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French Tip Application

World champion, Alisha Rimando, shares competition secrets on how to customize a French tip to make the perfect smile line. French nails never go out of fashion. They are beautiful, clean & go with everything. Learn how to create a full set of French tip extensions in under one hour.

“French tips are so easy, it makes you feel like you're cheating!”

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Nail Tip Application

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Alisha Rimando

Alisha is recognized as one of the nail industry’s leading experts in training & education. In her 28 years experience, her work has been described as ‘ground-breaking’ as she has been a platform artist & motivational speaker for thousands of promotional & educational events, & competed in hundreds of nail competitions around the globe winning the World Nail Championship in 2005 in Pink & White Sculptured Nails. She is the featured artist in many training videos, including hosting the current Milady Standard Nail Technology DVD series.

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Nail Tip Application

Nail tip services are widely used to extend a client's natural nail. This technique can be an easy way to learn extension services when first starting out in the salon. World champion, Alisha Rimando, shares her knowledge on how to size & apply a nail tip to the natural nail. She explains & demonstrates in detail how to blend the contact area with a hand file without damaging the natural nail. This tip application can be the base for any overlay service, such as acrylic, hard gel, or even fiberglass overlays.

“Blending a nail tip should never damage the natural nail if done correctly.”

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