Nailympia moves into the Sunshine State for its 3rd US event

1st July 2019

The first Nailympia to be hosted in Orlando saw 11 countries represented and 21 nail experts join the judging panel. The panel comprised Elaine Watson, Jan Arnold, Tammy Taylor, Maisie Dunbar, Morgan Haile, Karen Dunn, Dee Smith, Cheryl Thibault, Traci Dungan, Allie Baker, Trang Nguyen, Vitaly Solomonoff, Jaime Schrabeck, Lauren Wireman, Jenny Bui, Shelena Robinson, Aigul Fritzke,…

Nailympia Orlando 2019 – THE RESULTS

7th June 2019

Premiere Orlando hosted the first Orlando edition of Nailympia, sponsored by CND, Kupa Inc and Light Elegance. Powered by Scratch magazine, the competition saw around 30 nailists take to the floor across two days on the 2-3 June. UK tech, Hazel Dixon, scooped the Highest Scoring Individual accolade before announcing her retirement from competitions. SOAK OFF GEL MANICURE Division 1 1st – Dominique Coleman 2nd…

The Great Scratch Shoot Out is back!

1st June 2019

The Great Scratch Shoot Out is back! Nailympia’s sister photographic competition is now open for entry. Click here to submit your entries!  Open to nail professionals around the world, it’s time to collaborate with a creative team, snap a winning shot and share your work with the world – with prizes to be won, too. With no set…

The brief has been sent out to competitors entering the Runway Nails Mood Board comp in Orlando

21st May 2019

There’s still time to sign up & enter Nailympia Orlando – you can even show up on the 2 June – but for Runway you need this brief now – to create your piece… See you in Orlando in 12 days… Brief created by nail expert & session stylist Marian Newman – head floor judge…

Nailympia Estonia 2019: THE RESULTS

13th May 2019

The second Nailympia Estonia took place 10-12 May 2019 at Beauty World, Talinn, and attracted 69 competitors from 16 countries. 320 competition seats were taken and the results are as follows: SOAK OFF GEL MANICURE Division 1 1st – Aleksandra Karnosova – Finland 2nd – Agne Montivilaite – Lithuania 3rd – Veronika Leinonen – Finland…

Nailympia Canada – a new location for 2019

6th March 2019

Nailympia Competitions is delighted to add a fourth location to its world map – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. This new event will be hosted by two fierce Canadian competitors Aigul Fritzke & Karen Dunn. “It’s extremely exciting to add Canada to the Nailympia world tour. This location adds its own special flavour to the competition circuit and…

Win a FREE competition place in Nailympia London!

22nd February 2019

For your chance to win follow these simple steps:  Register between 12 noon on Friday 22 February and 12 noon on Friday 1 March to take part in Nailympia London 2019 and make payment to confirm your place Automatically be entered into the competition to win a refund on your place in one competition category for…

STOP PRESS – A NEW NAILYMPIA for 2019 – STOP PRESS

22nd February 2019

Nailympia Competitions is excited and thrilled to announce its new partnership with Premiere Orlando in 2019! The Premiere Orlando show, an established, admired and exciting annual exhibition event, will be branding its 2019 nail competitions with Nailympia. The show dates 1-3 June will host Nailympia Orlando on 2-3 June over 2 days. “We are very…

Tracks ARTE video about Nailympia London 2018

11th February 2019

Tracks ARTE have created a video about Extreme Nail Art at Nailympia London 2018 featuring Alex Fox and Scratch Magazine! Make sure you watch the video below to see some of the incredible highlights from this competition and to register for your place click here!  

“I’m so happy I now get the chance to be a judge…” says Nailympia Global Champion of 2017

14th January 2019

“Nailympia has given me the opportunity to meet people from all around the world and see and learn from other nail techs too and got to measure myself against the best in the world. Nailympia offers the chance to develop as a nail professional. Everyone that competes can feel the lovely atmosphere on the competition arena and…

"Every industry has its own top awards for artistic, technological or creative merit - the Oscars for movies, runways for the fashion industry, BRIT Awards for musicians. Nailympia has become a top award for the global nail industry. It's the place where styles, predictions, new creative technologies new names and stars are born. Every time you compete at Nailympia you win, your professionalism wins and eventually, your clients win too. Regardless of the place you take, the next day after the event, you will feel your skills have been elevated to the next level."

Vitaly Solomonoff, Estiq, chemist, nail expert, consultant & international judge USA