Nailympia London 2024 celebrates our 20th year, and we have both ONLINE categories and LIVE ARENA categories taking place! < Entry is set to open next month (watch this space) but we like to give you a bit of insight into the art themes for this year. ONLINE entries are submitted as photographs, video and some…
The Nailympia team is thrilled to announce the upcoming third edition of Nailympia Mexico this July, where the vibrant world of nail art takes centre stage once more. Hosted by nail expert, Dafne Fernandez, Nailympia Mexico is not just a competition, it’s a celebration of artistry, skill, innovation and passion. Whether you’re a seasoned professional…
Damon Ho, a nail artist & educator from Arizona, USA, is to host the inaugural Nailympia Vietnam competition in April 2024. This news follows his participation as a judge on the Nailympia panel in the USA in 2023, and his close observation of the second Nailympia Mexico. This addition to the Nailympia global family will…
In the competing world, Katarzyna (Kate) Kruszynska has achieved the highest championship title in Ireland: ‘Irish National Nail Champion. She’s also a multiple award winner in nail styling championships’ all over the world. Recently, in the past year (2023), Kate has represented Ireland in Mexico, Germany, USA: Orlando, Texas and Ohio where overall she won 40…
Deborah Cocco is just 26 years old and is the founder of DECO Academy & Nail Aalon as well as Nailearn ®. “I’ve been in the nail world since the age of 12,” Deborah shares. “I’ve always loved nail art and since I was a little girl I started taking training around Italy while also…
“I have met a lot of people on the competition floor, and each of us has different values on what drives us to take part in a competition for the first time and even more, to keep on competing. Let’s be honest, it’s not always easy and definitely not always joyful to be a competitor,”…
In a remarkable & unforeseen development, Nailympia London introduces a new competition to its online line-up six weeks after the event has taken place In an unprecedented move, the team at Nailympia took a series of requests to appeal scores from the latest Nailympia London, to a whole new level. “After noting that the Invent…
We’re very excited to launch our fantastic new branding for 2024, courtesy of two of our Nailympia London 2023 winners! Èva Pásztornè Balog (@evaprofessionalnails) 2nd place Division 3 – Extreme Poster Photo: Zsolt Kőszegi Model: Kitty Kovács MUA: Ivett Orosz Melinda Tamas (@tamasmela) 1st place Division 3 – Extreme Poster Photo: Jozsef Balogh Model: Agnes…
The final Nailympia of 2023 – the London heat – attracted competitors from 34 countries, welcoming nailists from the Philippines, Israel and India for the first time. A whopping 320 arena seats and 363 online seats were taken by 212 competitors, and 50 judges from all over the globe lent their expertise to the event.…
The results are in for Nailympia Columbus 2023 Premiere Columbus, Ohio, hosted the first edition of Nailympia Columbus, 8-9 October 2023. The nail competition welcomed techs from across the globe, who competed across 10 categories in three divisions. Points from Nailympia San Antonio were added to those accrued from Nailympia Columbus to determine thee first winner…
"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