Nailympia London 2023 is set to be our biggest EVER competition!

23rd August 2023

Nailympia London’s online categories recently closed with an unprecedented number of entries! With 363 places taken across 8 competition categories, the judges are definitely going to have their hands full this year!

As judging for the online categories gets underway, we turn our attention to the fantastic live arena categories we have taking place at London ExCel (new location) on Sunday 15th & Monday 16th October 2023. Our arena will be hosted at the Olympia Beauty show for the 19th year, attracting a global audience of beauty professionals and giving our competitors the show experience, alongside the competition.

This year we have 9 live arena categories taking place including:

  • Gel Polish Manicure (Sun 15 Oct)
  • UV Gel Tip & Overlay (Sun 15 Oct)
  • L&P Sculpture (Sun 15 Oct)
  • Perfect Match (Sun 15 Oct)
  • The Joy Of Nails (Sun 15 Oct)
  • French Twist (Sun 15 Oct)
  • Salon Nails (Mon 16 Oct)
  • Stiletto Nails (Mon 16 Oct)
  • Fantasy Complete Look (Mon 16 Oct)

Entry for these categories will close at 11.59pm BST on Friday 29th September, but please be aware – ALL LIVE CATEGORIES HAVE LIMITED SPACE so your favourite categories may close sooner if they are sold out. Click here to enter today!

The full schedule for the live arena categories can be found here: www.nailympia.com/london/itinerary

Following these fantastic competition categories will be our Live Awards Show taking place on stage at Olympia Beauty on Monday 16 October at 4pm BST. This show will see us awarding 15 trophies, 90 gold medals, 60 silver medals and 60 bronze medals.

The trophies at Nailympia London include our Winner of Winners, Art Winner of Winners, Team Trophy, UK Top Tech, Individual Overall Top Scorer, Global Cup and the European Cup. We’ll also have a fantastic goody bag for every competitor with gifts from our incredible lineup of sponsors.

We can’t wait to welcome you to Nailympia London – register for your place here: www.nailympia.com/london/entry

Nailympia London is in association with Scratch

In partnership with REM and Olympia Beauty and sponsored by Gelish, OPI, Entity, Artistic Nails, Aleana Hand, Willow, Glitterbels, Staleks Pro and Look Envy.

If you’d like to sponsor Nailympia London please email scott.derbyshire@scratchmagazine.co.uk

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IT’S BACK!! And this time it’s gone HYBRID!

5th August 2022

Nailympia is returning to Olympia Beauty London for the first time since 2019!

TAKING PLACE SUNDAY 2 & MONDAY 3 OCTOBER 2022 AT OLYMPIA BEAUTY, LONDON

We’re so excited to welcome this fantastic competition back to the Grand Hall at Olympia London!

We have 5 online categories and 8 arena categories this year, with the Awards for all categories taking place live at Olympia on Monday 3rd October!

Whether you’re ready to take the plunge with a live competition or not, we have plenty of opportunities for you to develop as a nail artist, build your confidence, grow your network and be seen by the industry at large!

Use the code SUMMER5 to save 5% before 11.59pm on 31.08.22

ENTER ONLINE BY 11.59pm on 19 August 22 here: https://www.nailympia.com/london/entry/

ENTER ARENA BY 11.59 on 15 September 22 here: https://www.nailympia.com/london/entry/

SUPPORT THE COMPETITORS by attending and cheering them on here: https://eventdata.uk/Forms/Form.aspx?FormRef=OlyB2Visitor&TrackingCode=

We can’t wait to see what you’ve got this year! 

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It’s Back, It’s Bold & It’s Beautiful

28th April 2022

The 16th Nailympia London is NOW OPEN for registration 

Nailympia London will host 5 competitions online & 8 in its London-arena at Olympia Beauty 2-3 October 2022

(Please note online competitions will close for judging on 19 August 2022 & results will be announced at Nailympia London awards 3 October 2022.)
The itinerary can be viewed here  – https://www.nailympia.com/london/itinerary/
“I wish I could express the excitement i’m feeling regarding the fact that Nailympia will be hosted in four locations this year,” beams Alex Fox, global director Nailympia Competitions. “Today Nailympia London opens its registration and to make it easily accessible, five of its competitions will be hosted online and eight will be hosted on the arena. Both will qualify towards the Global and Euro cups, so, even though the five comps will be judged in August, the results will be held a tight secret until 3rd October awards at Olympia Beauty.
“The last two year’s events have impacted us all and in the nail community we have learned to nail differently in order to survive. We put Nailympia online to keep it alive, to inspire nail artists to compete in a new way and to continue their nail journey in a different capacity, but nothing beats the buzz on the arena floor, the action and the passion behind the nails that is oozed by the competitors and mirrored in the faces of the judges. I literally can’t wait to feel that nail beast again!”
Nailympia London will offer an exciting blend of competitions over two days at Olympia Beauty as well as some exciting online categories that offer themes  such as Four Seasons, Royalty and Roaring Twenties with Reality Nails asking for nail art to represent a Disco Diva, a Winter Wedding Belle and a Cake Baker.
It’s a truly eclectic mix of competitions that will stretch imagination, inspire great ideas and sharpen skills too.
It’s going to be Bold & Beautiful !
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Joanna Bandurska donates personal care products to local hospital workers

17th April 2020

The 2019 Nailympia Global Cup champion and educator for Indigo Nails Lab in Poland has amassed essential products for her local hospital workers in Szpital Specjalistyczny w Chorzowie.

Joanna Bandurska and husband Michal Bandurski, collected much needed disinfectants, gloves, caps, antiperspirants, body lotions and hand creams from their own personal supplies in order to join the community effort to support and help medical staff. Commenting on the offering Joanna notes, “It’s really important to help each other in times of need and the healthcare sector is in great need right now. It’s important to ask your local hospital workers what they need, as they are working long and stressful hours. They are in need of PPE yes, but also personal hygiene items too.

“Let’s not be indifferent – they need our help and helping is a great thing to do.”

For more information about Joanna, visit www.bandurska.com

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