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Nail Art Themes for Nailympia London 2024 released!

21st March 2024

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 with text and they will be open for submission from May 2024.
The submission window for ALL ONLINE categories will close mid-August.

So what are you waiting for – now that you have the themes you can get designing and crafting your competition nails…
We can’t wait to see what you’ve got this year!

THE THEMES FOR ART CATEGORIES AT NAILYMPIA LONDON 2024

To Stiletto & Beyond: Botanical Gardens
Runway Nails: Industrial Revolution
Reality Nails (3 nails – 3 themes): Geometric Chic / Vintage Vibes / Gothic Grandeur
Flat Art Boxed: Sacred Symbols
Design Nails for an Album Cover: Electro Pop
Art On Nails: International Sporting Events
Extreme Nail Styling Poster: Open Theme
Poster Pedicure: Open Theme
Poster Manicure: Open Theme
Mixed Media: Open Theme

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Deborah Cocco – Nailympia European Cup 2023

11th December 2023

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 practicing at every opportunity. I started competing in 2017, at the age of 20, and have not stopped.

“Currently my career as a competitor has afforded more than 60 trophies including: 5 Winner Of Winners Nailympia (London 2017, London 2022, Germany 2023, Orlando 2023, London 2023), 3 Team Trophies and the 2023 Nailymnpia European Cup.

Deborah confesses, “Winning the Nailympia European Cup 2023 was no easy task, given the very high level of competitors I was up against, however, I’m extremely happy that my efforts and hard work have also brought me to this goal!”

Posted in Germany, London, News and tagged Cocco, Cup, Deborah, European, Trophy, Winner

Olena Oezman – 2022 & 2023 Global Cup winner

11th December 2023

“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,” shares Olena Oezman. “Most people only see the ‘end result’ and the performance on the competition floor. There’s in fact, so much more behind it. One needs to integrate the training process into everyday life, take time for practice and invest in learning. Also, if you aim better results, you automatically face self-doubt, and it’s a huge personal growth journey. Behind this decision, everyone has their own ‘why’ that drives them.

“I came to the competition arena due to curiosity, without any expectations, but to have fun. The atmosphere was overwhelming and showed me a world of nails I’d never imagined. But the reason I stayed? I driven by excellence! There is no perfection! However, there is excellence, and I set myself a goal to reach it.

“I want to motivate everyone to try competing and see how they feel, what it does for a person. And observe if there is any special ‘why’ for them behind it. One person’s ‘why’ will be very different to another’s and that’s great, as not everyone is destined to compete. It doesn’t make you a less valuable nail professional. However, competing can be so much fun. For me, I figured out that competing and the criteria helped me to do nails I’d never thought possible. Competing gave me self-doubt, but also self-belief. It made me weak but also very strong. It brought envy, but it also brought very deep friendship.

“Winning the Nailympia Global Cup the first time was very special for me, because I did it. But, due to covid, some competitors did not take part, and I had many points, so my win was relatively predictable. And, you know, the thing about excellence, is you achieve excellent results under pressure, in a challenge, unpredictable and not by coincidence!

“The second Nailympia Global Cup was for me! For my personal vision of my abilities and strength. This cup was hard. I did not not have the usual circumstances for practice, I had some health issues, and some new, huge and important projects. It was challenging and at the same time, a wonderful journey. The 2023 cup is definitely more meaningful to me, even though I enjoyed them both enormously.

“Also, winning the first Nailympia European Cup in 2022 was great, as it was the first one ever given, and I generally like the word ‘first. The best combination, winning it for the first time! It’s a great cup for European competitors to motivate them to travel between Germany and the UK to strive for this special trophy.”

Olena Oezman has been an active competitor for about eight years. Starting in 2015 Oelna now hols the titles:
– German Champion 2x
– Grand Champion in Rome: The Nailympion (INJA)
– Grand Champion in Ukraine: The Nailympion (INJA)
– Grand Champion in Argentina (INJA)
– Champion of Russia (Nevakie Berega)
– Nail Technician of the Year (INES)
– Global French Champion INJA: x
– Global Champion Nailympia: 2x
– French Master in Nailsolympic Poland

Olena has over 100 ? 1st places, Winner of Winners and Highest Personal Scorer in different live competitions around the world.

Olena is a mentor and educator for competition-style nails through her academy https://nailacademy-online.com/en/

Posted in Germany, London, News and tagged Cup, germany, London, News, Olena, Trophy, Winner

Nailympia London introduces new competition!

1st December 2023

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 a Nail Shape competition was proving challenging for judges and creating confusion for competitors, it was necessary to relook at this competition and revitalise it,” reveals Alex Fox, global director of Nailympia Competitions. “It was clear that very few entries right across the globe have been actual shape and structure nail inventions since introducing this competition, however we have seen stunning nails crafted for this category, therefore it’s been hard to judge and has afforded concerns that if competitors were not fitting the brief, then should these entries be disqualified?

“I’m not one to disqualify unless it’s deemed absolutely necessary, therefore we needed to find a solution that works now and moving into the future.”

Opting for a solution-oriented approach, the team, inspired by head judge Marian Newman’s insight, decided to listen to industry feedback. Marian Newman observed that competitors were pushing for an industry shift, seeking a competition that allowed complete creative autonomy over shape and design after establishing the stiletto structure. The competitors wanted to create a stiletto nail and from there let their creative juices go wild and bring a new-fashioned nail to life.

From this premise it was decided to take all the entries that had been submitted, scored and awarded for Invent A Nail Shape, at Nailympia London 2023, and move them into a new competition. The criteria were reformed, the initial 4 judges from the original competition invited to re-score the entries and a fifth judge added, giving the competition 13 different criteria.

Now, six weeks after the event, Nailympia London 2023 presents To Stiletto & Beyond, which affords three winners across three divisions who will receive a certificate by email and their medal by post. Additionally, score sheets for this new category will be sent to all participants, providing a comprehensive and fair evaluation of their creative endeavours.

AND THE WINNERS ARE:

To Stiletto & Beyond

Division 1

1^st – Nozi Brandel – Israel

2^nd – Mei Kwan Leung – Australia

3^rd– Tatiana Solovyeva – Russian Federation

Division 2

1^st – Mariana Costirco – UK

2^nd – Natalia Cibizova – Italy

3^rd– Lyubov Tudakova – Russian Federation

Division 3

1^st – Mino Vo – UK

2^nd – Tatyana Texter – Germany

3^rd– Charisse Cassie – UK

To stiletto and beyond replaces Invent a Nail Shape for Nailympia London.

Posted in London, News and tagged Competition, London, News, To Stiletto & Beyond, winners

Nailympia London 2023: THE RESULTS

16th October 2023

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.

Here are the results…

GEL POLISH MANICURE

Division 1

3^rd place – Mihaela Pirliteanu – United Kingdom
2^nd place – Magdalena Dabrowska – Poland
1^st place – Dora Szabo – Hungary

Division 2

3^rd place – Aimee Whatford – United Kingdom
2^nd place – Albana Skabona – Italy
1^st place – Patrycja Sarat-Kuboń – Poland

Division 3

3^rd place – Alessandra Pizzari – Italy
2^nd place – Kamila Wojtynka – Poland
1^st place – Johanna Stampka – Germany

RUNWAY NAILS

Division 1

3^rd place – Theresa Nguyen-Le – USA
2^nd place – Sophia Howard – UK
1^st place – Camelia Ionelia Burlacu – Spain

Division 2

3^rd place – Barbara Szollosi – Hungary
2^nd place – Anna Sosina – USA
1^st place – Jamie Lee-Donnelly – UK

Division 3

3^rd place – Silvia Gago López – Spain
2^nd place – Mino Vo – UK
1^st place – Petra Szabo – Hungary

SALON NAILS

Division 1

3^rd place – Mihaela Pirliteanu – United Kingdom
2^nd place – Laima Stankeviciene – United Kingdom
1^st place – Dovile Milce – United Kingdom

Division 2

3^rd place – Albana Skabona – Italy
2^nd place – Katalin Dobo – United Kingdom
1^st place – Patrycja Sarat-Kuboń

Division 3

3^rd place – Natalia Trefon – Poland
2^nd place – Deborah Cocco – Italy
1^st place – Olena Ozman – Germany

REALITY NAILS

Division 1

3^rd place – Trang Anh Hood – USA
2^nd place – Kate Pham – USA
1^st place – Theresa Nguyen-Le – USA

Division 2

3^rd place – Barbara Szollosi – Hungary
2^nd place – Marika Dimitrovska – UK
1^st place – Jamie-Lee Donnelly – UK

Division 3

3^rd place – Mino Vo – UK
2^nd place – Petra Szabo – UK
1^st place – Deborah Cocco – Italy

THE JOY OF NAILS

Division 1

3^rd place – Dovile Milce – United Kingdom
2^nd place – Magdalena Dabrowska – Poland
1^st place – Rosy Rangel – Mexico

Division 2

3^rd place – Rubi Montano – Mexico
2^nd place – Albana Skabona – Italy
1^st place – Mariana Costirco – United Kingdom

Division 3

3^rd place – Mino Vo – United Kingdom
2^nd place – Silvia Barbetti – Italy
1^st place – Alessandra Pizzari – Italy

MIXED MEDIA BOXED ART

Division 1

3^rd place – Jimmy Bui – UK
2^nd place – Mei Kwan Leung – Australia
1^st place – Orsolya Dobos – Hungary

Division 2

3^rd place – Sandie Jelsborg – Denmark
2^nd place – Nami Suetake – Japan
1^st place – Barbara Szollosi – Hungary

Division 3

3^rd place – Vanessa Grossi – Italy
2^nd place – Alessandra Pizzari – Italy
1^st place – Ismael Camero – Mexico

FANTASY COMPLETE LOOK

Division 3

3^rd place – Alice Nali – United Kingdom
2^nd place – Mino Vo – United Kingdom
1^st place – Ismael Camero – Mexico

FLAT ART

Division 1

3^rd place – Jimmy Bui – UK
2^nd place – Ngoc Pham – New Zealand
1^st place – Olivia Castillo – Phillippines

Division 2

3^rd place – Jamie-Lee Donnelly – UK
1^st place – Emma Laverton – UK

Division 3

3^rd place – Nicolas Paggi – Argentina
2^nd place – Giulia Rebellato – Italy
1^st place – Ismael Camero – Mexico

PERFECT MATCH

Division 1

3^rd place – Mihaela Pirliteanu – United Kingdom

Division 2

3^rd place – Albana Skabona – Italy
2^nd place – Patrycja Sarat-Kuboń – Poland

Division 3

3^rd place – Alessandra Pizzari – Italy
2^nd place – Olena Oezman – Germany
1^st place – Deborah Cocco – Italy

INVENT A NAIL SHAPE

Division 1

3^rd place – Trang Anh Hood – USA
2^nd place – Nicole Vassallo – Australia
1^st place – Nozi Brandel – Israel

Division 2

3^rd place – Marika Dimitrovska – UK
2^nd place – Lyubov Tudakova – Russian Federation
1^st place – Mariana Costirco – UK

Division 3

3^rd place – Loi Van Nguyen – UK
2^nd place – Annie Pham – UK
1^st place – Mino Vo – UK

FRENCH TWIST

Division 1

3^rd place – Laura-Oline Kahr Østeregaard
2^nd place – Mihaela Pirliteanu – United Kingdom
1^st place – Magdalena Dabrowska – Poland

Division 2

3^rd place – Patrycja Sarat-Kuboń – Poland
2^nd place – Mariana Costirco – United Kingdom
1^st place – Albana Skabona – Italy

Division 3

3^rd place – Ilaria Santi – Italy
2^nd place – Deborah Cocco – Italy
1^st place – Francesca Paliotto – Italy

ART ON NAILS

Division 1

3^rd place – Anikó Henrieett Széll – Hungary
2^nd place – Nicole Vassallo – Australia
1^st place – Hoa Mai Tran – Australia

Division 2

3^rd place – Elizaveta Bekker – UK
2^nd place – Ann Nguyen – Australia
1^st place – Marian Costirco – UK

Division 3

3^rd place – Silvia Gago López – Spain
2^nd place – Mino Vo – UK
1^st place – Loi Van Nguyen – UK

DESIGN NAIL FOR AN ALBUM COVER

Division 1

3^rd place – Anikó Henriett Széll – Hungary
2^nd place – Maayan Karchevski – Israel
1^st place – Camelia Ionelia Burlacu – Spain

Division 2

3^rd place – Edit Leszkoczi – Hungary
2^nd place – Maria Isabel Cubano – USA
1^st place – Mónika Kis-Szlavenka – Hungary

Division 3

3^rd place – Laura Családi – Hungary
2^nd place – Silvia Gago López
1^st place – Nicolas Paggi – Argentina

POSTER MANICURE

Division 1

3^rd place – Edina Botos – Hungary
2^nd place – Ildikó Járfás – Hungary
1^st place – Viktória Kolarics – Hungary

Division 2

3^rd place – Laura Pote – UK
2^nd place – Anita Mónika Kovács – Hungary
1^st place – Adrienn Barta – Hungary

Division 3

3^rd place – Réka Oláh – Hungary
2^nd place – Marta Kolodziejczyk – Poland
1^st place – Laura Családi – Hungary

EXTREME POSTER STYLING

Division 1

3^rd place – Ekaterina Moor – Russian Federation
2^nd place – Dominika Baki – Poland
1^st place – Cintia Komenda – Hungary

Division 2

3^rd place – Mariana Costirco – UK
2^nd place – Barbara Csicsay – Slovakia
1^st place – Federica Rubeca – Italy

Division 3

3^rd place – Georgina Takacs – UK
2^nd place – Éva Pásztorné Balog – Hungary
1^st place – Melinda Tamas – Hungary

L&P ACRYLIC SCULPTURE

Division 1

3^rd place – Rosy Rangel – Mexico
2^nd place – Magdalena Dabrowska – Poland
1^st place – Mihaela Pirliteanu – United Kingdom

Division 2

3^rd place – Albana Skabona – Italy
2^nd place – Patrycja Sarat-Kuboń – Poland
1^st place – Mariana Costirco – United Kingdom

Division 3

3^rd place – Deborah Cocco – Italy
2^nd place – Flemming Nordqvist – Denmark
1^st place – Olena Oezman – Germany

UV/LED GEL TIP & OVERLAY

Division 1

3^rd place – Laura-Oline Kahr Østergaard – Denmark
2^nd place – Dovile Milce – United Kingdom
1^st place – Mihaela Pirliteanu – United Kingdom

Division 2

3^rd place – Mariana Costirco – United Kingdom
2^nd place – Albana Skabona – Italy
1^st place – Patrycja Sarat-Kuboń – Poland

Division 3

3^rd place – Deborah Cocco – Italy
2^nd place – Alessandra Pizzari – Italy
1^st place – Olena Oezman – Germany

STILETTO NAILS

Division 1

3^rd place – Laura-Oline Kahr Østergaard – Denmark
2^nd place – Magdalena Dabrowska – Poland
1^st place – Mihaela Pirliteanu – United Kingdom

Division 2

3^rd place – Albana Skabona – Italy
2^nd place – Katalin Dobo – United Kingdom
1^st place – Mariana Costirco – United Kingdom

Division 3

3^rd place – Francesca Paliotto – Italy
2^nd place – Olena Oezman – Germany
1^st place – Deborah Cocco – Italy

ART WINNER OF WINNERS

Division 1 – Magdalena Dabrowska – Poland (121 points)

Division 2 – Barbara Szollosi – Hungary (150 points)

Division 3 – Mino Vo – United Kingdom (299 points)

TOP UK TECH

Division 1 – Mihaela Pirliteanu (323 points)

Division 2 – Mariana Costirco (398 points)

Division 3 – Mino Vo (556 points)

TEAM TROPHY

Division 3 – Team Italy (2374 points)

WINNER OF WINNERS

Division 1 – Magdalena Dabrowska – Poland (341 points)

Division 2 – Mariana Costirco – United Kingdom (417 points)

Division 3 – Deborah Cocco – Italy (491 points)

OVERALL INDIVIDUAL TOP SCORER

Mino Vo – United Kingdom (942 points)

THE 1^st AMERICAS CUP

Katarzyna Kruszynska – Ireland

THE 2^ND EUROPEAN CUP

Deborah Cocco – Italy (586 points)

THE 5^th GLOBAL CUP

Olena Oezman – Germany (1152 points)

With thanks to the sponsors of Nailympia London 2023: Look Envy, Staleks Pro, Glitterbels, Willow Academy, Aleana Hand, Gelish, Artistic Nail Design, Entity, OPI, REM.

Nailympia London is in association with Scratch magazine.

The next Nailympia will be held in Germany, 22-24 March. For more information, click here.

Posted in London, News and tagged nail competition, Nailympia, Nailympia London

We’ve extended the deadline!

29th September 2023

Due to the high volume of last minute entries and queries we are currently receiving, we have decided to extend our entry deadline until 12 noon BST on Monday 2nd October! You now have the weekend to enter!

Click here to take part in the world’s biggest nail competition at London!

Posted in London, News

The countdown has begun!

25th September 2023

Do you want to join us in London this year for the world’s biggest nail competition?

You have just a few days left to register for your place in this year’s arena competition.

Location: ExCel London

Dates: Sun 15 & Mon 16 October 2023

Registration CLOSES 11.59pm BST on Friday 29 September 2023

The categories taking place at London this year include:

Gel Polish Manicure
UV Gel Tip & Overlay
L&P Sculpture
Perfect Match
The Joy Of Nails
French Twist
Salon Nails
Stiletto Nails
Fantasy Complete Look

We will award trophies & medals for ALL categories (arena & online) live at the event on Mon 16 October. In total we have 17 trophies & 210 medals to hand out!

Every arena competitor receives a certificate of participation plus a fantastic goody bag at the event & you can even bring your family & friends to support you!

We can’t wait to welcome you to the competition! If you have any questions about competing please email admin@nailympia.com

Click here to enter today!

Posted in London, News and tagged categories, Competition, London news, Nailympia London

Nailympia London is just over 5 weeks away!

7th September 2023

On Sunday 15 & Monday 16 October 2023 the Nailympia team will come together, with competitors, judges, partners and sponsors live at Olympia Beauty, ExCel London for the first time in a year! The team can’t wait to welcome everyone to the competition arena, some for the first time.

Competing will stretch and fine tune nail skills. It’s a place to extend and explore creativity. It’s where a nail tech can shed salon life and literally create without boundaries. It’s a place to show the world their artistic potential and ability, and the judges can’t wait to see what will be created this year.

There will be nine fantastic competition categories taking place live in the arena including Gel Polish Manicure, UV Gel Tip & Overlay, L&P Acrylic Sculpture, Perfect Match, The Joy Of Nails, French Twist, Salon Nails, Stiletto Nails and Fantasy Complete Look.

Registration for these categories closes at 11.59pm BST on Friday 29 September 2023.

Click here to register for Nailympia London 2023 today.

If you’d like to read the guide to competing at Nailympia click here.

The team is looking forward to welcoming you to the arena – there will be 16 trophies and 210 medals to award!

Posted in London, News and tagged arena, categories, Competition, judges, London, nail artist, nail pro, Nail Tech, salon

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

Posted in Feature, London, News and tagged Competition, London, medals, Nailympia, trophies

Are fashion nails your thing? Wizard of Oz is a dream theme!

21st July 2023

Runway Nails is an online category at Nailympia London this year! It’s easy to enter from anywhere in the world and at just £39 per ONLINE category, it’s a fantastic opportunity to challenge yourself & show off your skills!

RUNWAY NAILS

For this category you’re tasked with creating 3 press-on full cover nail tips that will enhance, accessorise and interpret this fashion brief. The finished nail designs should include suitable shape and length for a catwalk show and you can use any suitable products (not necessarily just nail products).

To enter this category you’ll submit the following:

1 photo of all 3 nails displayed side by side on a sheet of white paper
3 separate close up photos of each individual nail on a sheet of white paper
1 photo of a mood board that offers insight into the thoughts, ideas & journey behind the styles
1 text document describing the 3 nail designs in no more than 100 words (in English)

CLICK HERE TO ENTER TODAY!

DON’T FORGET… If you enter a mix of 6 or more arena & online categories you’ll automatically receive 10% off your total entry fee

Posted in London, News and tagged Art, Design, London, News, online, runway