Posts Tagged ‘italy’
Meet – Aliz Dora Toth – Italy / Hungary
Get to Know a Nailympia Expert…
Name: Alìz Dòra Tòth
Business name: Aliz_D
Location: Lake Garda, Italy
Nationality: Hungarian
Who Trained You: Gabriella Kovacs, Zsuzsanna Fekete, Natalya Larina.
Years in Nails: 26 years
Years Judging: 10 years
Nail Brand You Represent/Use: Truscada
Role in Industry: Educator, ambassador and distributor
Favourite Trade Exhibition: Cosmoprof
Favourite Nail Tool: My recent invention – aluminium support to put under the nail form
Favourite Book: Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
Favourite Movie: Lord of the Rings
Favourite Food: Many varieties, but I love làngos, a typical Hungarian fried bread eaten for breakfast with garlic.
Favourite Vacation Destination: Mountains forever!
Your Hobbies: Wakeboarding, snowboarding, studying & my job as a stylist & creative director
What Inspires Your Work: Perfection.
Who You Admire In Industry: Marian Newman.
Top Technique You’ve Mastered: Everything to do with structure.
Advice to Competitors: Don’t be afraid to ask questions about the rules, if something is not clear.
Hot Tip or Trick for Competitors: Choose the right model, not only for the hands, but importantly for her personality too.
What Lockdown Has Taught You: Happiness.
A Funny Memory From Your Nail Desk: I have many, but the strangest happened during a training session, my student put the nail form on top of the nail up to the cuticle area, then asked me where to put the gel. This was funniest and scariest experience of my career.
An Affirmation You Love: Elegance is not about being noticed, it’s about being remembered.
Why Nailympia: I feel it’s the maximum level you can participate in on the global competition circuit.
Instagram: @aliz_d @truscadaitalia
Facebook: Aliz Dora Toth
TikTok: @alizdora
Meet – Milena Mingozzi – Italy
Get to Know a Nailympia Expert in 23 Steps…
NAME: Milena Mingozzi
Business name: I’m ROXY
Location: Italy
Nationality: Italian
Who Trained You: I attended my basic preparation and nail art courses with the greatest nail artists in the world: Malsaeva, Shanskaya, Sacripante, Bonvicini, Trang Nguyen, Khabelkaeva … and many others.
Years in Nails: 31 years
Years Judging: 5 years
Nail Brand You Represent/Use: I’m Roxy
Role in Industry: Master nail art educator, competition coach & mentor
Favourite Trade Exhibition: Cosmoprof Bologna
Favourite Nail Tool: Sculpting brush and my L&P acrylic powder system
Favourite Book: Divine Comedy
Favourite Movie: Pride & Prejudice
Favourite Food: Fish & chips
Favourite Vacation Destination: When with family – everywhere
Your Hobbies: Model making, doing puzzles, embroidery & gardening
What Inspires Your Work: The world around me, nature, colours & the wind.
Who You Admire In Industry: Alex Fox, Malsaeva, Khabelkaeva, Bonvicini.
Top Technique You’ve Mastered: Nail & 3D sculpture
Hot Tip or Trick for Competitors: Always believe in it and never give up. Participate in competitions, always observe other’s at work, because with your eyes you can steal the secrets of the trade.
A memory from the nail desk: A client, a long time ago, asked if she could move the nail extensions back and forth every day!
An Affirmation You Love: Always love never hate.
Why Nailympia: It has always been the most important nail competition circuit in Europe. It’s the one which the whole nail world watches, and which many have used as an example and benchmark when organising their own national events.
Instagram: Milena.Mingozzi
Facebook: Milena Mingozzi