Posts Tagged ‘naileducator’
Meet – Kirsty Meakin – UK
Get to know a Nailympia judge…
NAME: Kirsty Meakin
Business name: Kirsty Meakin
Location: Stoke on Trent, UK
Nationality: British
Who Trained You: Youth Training Scheme, Trang Nguyen & I’ve learnt a lot through my own mistakes.
Years in Nails: 20+ years; I’ve stopped counting, as it can make me feel way too old.
Years Judging: 7 years
Nail Brand You Represent/Use: Kirsty Meakin
Role in Industry: Brand owner, YouTuber, nail artist, international educator, nail influencer, international nail competition judge.
Favourite Trade Exhibition: Nailpro Vegas (it’s gone now)
Favourite Nail Tool: My Allycia acrylic brush
Favourite Book: Aint Nobody Got Time For That
Favourite Movie: Terminator & Silence Of The Lambs
Favourite Food: Mac & cheese
Favourite Vacation Destination: Los Angeles, USA
Your Hobbies: Roller blading
What Inspires Your Work: The world, fashion & people
Who You Admire In Industry: David Fowler (educator in Germany, www.signature-nail.de)
Top Technique You’ve Mastered: Realistic gel painting
Advice to Competitors: Read the rules
Hot Tip or Trick for Competitors: Read the rules – again! Sleep well the night before & get a model with kick-ass nail beds.
What Lockdown Has Taught You: I need to slow down to be a better creative
A Funny Memory From Your Nail Desk: That’s a secret!
Why Nailympia: Because I love it for its international presence & damn – the skill level is off the charts.
“I believe in dressing how you want, not how you think you should! Creative expression feels and looks so damn good!” Kirsty Meakin
Kirsty’s workshops & classes can be found here:https://www.kirstymeakinacademy.com
Kirsty’s KM clothing line launched in 2021 – https://kirstymeakin.bigcartel.com/
Instagram: Kirsty Meakin
Twitter: Kirsty Meakin
Facebook: Kirsty Meakin nail artist
TikTok: Kirsty Meakin
Kirsty Meakin KM clothing line …2021
Meet – Steffi Fowler – Germany
Get to Know a Nailympia Expert …
NAME: Stefanie Fowler
Business name: Signature Nail International
Location: Düsseldorf, Germany
Nationality: German
Who Trained You: Competitions & David Fowler
Years in Nails: 25 or more, I’ve stopped counting…
Nail Brand You Represent/Use: I’m independent, so everything
Role in Industry: Company owner, international educator, consultant, international judge
Top Technique You’ve Mastered: Classic and nail bed elongation, sculpting pink & white
Steffi Fowler with husband, David Fowler
Favourite Nail Tool: Acrylic Brush
Favourite Food: Italian
Favourite Vacation Destination: USA
Your Hobby: Dogs
What Inspires Your Work: New goals
Who You Admire In Industry: Colleagues with knowledge working as a nail tech and running a nail business, both aspects.
Judging at Nailympia London 2014
Advice to Competitors: Never give up.
Hot Tip or Trick for Competitors: Don´t cheat!
What Lockdown Has Taught You: That I miss live competitions
A Funny Day/Memory At The Nail Desk: There are too many 😉
An Affirmation You Love: That so many nail techs we have educated are so successful in what they do.
Why Nailympia: Because of Alex Fox 😉
Instagram: Stefanie.Fowler
Facebook: Stefanie Fowler
https://www.signature-nail.com/de/home/
A special walk down memory lane with a smashing line up of judges
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