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Nailympia & Premiere strengthen partnership for 2023 with 4 USA locations
Nailympia Competitions, the globally renowned competition organisation for nail professionals, is expanding into three further locations for 2023, owing to a strengthened partnership with Informa Markets.
The success of the Nailympia Orlando 2019 and 2022 editions will see Nailympia Competitions at beauty exhibitions in the following locations, in line with the Premiere group’s growth across the USA:
Nailympia Anaheim 2-3 April
Nailympia Orlando 4-5 June
Nailympia San Antonio 1-2 October
Nailympia Columbus 8-9 October
This expansion comes at an exciting time, since Informa Markets announced earlier this year that it has partnered with the BolognaFiere Group and the Professional Beauty Association to deliver a landmark joint venture, promising an impressive series of beauty events in the US beauty market.
Nailympia Competitions will be hosted in seven locations for 2023; London, UK; Mexico City, Mexico; Düsseldorf, Germany, and Anaheim CA, Orlando FL, San Antonio TX and Columbus OH in the USA, in partnership with the world’s leading nail magazine, Scratch.
Each competition location will offer six live competitions on the show floor:
UV/LED Gel Tip & Overlay, L&P Acrylic Sculpture (with Perfect Match), The Joy of Nails, Stiletto Nails, Salon Nails & Reality Nails.
There will be four turn-in categories, comprising Flat Art, Runway Nails, Invent A Nail Shape and Extreme Nails Styling poster. All turn-in categories will have a theme that will be announced before each event and Reality Nails will be themed on the floor during the competition brief.
Click here for rules, regulations, address for postal entries, email for sending in jpeg for Extreme Poster Styling, deadlines & themes for Nailympia Anaheim. https://www.nailympia.com/anaheim/rules-regs/
Meet – David Fowler – Germany
Get to Know a Nailympia Expert …
NAME: David Fowler
Business name: Signature Nail International
Location: Düsseldorf, Germany
Nationality: American
Who Trained You: Stefanie Fowler
Years in Nails: 20 or more, I’ve stopped counting
Years Judging: 15 years
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: Filing technique
L-R – Keri Blair (USA), Elaine Watson (USA), Tom Bachik (USA), Vicki Peters (USA), David Fowler (Germany), Steffi Fowler (Germany) , Marian Newman (UK) – NAILYMPIA LONDON 2014
Favourite Nail Tool: Acrylic Brush
Favourite Book: The Stand
Favourite Movie: American History X
Favourite Food: Mexican
Favourite Vacation Destination: USA – home
Your Hobby: Dogs
What Inspires Your Work: The success of others
Who You Admire In Industry: Colleagues with knowledge working as a nail tech and a nail business owner.
Advice to Competitors: Work your ass off.
Hot Tip or Trick for Competitors: Rhythm.
What Lockdown Has Taught You: The appreciation of live comps.
A Funny Day/Memory At The Nail Desk: Doing your nails in Bologna Alex!
An Affirmation You Love: That so many nail techs we have educated are so successful in what they now do.
Why Nailympia: Because of Alex Fox.
Steffi Fowler with husband, David Fowler
Instagram: david.fowler69
Twitter: Signature Nail International
Facebook: David Fowler
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 – Rodica Munteanu – Romania
Get to Know a Nailympia Expert…
Name: Rodica Munteanu
Business name: Academy Nail Artist by Rody
Location: Romania
Nationality: Romanian
Years in Nails: 12 years
Years Judging: 3 years
Nail Brand You Represent/Use: Beauty Art – Germany
Role in Industry: Educator, salon owner & ambassador
Top Technique You’ve Mastered: Extreme stiletto
Favourite Book: Body Language
Favourite Movie: 365 Days
Favourite Food: I don’t have one, I like to try something new, everywhere I go.
Favourite Vacation Destination: Australia
Your Hobbies: Travel
What Inspires Your Work: Perfection
Who You Admire In Industry: Elena Shanskaya
Advice to Competitors: Believe in yourself & you will be unstoppable.
Hot Tip or Trick for Competitors: You will win if you don’t quit!
What Lockdown Has Taught You: Be nice for no reason.
A Funny Day/Memory At The Nail Desk: Too many!
An Affirmation You Love: Never say never. Miracles happen every day!
Why Nailympia: Always I want to be working at the top.
Instagram: @rodynailartchampion
Facebook: extensiiunghii.romanrody
TikTok: rodicamunteanu29
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 – Samantha Goddard – Australia
Get to Know a Nailympia Expert…
Name: Samantha Goddard
Business name: Sam’s Nails & Training
Location: Canberra, Australia
Nationality: Australian
Who Trained You: Originally, a local beauty school, but I’ve also been really lucky to train with some amazing artists from around the world.
Years in Nails: 31 years
Years Judging: 5 years
Nail Brand You Represent/Use: Akzentz
Role in Industry: I work from a home salon, teach in a local school and educate for Akzentz Australia
Favourite Trade Exhibition: I love Olympia Beauty and Las Vegas Nailpro
Favourite Nail Tool: Fine liner brush
Favourite Book: Anything by Barbara Erskine
Favourite Movie: Lost Boys
Favourite Food: Pork belly
Favourite Vacation Destination: UK
Your Hobbies: Roller skating, dancing, knitting, cooking.
What Inspires Your Work: My fellow techs
Who You Admire In Industry: Way too many to mention, but if I had to say, then Viv Simmonds – who has always pushed me to better myself and Olena Oezman for her drive.
Advice to Competitors: If you haven’t ever competed, then give it a go, it will help you to grow as a tech.
Hot Tip or Trick for Competitors: Read all the rules & regulations, make sure you understand them, so you don’t lose unnecessary points.
What Lockdown Has Taught You: To make the most of life.
A Funny Memory From Your Nail Desk: Very early on in my career I managed to glue myself to a client. I was applying a tip, chatting away and the adhesive ran down the tip and stuck to my finger, I had to get one of the other techs to cut us apart.
Why Nailympia: As a competitor I loved entering the Nailympia comps, so it was a given that I would love to be picked to judge for them too.
Instagram: naillady1
Facebook: samanthagoddard2
Meet – Jai Harvey-Yin – Australia
Get to Know a Nailympia Expert…
NAME: Jai-Harvey-Yin
Business name: Journey to Fabulosity
Location: Melbourne Australia
Nationality: Australian / British
Who Trained You: So many amazing mentors – Phyllis Italiano, Lysa Comfort, Tom Holcomb
Years in Nails: 30 years
Years Judging: 19 years
Nail Brand You Represent/Use: Charisma Nail / Cuccio
Role in Industry: Mentor
Favourite Trade Exhibition: Las Vegas IBS
Favourite Nail Tool: Pedicure Bit for Efile
Favourite Book: Outlander
Favourite Movie: Lady Sings the Blues
Favourite Food: Watermelon (does chocolate count?)
Favourite Vacation Destination: Sabi Sands, South Africa
Your Hobbies: Airbrush Portraiture, audiobooks
What Inspires Your Work: The beauty of the abstract world
Who You Admire In Industry: So, so many; veterans of my era but mostly I love watching the new nail artists evolve grow and come into their own
Top Technique You’ve Mastered: I believe we can always learn and improve – but I love the theory of colour and was always known for my speed techniques for service delivery
Advice to Competitors: Just do it! Challenge yourself and you won’t believe the difference in your work.
Hot Tip or Trick for Competitors: Manage your time, and remember to take the time to understand what the judges are looking for. Often the underside cleanliness has the same point value as other higher skill techniques – so can be an easy way to gain (or lose) points.
What Lockdown Has Taught You: There are hidden blessings everywhere, even in the state of uncertainty and fear.
A Funny Memory From Your Nail Desk: Actually I was on the comp floor, one of my first, where I accidentally stuck the tip to my finger and thumb when applying to my model! I was stuck to her, literally! And of course, no acetone on the floor – what a panic?! In the end I pulled myself free, laughed about it; but what a stress at the time!
An Affirmation You Love: ‘Calm Blue Ocean’ is my mantra, and ‘it’s all about the love’ are words I live by.
Why Nailympia: As it has a vibe like no other, high calibre in every way whilst maintaining approachability as well. Simply the best.
Any Workshops/Classes you Offer Online: Having moved out of the industry, my passion now is for helping women in their own personal growth and self-belief. I help women over 40 who have lost their mojo or sense of identity, rediscover their passion, sparkle and a deep sense of confidence and well-being; so that their true self can step into a brighter, juicier, happier stage of their lives; their own Fabulosity. I do this through my online membership programme.
Instagram: @jaihy
Facebook: Jai Harvey-Yin
Facebook: journeytofabulosity