Classique Flat Art

Nail Art painting on 10 graduated tips Submission Category

Theme: Walt Disney Movie Villains

Contestants must create a piece of nail art spread across 10 graduated nail tips using only flat or 2D nail art painting techniques.

It must depict a complete scene with a Villian from Walt Disney movie painted across all the tips. Or, each nail can have a separate cartoon character, or a group of characters from the movie, but the Villian should be the main character.

NOTE

• This is a submission based competition, only entries that have been pre-submitted by 5th December 2016 will be displayed and considered for the competition. Late entries are not allowed.
• Contestants of the first 5 shortlisted entries will be invited to NAILATHON to reproduce their entry live in 90 mins. The most creative entry with the best nail art will be selected from these, as the winner by the Jury.

Nailathon 2016 1st Winner

Category:French Jazz
Duration: 60minutes
To be done: Both hands

Competition

• This competition is done on natural nails only.
• The nail design must stay within the French Manicure format with minimum deviation.
• Nail Art must be a part of the design but the overall effect should have the sensibility of a French manicure
• Participants can only use a maximum of 2 colors to create their nail art and only two colors should be visible on completion.
• Embellishments may not be used.
• Products containing glitter and/or any other color are not allowed.
• Extensions of any kind are not allowed.
• All smile lines must be done with a brush by hand. No products or templates may be used to assist in making the smile lines
• Contestants must carry a print out of their concept explaining their inspiration for the nail art. Failure to do so will lead to a deduction in the points.

Model

• Model’s natural nails must be approximately 2:1 ratio from nail bed to nail tip.
• The model must come with prepared hands with only the nails left to be manicured.
• No procedures can be done on the nails before the competition.

Finishing

• Water and soap may be used in finishing.
• No cleaning whatsoever should take place after the competition is over. Any contestant seen cleaning the nails/hands after the time period will be immediately disqualified.
• Products like cream, oils and lotions may be used but use of excessive oil may lead to point deductions.
• No consideration will be given for any pre-existing damage to a model’s natural nails, cuticles, or hands.