Nailing Art 1 Received BookClub Review by Alex Fox, Editor Scratch UK !

 

Yay, Nailing Art 1- my new book is being reviewed in Scratch Magazine bookclub, the leading nail magazine in UK and Europe !

I'm really happy that nail techs are finding the step by step salon nail art useful for their day to day salon work.  Thank you so much for the support and really looking forward to conjure new, useful and exciting designs for my upcoming book in 2014.

Don't forget to get your copy of Scratch Nov 2013 issue !

 

5 Minutes with Catherine Wong

NAILYMPICS LONDON 2013

I've been neglecting my blog only because it's been such a busy year and so much happening that I can't keep up with the updates, so here is one event that I thought you might like to see and I will spend some time on blogging very soon. Enjoy !

NAILING ART 1 - New "How To" Nail Art Book Launching in September

NAILING ART 1 by Catherine Wong

120-page HardCover book with more than 40 step-by-steps

I'm very excited to announce that Nailing Art 1 is the first book in a series of nail art step-by-step book that will be launching this September.

Nailing Art 1 focuses on wearable nail art that can be done on short to medium length nails. It combines a technical "how to" book and a "look book" rolled into one so it will be perfect for the nail tech as well as the clients to get an idea of how to wear nail art with a twist.

I've been asked so many times about nail art and how practical they can be to wear. I still love all the artisan and ornate designer nails but I think it's time that I venture into something that is very practical yet attractive and beautiful to wear on a daily basis, hence the creation of this book.

As practical as it may be, let me give you the heads up that there are lots of technique and ideas in this book that covers gel painting, gel polish art, embellishment and also my latest 3D embroidery technique that have been worn by me and lasts for weeks still looking impeccable.

 

 

I hope that you will find this book a useful companion.

Happy Nailing !





You can pre-order at Nailing Art 1 Order

Organizing My First International Nail Competition for Professionals ~ A Global Brand

Global Nail Cup is a huge international competition that has been running for the 7th year in South Korea and 4th year in Finland in 2013.

This competition is created for nail professionals by a nail professional. The founder is none other than the 3 times World Champion, with more than 300 trophies behind him, Mr Trang Nguyen - who is also the founder of Odyssey Nail Systems.

The motivation behind the Global Nail Cup is to create a professional, fun and fair nail competition with top competitors from around the world. Any competitor that wishes to pitch their skills and set a benchmark for themselves would love to compete in this championship as they would be competing with some of the best and seasoned competitors from the region and there are also 3 levels : Student, Division 1 (Professionals) and Division 2 (Masters), a chance to shine at every level.

Competitors would vouch that this has to be one of the toughest nail competition in the running, but also the most fun and generous ! Top prizes are offered in cash for up to USD3,000 for the Grand Champion.

When I was given the opportunity to host the 1st Global Nail Cup Malaysia, I was ecstatic, excited but at the same time felt daunted and inadequate. 

Fast forward 2 weeks, it's finally made it's debut on the 1st July, 2013 in Johor Bahru. We had a great turn out with more than 300 entries, 9 countries and saw the highest standards in the nail art categories which was just mind blowing. This event would not have been a success without the support of my ONS team members, friends, students, competitors and all the judges both local and international.

Here are some videos (thanks to James Ng) for your viewing pleasure and I hope that we will see another great turn out and more amazing work in 2014 !

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1st Global Nail Cup Malaysia 2013 VOD

Team Relay Fun @ 1st Global Nail Cup Malaysia 2013

I've been busy !

This blog has unfortunately been neglected as I've been busy !

A quick recap on what's been going on in the last couple of months....

 training with Lilija Michalikova in March

 

Nail Talk Radio broadcast on March 17

 

 Did some new designs in between.....

 

 

 FolkArt Level 3 & 4 Workshop

my student's work

 

 

 

2 weeks touring around France in April and took almost 2,000 pictures which I haven't had time to sort out yet....

Organizing the ONS International examination for Singapore & Malaysia on May 6

Followed by a 3Day Competition Training by Champions

 

and Odyssey Nail Festival Tour starting with KL on 17 May

 

 

and...ONS Nail Festival Singapore which is starting tomorrow.

 

and...the nails that I'm wearing now

 

Stay tuned for updates on my next post :)

 

 

 

 

 

Ushering in The Lunar New Year of the Snake

It's all thing snakeskin inspired this lunar new year....