3rd Fantastic Nail Awards Malaysia

It's another amazing year of nail competition in Malaysia with a growing number of participants from Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea. The quality of artwork has seen a major improvement and this year we see more participants in Sculptured nails in both the acrylic and gel division. The organizer (JJ Nail Professional) and CosmoBeaute have made this competition possible according to international standards with an international judging panel of nail champions and experts from USA, Korea, Taiwan, China, Singapore and Malaysia. Judging is closed curtain and each judge is only made to look at one, maximum two judging criteria per category to ensure fairness at all times. The outcome of the competition was satisfactory with deserving winners being placed.

Oriental Rosette Stilleto

My nails this summer =)

Summer nails

Color is an amazing thing, you may not wear a certain color by itself, for example...orange; but when different colors are placed together, they can actually complement really well. Experimenting with colors to create your own distinctive pallets make your art personal and unique.

My Ed Hardys!

Yay,...more props and collections =)

Marble Nails

These nails are marbled with acrylic and embedded with tiny and large diamontes.

School Theme on the Edge

The school theme must've been one of the most challenging theme I've had to do in a competition. I took a risk by going against the conventional square nails and did some books on the edge. Wish I had more time to work on the details but it's definitely a fun set to do. This placed 3rd in veteran.

Handpainted Talents !

This year's AMERICAN THEME handpainted category in Las Vegas comps for veteran really left a very deep impression on me because of the flawless quality of workmanship of these very outstanding nail artists. Not only they have demonstrated a very high level of skill in their craft but the composition and details of the nail art was perfect. Looking at these nails could keep me in awe and mesmerized for hours ! Amazing work !


Handpainted Veteran - 1st Place (Pisut Masanong)

Handpainted Veteran - 2nd Place (Mariko Nakamura)



Here are some of the other entries which I also loved :

Aqua-nails and something feminine...

Thank You

To all the people who have come my way in this industry be it far or near, I truly treasure every moment and you are all truly God's gift to me and I'm so happy that our paths have crossed. Thank you.

VivCat Designer Nail Extravaganza in Las Vegas was a Blast !

WOW!!! We could not have asked for more!!! It is such a pleasure and soooo rewarding when you take a class FULL of such talented & passionate nail artists from USA, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Sweden, Ukraine & the UK ! We had an amazing day! Viv Simmonds and Catherine Wong performed 3 designer nails demonstrations each on the first 6 attendees to enrol. Our designs covered Gel etching, Gel design, Acrylic Engraving, Acrylic Imbedded and Acrylic 3d.
With the exception of a technical glitch in the morning with the monitor not co-operating with the video, we were up and running by lunch with a display screen for viewing our demo's as well as those wishing to stand around to watch. We had networking going on and other artists bringing their own unique skills and talents to the table. We swapped advise, techniques and shared many a good laugh!!!
In the afternoon, the attendees were able to sit and practice some of the techniques shown while Catherine and Viv walked around assisting individuals. We gave out posters and signed them, we took photo's upon photo's and we shared heaps of hugs!
It was sad to see the day come to an end, as it passed so fast! We are now looking forward to the next class where we can catch up with you all again and also get to meet more of you in person!!!
Our next class is scheduled for London in September following the Olympia Expo. We hope to see you there!!! For more info on this class visit www.vivcatdesign.blogspot.com