Winners announced for Virtual UK Nail Tech competition

The Virtual UK Nail Tech competition took place this June via the video conferencing platform Zoom.

Open to both professionals and students, entrants competed against each other across 7 different categories. This included photographic and boxed nail art awards which embraced the theme of ‘Celebration'.

Hosted by competition director, Denise Wright, the judges were Katie Barnes, Linda Hill, Elaine Moore, Amie Pike (Henry), Zsuzsanna Fecsik, Vikki Taylor Dodds, Hazel Dixon, Scarlett Senter, Andrea Rimmer, Sean O'Sullivan, Katia Da Silva, Michelle Brookes and Jackie O'Sullivan.

The winners of the Virtual UK Nail Tech competition are:

Salon Nail Challenge

• 1st  – Yvonne Lowndes
• 2nd – Emma Faulkner
• 3rd – Katherine Taylor

Freestyle Nail Art Challenge

• 1st – Kate Taylor
• 2nd – Tooran Hejazi
• 3rd – Karen Rosero Mosquera

Top Tech Photographic Nail Art

• 1st – Rebecca Roberts
• 2nd – Rachael Moss
• 3rd – Jodie Wood
• 3rd – Ayesha Kincaid

Top Tech Photographic Classic

• 1st – Rachael Moss
• 2nd – Rebecca Roberts
• 3rd – Tatjana Smirnova

Top Tech Boxed Nail Art – Hand Painted Techniques

• 1st – Raluca Bucur
• 2nd – Katherine Taylor
• 3rd – Hayley Fox

Tech Boxed Nail Art – Mixed Media

• 1st – Claire Wheeler
• 2nd – Rachelle Sanders
• 3rd – Jody Smith

Student Boxed Nail Art

• 1st – Monika Kiecak
• 2nd – Silvia Rotaru
• 3rd – Lucy Lord

(Image courtesy of Emma Faulkner).