Alice in Wonderland 3D Nail Art

Long time no see! It's been almost two months since I last posted anything here, but I'm back with good news. Another award!! I won 1st place for Nail Design! I'm so excited and I want to share my experience with you!

The beauty school I attended, "Eva Beauty Studies", hosted its 8th Annual Competition on June 3rd with the theme: Fairytales, Cartoons and Comics. Groups of three were formed to work on a model with the theme of their choice, in order to present a total look. Each person specialized in Hair Styling, Nail Design and Makeup. There were 18 groups and 4 awards: 1) Best Hair Styling, 2) Best Nail Design, 3) Best Makeup, 4) Best Total Look and plenty of gifts for the winners.

All groups had amazing ideas and put a lot of effort in their work! Unfortunately I didn't manage to take pictures because it was crazy! You can check "Eva Beauty Studies" facebook page, they'll be uploading pictures during the next days if you are interested.

My theme was Alice in Wonderland. In the first competition I participated (post here) I was mesmerized by all the awesome 3D nail art that I had seen and I decided that I had to try it ! So what better opportunity than this? I got to see the Disney Movie again, to take screenshots. (I admit, I saw it more than once and really enjoyed it!!) And started working!

Making this kind of 3D nail art was a new thing for me, up until now I had only done flowers. It was a very time consuming process because of all the details I wanted to put in the pieces. But all in all it was very creative and worth all the time spent on them!! Enough with my blabbing, let the picture shower begin!!

I had to sculpt really long acrylic nails for all the pieces to fit properly. So here is a picture before everything was attached to the nails.

And after..

And some close-ups...

Last but not least a picture of my beautiful team! And a special thank you to our model for being so patient!! (Just in case you were wondering, I'm the one on the right.)

My First Award! | Marvel Comics Nail Art

Happy March everyone!

I couldn't be more excited, first of all because spring is finally here and second of all because this month started in the most amazing way for me. 

The Greek "Les Nouvelles Esthetiques Spa" magazine was hosting the Live Nail Chic 2015 competition, with the theme "Gourmet & Gateau" and two Inbox Nail Art competions as well. The first one involved flat nail art designs, with the theme "Comics", in which I participated and the second inbox competition involved 3D nail art, with the theme "Greek Mythology".

So yesterday was the big day, the awards! I won second place! In a National competition! I still can't believe it! I was so nervous about the results, my heart felt like it was pounding out of my chest and I was all shaky. But in the end I was happier than ever! It was truly the most amazing experience I've ever had until now and I really wanted to share some pictures of my work with you.

Here's a picture of my award, my medal and trophy along with my entry for the competition. My precious! LOL!!

 I took the tips outside the box where I originally had them to take better pictures of the full set for you to see and some close-up pictures as well.

They were also kind enough to give away some goodie bags to all the winners. These were the products inside mine and they also included a Hair Styling Seminar from the Greek beauty school "Atelier de Beaute" and a set of 4 issues from the Greek nail magazine "ΝΥΧΙΑ". What else can a girl ask for?

This whole process was very creative and challenging for me and I feel very proud and grateful. I'm definitely looking forward to more competitions in the future.

I hope you like it and feel free to leave any comments. :)