1. Airbrush Nail Art entry must consist of a set of 5 individual manufacturer tips. The length must be no longer than 5,08 cm in length and no wider than 1,9 cm if they were flattened out. Tips must graduated in size. The shape of the tips can be any, but the same on all nails. Tips must remain individual and not be secured to one another. The design may encompass all 5 tips as a picture, but tips must remain individual.
2. Entries must be presented on a flat surface, one color, no texture, no mirror. The five tips must be fastened on this surface. The size of the mounting surface must be a maximum of 15,24 cm wide by 20,32 cm deep by 0,635 cm tall
3. The original color of the tips does not matter. Each tip may have a different color, the coating should be solid, applying of colors must be done with airbrush only.
4. All work must be done by airbrushing ONLY. Gel paint hand painting or acrylic hand painting is absolutely NOT ALLOWED. Stamping of any type is NOT allowed.
5. The type of airbrushing you do, as well as the colors you use are your choice. You may use as many or few colors as you like. Metallic and shiny colors for paint are allowed. You can use any type of airbrush paint.
6. Your Airbrush application should be completely smooth and clean.
7. The surface of the tips must be flush; NO raised surfaces.
8. You MUST use some type of top coat or UV gel sealant. Must NOT contain any glitter.
9. NO Copyrighted art is allowed at any time. Penalties will be given or and possible a possible disqualification at the judges discretion.
10. Airbrush Nail Art will be judged in the following categories: originality, visual interest, color, presentation, balance, design, detail, overall impression, complexity, workmanship, airbrush technique, tip length & shape and theme.
11. Any Airbrush design that wins, or has already won, first place at a prior NAILPRO competition cannot be reused by the winner or copied by other competitors in subsequent NAILPRO competitions.
The NAILPRO competition staff reserves the right to disqualify any design it considers too similar to a winning design. Any discussion with the NAILPRO competition staff about designs will be held in strict confidence
