2026 Nail Competition
Mon, Jun 01
|Virtual Event
🎨✨ The UNE Virtual Nail Art Competition is BACK and better than ever! Think you’ve got what it takes? From everyday elegance to jaw-dropping 3D masterpieces, we’re celebrating creativity in every form. Show us your skills, turn heads, and claim your spotlight!
Time & Location
Jun 01, 2026, 10:00 AM MDT – Aug 01, 2026, 11:59 PM MDT
Virtual Event
Details
The Nail Art Competition is a highlight of the expo—where creativity, talent, and passion come to life on the tiniest of canvases. Open to artists of all levels, this year’s competition features multiple categories designed to showcase a wide range of styles, from everyday wearable sets to avant-garde showpieces. With updated rules, exciting new themes, and no copyright restrictions, we’ve made it more inclusive and dynamic than ever before. Whether you're here to compete or just be inspired, this is your chance to shine, connect with fellow creatives, and be recognized for your artistry.
**Upon purchasing a competition category, you will receive a unique code for each entry, along with a personal submission link to use when you're ready to submit your photos. Please allow up to 7 business days for your code and submission link to be sent. **
2026 Nail Art Categories:Â
Category: Basic, but not.
Theme: Unique…
Tickets
Unique Frenchies
Sale ends
Aug 01, 12:00 PM MDT
We don’t want to just see the average pink and whites. Give us your own creative twist on a frenchie! It could be geometric, made out of flowers, etc. Just give it some artistic flair!
From $10.00 to $25.00
$25.00
+$1.86 Tax
+$0.67 ticket service fee
$10.00
+$0.74 Tax
+$0.27 ticket service fee
Galactic
Sale ends
Aug 01, 12:00 PM MDT
Add whatever spacey art you’d like. But for this category, we want to see you using different mediums to create these sets. For example, mixing cat eye, pigments, chromes, etc. Make sure you list what you used!
From $10.00 to $25.00
$25.00
+$1.86 Tax
+$0.67 ticket service fee
$10.00
+$0.74 Tax
+$0.27 ticket service fee
Utah Scenery
Sale ends
Aug 01, 12:00 PM MDT
Whether you’re from here or not, I think we can all appreciate the beautiful scenery this state has to offer! Plus, we want to honor the place that allows us all to gather for this event. So use the many beautiful sights that Utah has to offer as inspo, and show us what you’ve got!
From $10.00 to $25.00
$25.00
+$1.86 Tax
+$0.67 ticket service fee
$10.00
+$0.74 Tax
+$0.27 ticket service fee
90's Cartoons
Sale ends
Aug 01, 12:00 PM MDT
We want to feel the nostalgia of watching these growing up. So pick a fave, and go to town on these. Let’s catch a nostalgic little glimpse into your childhood! (Or adulthood, no judgement here!)
From $10.00 to $25.00
$25.00
+$1.86 Tax
+$0.67 ticket service fee
$10.00
+$0.74 Tax
+$0.27 ticket service fee
Extreme Shapes
Sale ends
Aug 01, 12:00 PM MDT
The name says it all. We want to see some editorial style, unwearable type nails. Extreme lengths, extreme shaping. You know the ones. Add any art you’d like, but here, we mainly want to see what crazy nail shapes you can come up with!
$10.00
+$0.74 Tax
+$0.27 ticket service fee
$10.00
+$0.74 Tax
+$0.27 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00