Natalia Gaydarenko
With over 20 years of experience in the nail industry, Natalia is a certified specialist and a true esthete in her field. In 2004 she came to Dubai and worked in 5-star hotels as senior nail technician, where her clients were movie stars, singers and famous social figures.
Natalia is a strong believer of constantly developing her knowledge and skills in the field of nail care. This enables her to share the latest trends with her students. Since 2011, she has been a Nail Educator with Nazih Group ensuring that she imparts her extensive knowledge to salon staff to make sure they deliver the best service to their customers.
Danny Phung
Holding the title International Sales Manager and overseeing Asia and Canada territory for Nail Alliance since 2016, Dhanny Phung’s responsibilities include but are not limited to overseeing Sales and Education support for all the Brands at Nail Alliance.
He is a former world renowned International Artist and Educator for OPI Products Inc. Holding OPI's highest title of Global Artist, Danny traveled the world, educating, demonstrating the latest tips, tricks, and techniques in the nails industry. Starting as a nail technician in 1998, Danny has owned and managed 3 salons. A competitor, Nail Judge for int'l competitions, Danny has also been featured in Nails magazine, NailPro magazine, World News, Scratch magazine, and television shows across the globe.
Danny has now settled in the International Business category at Nail Alliance to apply all of his skill sets including industry knowledge, education support, and distribution channels in furthering the development and strengthening of the professional nails category.
You will always find Danny at some corner of the world, whether it’s pushing education with trainings, public speaking with photo op’s at PR events and Campaigns, Distributor meetings for brand building and strengthening distribution channels or Nail and Beauty Expo’s researching new industry trends, ideas, and networking to better the Nail Industry.
Erin Lee
Erin is the Art Director and Team Leader of Product Planning at Bandi Nail. She is an Examiner for the Korean Nail Association Qualification Exam and the Technical Instructor for the 12th Generation of the Korean Nail Association. She attended CA Class at Seoul Changdong Middle School. She is an Instructor for Special Nail Art Courses at Dongyang Technical University. Erin participated in the design of the Nail Art Book “Creating Trendy Lace Nail Art” and contributed her artistic skills to Nailpia and Nail Holic (Nail Specialized Magazines). She has been participating in numerous works for fashion magazines and conducted art and education seminars in South Korea from 2008 to 2023. She has been continually conducting art and education seminars internationally (Japan, China, Malaysia, Russia, Thailand, Taiwan, etc) from 2015 to present.
Her awards and judging experiences are as follows: Judge for Nail Pro Global Competition from 2018-2023, Judge for Sinail and Nail Expo from 2010-2015, 1st Place in Sinail Pro Art Tip 2011, 2nd Place in Nail Expo Pro Nail Care 2011, 1st Place in Sinail Pro Grand Champion 2010, 1st Place in Sinail Pro Design Sculpture 2010, 1st Place in Sinail Pro Design Silk Extension 2010, 1st Place in Sinail Pro Gel Design Sculpture 2010, 2nd Place in Sinail Pro French Twist 2010, 2nd Plaace in The 1st Nail Art Contest Pro Grand Champion 2010, 1st Place in The 1st Nail Art Contest Pro Hand Art 2010, 1st Place in The 1st Nail Art Contest Pro M&M 2010, 2nd Place in The 1st Nail Art Contest Pro Illustration 2010, 2nd Place in The 1st Nail Art Contest Pro Illustration 2010, 2nd Place in Global Nail Cup Pro Multimedia 2010, 1st Place in Sinail Pro Art Grand Champion 2009.