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Nail It! Judges

Erin Lee

Beautyworld Middle East - 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.

Natalia Gaydarenko

Beautyworld Middle East - 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.

Suzanne Clayton

Beautyworld Middle East - BSuzanne Clayton

Suzanne has been in the nail and beauty Industry for nearly 25 years first training in Beauty, hair and holistics followed by nails and have had several high street and home salons. She has worked London fashion week with her own team of 10 nail techs creating hundreds of tips twice a year, Ibiza fashion festival and photo shoots for fashion magazines.

She has won UK Beauty awards for Nail Tech of the Year 2018 and has been a finalist many times for awards in the UK including Scratch magazine for Nail Visionary Award 2022 and Services to the Industry 2023. 

She is currently Head of Education and Brand Development for Louella Belle, UK distributor for Artistic and enjoy writing courses specific to the UK nail industry and growing the Education team. She has a Facebook group for nail techs (nail tech awareness) with over 40k nail tech members from 100 countries. She regularly writes for trade magazines in the UK including Scratch magazine and Professional beauty as well as the Guild Gazette.