It's finally time to announce the winners and finalists of Nailpro's 2023 Readers' Choice Awards.
Read our November/December 2023 digital magazine to learn more about each product!
Salon
Best New Product
WINNER: Dust Collector ÜLKA Premium
FINALISTS: Living Earth Crafts® Contour II Pedicure Chair and Prevention Disinfectant Wipes
Best Salon Management System
WINNER: Daysmart Salon
FINALISTS: Rosy Salon Software and Boulevard
Acrylic
Best Acrylic Systems
WINNER: Ugly Duckling Nails Inc Premium Acrylic System
FINALISTS: Tickled Pinque Cosmetics Ice Queen Clearest Clear Acrylic and Beauty Innovation Covers
Dip
Best Dip System
WINNER: Mia Secret Dipping Gel
FINALISTS: Revel Nail Dip Powder and DND Dip Powder
Lacquer
Best Base Coat (Lacquer)
WINNER: Peacci 2 In 1 Base Coat
FINALISTS: OPI Nature Strong Botanical Base Coat and Mia Secret Double Bond Base Coat
Best Top Coat (Lacquer)
WINNER: Ella + Mila In A Rush (Fast-Drying Top Coat)
FINALISTS: Kiara Sky's Long Lasting Top Coat and Peacci Gel'Ous Top Coat
Best Lacquer Color
WINNER: OPI Nail Lacquer in “Funny Bunny”
FINALISTS: ella+mila Honeymoon Bliss and Peacci Madonna
Gel
Best Gel Polish
WINNER: The GelBottle Inc Teddy BIAB
FINALISTS: Magic Gel System - MLaq Gel Polishes and Tickled Pinque Cosmetics Colour Gel
Best Base Gel
WINNERS (Tie): Luminary Multi-Flex Gel “Clarity” and Beauty Innovation Rubber Base
FINALISTS: Magic Gel System - Silicone Thin Base and Luxa Flexi Base Coat Clear
Best Top Gel
WINNER: Magic Gel System Tackless Hyper Shine
FINALISTS: Luminary "Empower" and OPI GelColor Stay Shiny Top Coat
Best Gel Color
WINNER: The GelBottle Inc Daisy
FINALISTS: Luxa Gel Color - Whiteout and Beauty Innovation Galactic Glam
Best Builder In A Bottle
WINNER: Madam Glam Hema-Free Pure Serenity Builder
FINALISTS: Nail Thoughts x Kokoist Clear Builder Base and The GelBottle Inc - Dolly BIAB
Best Matte Top Coat
WINNER: Madam Glam Hema-Free Velvet Matte Top Coat
FINALISTS: Tickled Pinque Cosmetics Matte Top and The GelBottle Inc - Matte Top
Best Hard Gel System
WINNER: Ugly Duckling Nails Inc. Premium Sculpting Gel
FINALISTS: Light Elegance Lexy Line and Akzentz Pro-Formance Trinity
Manicure
Best Nail Treatment
WINNER: CND Strengthener Rxx
FINALISTS: Famous IBX Nail Treatment and Revel Nail Prep Nail Dehydrator
Best Cuticle Oil
WINNER: CND SolarOil
FINALISTS: Famous Names - Dadi' Oil and TARA Spa Therapy Nourishing Cuticle Oil
Best Longwear Polish
WINNER: Kiara Sky’s Professional Nail Lacquer
FINALISTS: Mia Secret Gelux Gel Polish
Best Lotion
WINNER: Elim Medihand Ultra Rich Hand Therapy
FINALISTS: Light Elegance Q&Lu Bamboo Lotion and Pure Fiji Hydrating Body Lotion
Pedicure
Best Foot File
WINNER: Mia Secret Foot File
FINALISTS: Footlogix Professional Stainless Steel File and The GelBottle Inc. E-Foot File
Best Cuticle Treatment
WINNER: Footlogix Cuticle Softener
FINALISTS: Famous Names - Cuti-Cal and Erica's Pedi + Toes Kit
Best Basin/Tub
WINNER: Belava Trio Foot Spa
FINALISTS: Continuum Maestro Opus Pedicure Spa
Best Pedicure Chair/Throne
WINNER: Living Earth Crafts Club LE Pedicure Chair
FINALISTS: Lexor Infinity Pedicure Chair
Best Mask
WINNER: Farmhouse Fresh Honey Heel Glaze
FINALISTS: Elim Ultra Mud Mask and Moor Spa Hand & Foot Mask
Best Scrub
WINNER: Gehwol Soft Feet Scrub
FINALISTS: Pure Fiji Sugar Rub and Footlogix Exfoliating Seaweed Scrub
Best Callus Treatment
WINNER: Footlogix Callus Softener
FINALISTS: Erica's Pedi + Debulk Kit and US Crystal & Green Tea and Honey
Best Soak
WINNERS: US Crystal Jelly Pedi
FINALISTS: Pure Fiji Milk Bath Soak and Elim Spa Additive
Tools
Best E-File
WINNER: Erica’s Medicool Pro Power 35K Portable
FINALISTS: Ugly Duckling Nails Inc. E-File Desktop and Daily Charme DRILLmini Portable Nail E-File
Best Acrylic Brush
WINNER: Light Elegance Kolinsky Brushes
FINALISTS: Oval Gel #111 by AKZENTZ and Ugly Duckling Nails Inc. Premium Crystal #8 Kolinsky Acrylic Brush
Best Cuticle Nipper/Clipper
WINNER: Erica’s Cuticle Nippers
FINALISTS: Daily Charme Professional Nail Cuticle Nipper and Mia Secret Clipper
Best Gel Brush
WINNER: Daily Charme Nail Art Brush 10 Piece Set
FINALISTS: Luxa Pro Brush Oval XL and Nail Thoughts x Kokoist Application Brush
Best Art Tool
WINNER: Nail Thoughts x Kokoist Tortoiseshell Design Kit
FINALISTS: Nailz By Nicole j Limited Edition Bling Collection and Madam Glam Professional Long Fine Liner Nail Brush
Best Pusher
WINNER: Luminary Nail Systems Pusher
FINALISTS: The GelBottle Inc - Cuticle Pusher and Erica's Cuticle Pusher w/ Claw
Nail Art
Best Chrome
WINNER: Akzentz Gel Play Pearlescent Powder
FINALISTS: Kokoist Liquid Mirror and Mia Secret Metallic Flakes - CH76
Best Embellishment
WINNER: Daily Charme Twinkle Twinkle Round Flatback Rhinestone Mix in Crystal Clear
FINALISTS: Kiara Sky's Bling it On Rhinestones and Ugly Duckling Nails Inc. Clear As Mud Genuine Crystal Embellishments
Best Glitter
WINNER: Light Elegance LE Glitter Gels
FINALISTS: Madam Glam Hema-Free Holographic Cat Eye and Magic Gel System Glitter Gel Paints
Best Decal
WINNER: Magic Gel System Magies
FINALISTS: Daily Charme Kawaii Nail Art Sticker Airbrush Hearts
Best Gel Paint
WINNER: Luxa Gel Art Pod Blanc
FINALISTS: Kiara Sky's Gel Art and Madam Glam Silver Chrome Gel Paint
Thank You to Our Nominees
Nailpro would like to extend a heartfelt thank-you to all of our nominees. We were overwhelmed by the amount of innovation we are seeing in professional nail products, we were honored to have you participate in our program and we cannot wait to see all the wonderful things you create in the future.
Akzentz, Aora Nail Products, Beauty Innovation, Belava, Bio Sculpture Canada Inc., Boulevard, CND, Continuum, Daily Charme, Daisy Nail Design (DND), Daysmart, Earthlite, Ella + Mila, Erica’s ATA, Famous Names, Farmhouse Fresh, Footlogix Pediceutical, GEHWOL Foot Care, J&A USA, Kiara Sky Professional Nails, Kokoist, LEB World, Lexor, Light Elegance, Living Earth Crafts, LLC SVJ Beauty Equipment, Luxa, Madam Glam, Magic Gel System, Mia Secret, Moor Spa, Nail Thoughts, Nailz By Nicole j LLC, OPI, Peacci, Prevention Disinfectants, Pure Fiji, Prosana, Revel Nail, Rosy Salon Software, Tara Spa Therapy, The GelBottle Inc, Tickled Pinque Cosmetics, Two Guys, ÜLKA Premium, Ugly Duckling Nails Inc., Universal Companies, US Crystal Inc. and VanDahl Inc. / Luminary Nail Systems
