It's finally time to announce the winners and finalists of Nailpro's 2022 Readers' Choice Awards.
Read our November/December 2022 digital magazine to learn more about each product!
Manicure
Best Base Coat
WINNER: Morgan Taylor React Base Coat
FINALISTS: Artistic Nail Design Reactive Bonder Base Coat and Entity Gel-Lacquer Base Coat
Best Top Coat
WINNER: CND Shellac Matte Top Coat
FINALISTS: Morgan Taylor React Top Coat and Artistic Nail Design Reactive Gloss
Best (Lacquer) Color
WINNER: Mia Secret French Manicure Black
FINALISTS: Entity Gel-Lacquer Do My Nail Look Fat and LCN Nail Polish Vintage Blossom
Best Cuticle Oil
WINNER: Famous Names Dadi' Oil
FINALISTS: Tickled Pinque Cosmetics Cutie Oil and The GelBottle Inc. Oil
Best Lotion
WINNER: Salt of the Earth Mineral Cream
FINALISTS: Famous Names Luxury Dadi' Lotion and TARA Spa Therapy Calm Hand & Body Lotion with Lavender & Sage
Pedicure
Best Foot File
WINNER: Footlogix Professional Stainless Steel Foot File
FINALISTS: The GelBottle Inc. E-Foot File and Salt of the Warth Pro Pedicure Callus Kit
Best Cuticle Treatment
WINNER: The GelBottle Inc. Oil
FINALISTS: Footlogix Cuticle Softener and Elim Cuticle MD
Best Basin/Tub
WINNER: Belava Trio Foot Spa
FINALISTS: Pedicure Bowls by Noel Asmar and Continuum® Maestro Opus Pedicure Spa
Gel Polish
Best Base Gel
WINNER: Luminary Nail Systems Clarity
FINALISTS: Kokoist x Nail Thoughts Peach Base and Gelish Foundation Soak-Off Base Gel
Best Top Gel
WINNER: Magic Gel System Tackless Hyper Shine
FINALISTS: DND DC Top Gel No Cleanse 900 and Kokoist Ultra Glossy Top Coat
Best Gel Polish System
WINNER: The GelBottle Inc. All-In-One BIAB
FINALISTS: Light Elegance P+ Gel Polish and LuxaPolish Luxa Gel Color Collection
Best Matte Top Coat
WINNER: Madam Glam Velvet Matte Top Coat
FINALISTS: Ugly Duckling Nails Matte Top Coat and The GelBottle Inc. Matte Top Coat
Best (Gel) Color
WINNER: Tickled Pinque Cosmetics Pure Black 059
FINALISTS: ORLY GELFX Danse With Me and DND Ferrari Red 430
Spa Mani/Pedi
Best Pedicure Chair/Throne
WINNER: Belava Element Pedicure Spa Chair
FINALISTS: Continuum Maestro Opus Pedicure Spa and Lexor PRIVÉ™ Lounge
Best Masque
WINNER: Cuccio Invigorating Cooling Masque, Artisan Shea and Vetiver
FINALISTS: Voesh New York Collagen Gloves and LCN Urea Foot Mask
Best Longwear Polish
WINNER: ORLY Breathable Sunkissed
FINALISTS: CND Vinylux and LCN WOW Hybrid Gel Polish
Best Scrub
WINNER: Light Elegance Q&Lu Bamboo Polish
FINALISTS: Revel Nail CBD Exfoliating Scrub and TARA Spa Therapy Immune Boost Box Set
Best Nail Treatment
WINNER: Famous Names IBX System
FINALISTS: Revel Nail Care & Repair Nail Strengthening Treatment and OPI Nail Envy Strengthener
Best Callus Treatment
WINNER: Footlogix Callus Softener Spray
FINALISTS: Erica's ATA Pedi + Debulk Kit and Kiara Sky Nails HEEL-ing Kit
Best Soak
WINNER: Voesh New York Pedi in a Box O2 Fizz
FINALISTS: Light Elegance Q&Lu Salt Soak and Revel Nail CBD Soothing Pedi Soak
Enhancements
Best Builder Gel in a Bottle
WINNER: Luminary Nail Systems Multi-Flex Gel
FINALISTS: Nail Thoughts x Kokoist Peach Base and EnVogue Nails CBS
Best E-File
WINNER: Erica's ATA Medicool Pro Power 35K Portable E-File
FINALISTS: Luraco Drills and Ikonna IP-DXR Cordless Portable Drill
Best Hard Gel System
WINNER: LuxaPolish Luxa Build 2 in a Jar (Clear)
FINALISTS: Magic Gel System Classic Builders and Gelish Hard Gel
Best Acrylic System
WINNER: Ugly Duckling Nails Inc. Premium Acrylic System
FINALISTS: Kiara Sky Nails Cover Acrylic and Beauty Innovation Acrylic
Best Dip System
WINNER: Revel Nail One Dip Wonders Four Color Starter Kit
FINALISTS: Kiara Sky Nails Nail Dip System and SNS PDNK
Tools
Best Acrylic Brush
WINNER: Kiara Sky Nail Acrylic Brush
FINALISTS: Ugly Duckling Nails Inc. Premium Crystal Natural Hair Acrylic Brush #10 and Cuccio Pro Kolinsky Pure Sable Brush, Size 8
Best Clipper/Nipper
WINNER: Candy Coat Candy Nipper
FINALISTS: Erica's ATA Boss Lady Nail Nippers and Light Elegance LEpro Cuticle Nipper
Best Gel Brush
WINNER: Nail Thoughts x Kokoist Application Brush
FINALISTS: Madam Glam Professional Gel Application Nail Brush and The GelBottle Inc. Round Brush
Best Art Tool
WINNER: Cuccio Pro Nail Art Brushes, 4 Pack
FINALISTS: Daily Charme Princess Heart Tip Stand 2PC Set and Revel Nail Self-Cleaning Nail Art Brush
Best Pusher
WINNER: Erica's ATA Boss Lady Cuticle Pusher
FINALISTS: Luminary Nail Systems Pusher and SNS Cuticle Pusher
Nail Art
Best Chrome
WINNER: LuxaPolish Luxa Opal Chrome
FINALISTS: Daily Charme Unichrome / Aurora Unicorn Chrome Powder and Gelish Chrome Stix
Best Embellishments
WINNER: Daily Charme Crystal Sparkle Pixie / Aurora Shimmer
FINALISTS: Light Elegance LE Glitter Gels and Ugly Duckling Nails Inc. Clear as Mud Genuine Crystal Embellishments
Best Glitter
WINNER: Light Elegance LE Glitter Gels
FINALISTS: Daily Charme Aurora Fairy Dust Magic Glitter and Kiara Sky Nails Sprinkle On
Best Decals
WINNER: The GelBottle Inc. FoilX Foils
FINALISTS: Magic Gel System Magies
Best Gel Paint
WINNER: Madam Glam Silver Chrome Gel Paint
FINALISTS: Mia Secret Gel Paint and Candy Coat Paint
Miscellaneous
Best New Product
WINNER: Lexor PRIVÉ Lounge Pedicure Chair
FINALISTS: Elim Medi Pedi in a Box and Voesh New York Pedi in a Box O2 Fizz
Best Salon Management System/App
WINNER: Booksy Biz
FINALISTS: Square & Square Appointments and Boulevard
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.
Artistic Nail Design, Beauty Innovation, Belava, Booksy, Boulevard, Candy Coat, CND, Continuum, Cuccio, Daily Charme, Dreamstime Creations, Earthlite, Elim, Entity Beaity, EnVogue Nails, Erica's ATA, Euro Fashion, Famous Names, Footlogix, Gelish, Ikonna, Kiara Sky, Kokoist, LCN, Lexor, Light Elegance, Luminary Nail Systems, Luraco, LuxaPolish, Madam Glam, Magic Gel System, Mia Secret, Morgan Taylor, Nail Thoughts, Nailz By Nicole J Collection Nail Brushes, OPI, ORLY, Pedicure Bowls by Noel Asmar, Pinque Nail Bar, Poxie Creations, Revel Nail, Salt Of The Earth, SNS, Square, TARA Spa Therapy, The GelBottle Inc., Tickled Pinque Cosmetics, Ugly Duckling Nails Inc. and Voesh New York
