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Forget about boring, solid shades: Spring 2012 is all about glitz, glamour, and fun when it comes to your nails! What better way to get into the fun of nail care than with a healthy dose of competition? Nail manicurist to the stars, Tracylee is back to judge BeautyStat’s Sally Hansen Nail Contest, inspired by her favorite spring trends.

This year was all about colorful, textured, and definitely unconventional nails! Tracylee’s favorite spring nail trends encompass a variety of styles, patterns, and unlikely combinations. Enhance your opaques with bright aqua or tangerine designs, or try a new take on a French manicure with a statement-making reverse moons mani, in an unlikely color combination. Similarly, makeover the traditional French mani with pastel colored tips, and be sure to try the freshest neutral nudes as the backdrop to any nail look.

Neons are all the rage, especially when the coveted ombre hair trend recently made its debut on nails this season!  We’re seeing dozens of neon color combos, especially when it comes to nail art. With so many colors to choose from, Spring 2012 is all about layering colors, textures, and patterns.

Now we want to see what you’ve got! Enter BeautyStat’s Sally Hansen Nail Competition by submitting a spring-inspired nail look that’s all your own. From neons, to glittered lacquers — with the season’s “more is more” nail philosophy — wow us with your own unique take on spring nails, and win a Luxe by Tracylee’s Favorite Sally Hansen Nail Swag Bag!

Our nail expert Tracylee, (follow her on Twitter @LuxebyTracylee) will choose ten finalists. We will then feature the amazing ladies, (or gents!) whose looks dominated above the rest. And… it is up you, our lovely readers, to choose the winner!

Dubbed NYC’s “Mani Maven”, Tracylee  stays ahead of the curve, with the newest and hottest nail trends. A favorite choice for both editors and  bloggers, vivacious and articulate Tracylee lends her expertise working as an editorial manicurist as well as speaking  from an educator’s perspective in numerous blog features and in magazines such as American Salon, Cosmopolitan, In Style, Glamour, OK!,  NY Times Style, Wall Street Journal, and WWD. Tracylee’s nail art expertise has been commissioned by  many,  such as Dior and she is also a featured guest artist for NailPro Magazine.

Tracylee maintains a clientele of NYC socialites, designers, editors, and celebrities including, Natalie Portman, Emmy Rossum, Uma Thurman, M.I.A, Emma Roberts, Nicki Minaj, &Olivia Wilde to name a few. International and American Editorial clients include Lucky, Marie Claire, Numero, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar,Vanity Fair, In Style and Vogue.

New Avril Lavigne for Sally Hansen Salon Effects Real Nail Polish Strips available this April

CONTEST RULES:

Three winners will receive a Luxe by Tracylee’s Favorite Sally Hansen Nail Swag Bag, filled with her favorite products! Please email your pictures and videos to NailContest@BeautyStat.com by Thursday, April 19th (US only please).

***If you are submitting a photo, be sure to include some text of how you got your look and what inspired you!

***If you are submitting a YouTube video clip, be sure to also include your products, technique, and inspiration!

Remember, all entries must be original works (trust us, we’ll be able to tell)!

Thank you to Sally Hansen and Tracylee for making all of this possible! Get down and dirty and send us your entries! For more nail inspiration, visit www.sallyhansen.com and www.LuxebyTracylee.com

- Yevgeniya Yelkina

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