Sorry for the delay I was waiting for those big tall boxes to come! I promise I’ll make a video detailing what’s in the boxes and tubes… I’m finally setting up a nail table again after a year off. For those of you in premium (who entered last month’s nail competition) I’m teaching an exclusive free class just for you! Tell me when you want to learn about! I already have a vote for press on nails! Lmk what else! I’ll set my nail table up accordingly and I’ll get back to work. I can’t wait to see you all.

I SAID I WAS GOING TO REWARD THE WORK—and I MEANT IT. 😂❤️ Every single person who officially completed our Spiders in the Pumpkin Patch Challenge has now received ONE FREE MONTH OF PREMIUM NAIL SKOOL! That’s 22 nail artists who practiced, experimented, pushed themselves creatively and PUT THEIR WORK OUT THERE. You didn’t just enter a contest. You showed up for yourself—and that deserves to be celebrated. 🙌🏼 Your Premium access is live NOW through November 10. This is the full $49/month Premium tier, which includes: ✨ Everything in Standard 🎓 The full Premium learning library 🗺️ Goal-based learning pathways 📥 The Member Question Box with video answers 🏆 Certificates and CEUs when applicable 💅 Member product pricing and special drops 🎥 A monthly LIVE class plus the replay Go explore the Classroom, learn everything you can and USE THE HECK OUT OF IT! I am so freaking proud of you all. Challenge finishers, LMK when you see your Premium access! 🎉🎉🎉

📸 LIGHTS ON / LIGHTS OFF NAIL PHOTOGRAPHY CHALLENGE One winner will receive a BIG BOX of nail goodies (tons of stuff I promise)! 🎁 This is a nail photography challenge—not a challenge to recreate the nails in our example. Create any nail design using any brand of glow product. Then photograph the same finished nails twice: 💡 One photo with the lights ON 🌙 One photo with the lights OFF Try to keep your hand position and camera angle as similar as possible so we can clearly see the transformation. Need help? Competitors can use both of these Nail Skool courses for reference: ✨ Spooky Glow 📸 The Nail Photography Masterclass We are judging how well your two photographs capture the lights-on/lights-off transformation—not who creates the most complicated nail art. NO AI ENHANCEMENTS OF COURSE! (you have to turn OFF the flash on your phone when you take the pic in the dark - ALSO don't forget to try a video , again NO FLASH, you can take screen shots of still moments that are best). The example photos only demonstrate the photography concept. You do not have to copy the design, colors, length, shape, or products. Any brand is welcome. Wildflowers products are not required. LEARN IT. TRY IT. LIGHTS OUT. ✨

I have been sitting here reading your comments about how much TIME you put into these nails. 30 minutes. 45 minutes. FOUR HOURS. “A few days because I kept going back to it.” 😂 (13 hours total) And I realized something. I am not comfortable with only one person being rewarded for this. You practiced. You experimented. You stayed late. You painted on yourself. You painted tips. You tried things you hadn’t tried before. Some of you photographed your work differently because of what you learned here. That time matters. So before I even choose the prize winner: EVERY PERSON WHO OFFICIALLY COMPLETED THE SPIDERS IN THE PUMPKIN PATCH CHALLENGE IS GETTING ONE FREE MONTH OF PAID NAIL SKOOL. All of you. ❤️ The mystery-box winner and some other fun things I’m cooking up are ON TOP OF THAT. Because this isn’t supposed to be a lottery where one person wins and everybody else goes home. You did the work. You get rewarded for doing the work. And OMG keep telling me how many hours you spent because I am calculating the collective amount of creative labor that went into this challenge and the number is already getting ridiculous. 😂 More coming. 👀

(omg hehehe I cussed in a HEADLINE lol not sorry) The SPIDERS IN THE PUMPKIN PATCH challenge is officially CLOSED, and I need you to understand something: YOU SHOWED UP. Like… REALLY showed up. 😭 I have been watching these entries come in and there are SO MANY of you who took the theme, interpreted it in your own completely different way, practiced something new, pushed yourselves creatively, and actually PUT YOUR WORK OUT THERE. And THAT is what this challenge was really about. I do not want to casually toss a winner into the feed and move on. We are making a BIG DEAL out of this. I need the whole weekend to absorb it all. I'm going to put it on my TV in my house and admire it all like an art gallery! I'll share what I create! I think I'll cry thinking about all of the beautiful energy that went into creating these, and then where that deposit into yourself and your artistry will take you in the future. It really is exciting to think about the possibilities. In the meantime: IF YOU ENTERED, COMMENT BELOW AND SAY “I DID IT.” Or you can drop your favorite cuss word, OMG just kidding. I want to see exactly how many of you participated because this challenge absolutely blew me away. And if this was your first Nail Skool challenge? (or challenge with me) I hope you realize you just became part of something we are going to do again and again and again. 🥹🕷️🎃 You made Nail Skool feel like a real freaking SKOOL this month. Thank you for playing with me. ❤️