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{ } coverage SHOW nails file COSMOPROF LAS VEGAS CPNA 2013 Attendance Up 8% for a Sold-Out Show Floor Cosmoprof North America (CPNA) continued to exemplify the energy and creativity that drives the beauty industry. The event, held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas from July 14 to 16, featured a sold-out show floor with 892 exhibiting companies along with more than 26,000 attendees, an 8% increase over the previous year. This year, the total number of international exhibiting companies and countries represented was higher than ever. CPNA also hosted a live TV Open-See, in which merchants from QVC, HSN, and The Shopping Channel met with exhibiting companies. The 2014 show will take place July 13 to 15. Visit cosmoprofnorthamerica.com for details. Alfalfa Nail Supply brothers Hien Ton, Dat Ton, and Charlie Ton hold special promotions throughout the weekend. Nail techs Gigi Le and Tifany Le greet passersby at Cacee's booth. Contego Spa's Lindsey Nhan, Leena Nhan, Gale Marie, Paul Bogart, Michelle Ta, and Peter Ta give demonstrations of the Contego pedicure chair that functions with the company's disposable liners. 66 | NAILS MAGAZINE | OPI guest artist Vu Nguyen demonstrates his nail art expertise on NAILS' Cyndy Drummey. Cyndy Drummey visits with Dashing Diva's Peggy Bellafiore, Margaret Pak, Judith Fairn, and Cindy Atkins minutes before the show's opening. B ll F Bella Forma's Mayumi Mikami, Masahito ' M i Mik i M hit Takebayashi, Aki Matsuba, Marnie Hadley, John Hadley, and Fumihiro Kato promote the company's traditional gel and Vetro gel-polish products. The Kupa team poses in front of its colorful new booth; from left to right are Sindy Mark, Richard Hurter, Sarah Kuzma, Vicki Peters, and Robert Arthur. T4's Thuy Mai, Phuong Nguyen, Nhung Mai, Trang Ngo, Tammy Gee, and Jimmy Nguyen promote T4's Stellar pedicure chair on a makeshift runway. LeChat's C l T Blanca R Reyes, J k Jacky L Ch t' Carlos Torres, Bl Truong, and Jenny Nguyen welcome attendees to their booth and to their many new products. OCTOBER 2013 The Morgan Taylor team of Alesia Lanzo, Jennifer Salazar, Taylor Daniel, Don Kittleson, Morgan Haile, Amy MacGregor, and Thao Nguyen meet with attendees at the company's first Cosmoprof. >>>