Amelina Paraiso Inc. 

Nail Industry leaders in education and innovation

Founder & CEO, Anna Amelina Paraiso (USA, Chicago)

Anna Amelina Paraiso was born on April 26th, 1987 in the former USSR. Early in her career, she quickly built a reputation as one of the youngest well-known Nail Artists in Europe. At the age of 13, she studied and worked passionately to turn her fascination of nails into a career that veers between session nail technician, celebrity manicurist and educational partner of "Artistic Nail Design", "ORLY Beauty" and "NSI" in Ukraine. For 2.5 years she was an esteemed beauty and fashion expert for "Nogtevaya estetika" and "Hand&Nails" (Ukraine) magazines, where she had her own column. From there she went on to become a famous nail stylist on Vogue, Elle, Esquire and other fashion magazines. In 2011 Anna created and patented her exclusive nail shape "Monroe", which was the perfect example of architecture and geometry for her students, who had learned gel and acrylic modeling. She was the official nail artist of Raisa Bogatiryova Ukraine's former Health Minister. Anna is also an author and expert of many professional nail magazines worldwide. 

Before moving to the United States, Anna was a judge on several nail championships including her favorite ”Open Ukrainian Nail Championship". Anna later created and developed a new fashion nail nomination category entitled ”Commercial Gel-polished Nail Design", where nail artists create nail designs using the images from various "Fashion Week" clothing designs. This nomination category she created is now used by other judges from different nail championships in Italy and Russia. Anna has even found the time to create Professional Nail Design courses to train other aspiring Nail Artists. Since then, she has trained numerous amounts of students who’ve gone on to Fashion Nail Competitions all over the world. 

Currently, Anna is living in the U.S. where she is continuing her success as a famous Nail Artist. She is an educator as well as a distributer of Akzentz brand. Her combination of Eastern European knowledge of the Nail Industry and her continued education in American nail safety has allowed Anna to create unique and innovative e-file techniques that have “wowed” the Nail Industry; both in America and Europe. With her continued success, Anna started her latest company, “Amelina Paraiso INC” – the Nail Industry leader in education and innovation. 

At Amelina Paraiso INC., Anna recently designed custom Nail Bits and Nail Implements to work perfectly with her new innovative E-File Techniques for both Manicures & Pedicures. She’s excited share her new innovative products through her online store and shop in Des Plaines, IL. At the Amelina Paraiso Shop in Des Plaines, IL – Anna offers a several new workshops for Nail Technicians and other nail enthusiast can learn her techniques. Some of the classes include Intermediate & Advanced E-File Manicures/Pedicures, Gel Extensions (Natural Look), French Gel Sculpture (Perfect Smile Line) and more. 

Anna Amelina Paraiso is always looking to push the bar when it comes to the Nail Tech Industry. Her passion and obsession grow exponentially each day and her desire to share that with the rest of the world is truly inspiring. Spend a few hours talking “shop” with Anna and you’ll quickly understand why her new brand Amelina Paraiso is the Nail Industry Leader in Education & Innovation.