The Ukrainian nail brand on a mission to make nail techs’ work safer

Standing tall for 2025, Ukrainian manufacturing brand, ÜLKA, sponsored Nailympia London to demonstrate how it’s serious about redefining what a nail technician’s workspace should be.

Since 2017, the brand has championed a simple yet powerful belief: a nail station must feel like a sanctuary, not a place that harms the technician behind it. Too many talented professionals leave the industry due to preventable health issues – and every ÜLKA device is designed as a stand against that.

ÜLKA, founded by Yulia and Volodymyr Siletsky, was born from a single dust collector and has grown into a comprehensive portfolio for nail professionals, including dust collectors, UV/LED lamps (both built-in and desktop), hand and pedicure rests, E-files and sterilisers.

Its products are recognised for their quiet operation, ergonomic design, durable components and practical solutions, such as sterilisers for both high-volume and compact workspaces. This commitment to quality and functionality has been acknowledged with industry recognition: the Nail Pro Readers’ Choice Award 2023 – voted by industry professionals – and the Ukrainian Choice of the Year 2023, an international business award.

Instead of asking, ‘What can we sell?, Yulia and Volodymyr asked, ‘What should exist?’. This thinking has transformed ÜLKA from a small Ukrainian manufacturer into a global standard bearer – trusted in over 45 countries and admired for its uncompromising approach to quality, safety and durability.

Occupying a space of accessible premium, ÜLKA delivers high-quality, long-lasting equipment with attainable price tags, offering solutions for every budget and backing them with a five-year warranty. Its philosophy is quiet excellence: equipment so silent, seamless and reliable that technicians forget it’s even there.

With full in-house production, ÜLKA has the freedom to innovate beyond what large corporations consider ‘practical’, creating technician-centric solutions. Its mission extends to education, health-focused resources, ongoing technical support and an ambassador program. Ambassadors collaborate directly in product development, ensuring that new innovations reflect the real needs of nail technicians.

At its core, ÜLKA is a community built on care, craftsmanship and the belief that informed, supported technicians become healthier, happier and more creatively fulfilled professionals.

The ÜLKA vision is clear: to provide nail professionals with reliable, health-conscious and efficient tools that empower them to grow, develop their skills and take pride in their work. The team’s long-term objective is to remain not only a manufacturer, but a strategic partner influencing global standards of safety and professionalism in the nail industry.

ÜLKA stands firmly against what it calls the ‘dictatorship of cheapness’. The company promotes a healthier model of professional economics: invest in quality tools once and enjoy reliable results for years. Its mission goes far beyond equipment; it’s about dismantling the conditions that make ‘occupational diseases of nail technicians’ a common phrase.

ÜLKA’s success lies in its philosophy of participation. The brand doesn’t hover at the edges of the industry – it embeds itself within the professional community. The team attends key exhibitions, engages directly with technicians and supports initiatives from grassroots events to major international projects. Being present matters. Listening matters more.

ÜLKA does not create products based on assumptions. It builds based on conversations, feedback and real-world needs. Every device is a response to a technician’s challenge, translated through engineering into a solution that stands the test of time.

Why ÜLKA stands with Nailympia

Strengthening ÜLKA’s presence within the UK nail industry was a key strategic focus for 2025, and there’s no better stage for this than Nailympia London. Bringing together the finest professionals in the field, the competition offers a rare and powerful environment where expertise, innovation and passion converge. For ÜLKA, this is more than visibility – it’s connection.

This partnership is not about placing a logo on a banner. It’s about stepping meaningfully into the British professional community, learning its unique needs and offering long-lasting solutions that matter. By supporting Nailympia, ÜLKA is investing in relationships with technicians.

Competitions hold a transformative power in the nail industry. They push technicians beyond routine work, driving them to refine their skills, confront new challenges and receive objective evaluation from the highest-calibre judges. Events like Nailympia also help form industry standards, showcasing cutting-edge techniques and approaches that ripple outward into salons globally. Each participant becomes an ambassador of excellence, carrying high standards back to their region and inspiring their communities.

Nailympia creates a space where manufacturers and professionals stand side by side – exchanging knowledge, sharing inspiration and sparking ideas that shape the industry’s future. When the world’s best gather under one roof, the bar is raised. Innovation accelerates. Expectations evolve. New practices emerge. What appears experimental at Nailympia today may become tomorrow’s global standard.

This is why ÜLKA chose to stand with Nailympia in 2025: because the event magnifies progress. It turns craft into artistry and artistry into a recognised professional standard. And it aligns perfectly with ÜLKA’s mission: to support technicians not just with equipment, but opportunity, community and a future where health, excellence and creativity coexist.

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