Nails
Get ready for spring with Lime nails
I love pastel nails! I paid a visit to Modern Nail Salon in Arlington, VA, and told my manicurist I wanted something light with a spring-ey feel. I finally decided on lavender but was not completely sure. I guess she felt the indecisiveness in my voice, so with a grin, she said she’d bring me a very pretty color from the back.
She emerged from her “secret room” with OPI’s Hey! Get in Lime.
Michelle Phan’s Tim Burton-inspired nails
YouTube makeup guru, Michelle Phan, just posted her nails for an upcoming Tim Burton-inspired tutorial, and they look NUTS! I just had to re-post:
Kinda makes my nails look so safe…and boring.
Essie nail polish in pound cake
I recently went to Luxe Den in midtown for a manicure. You would think it was easy enough to find a neutral color for my nails, but the manicurist and I found ourselves sifting through 10 different shades for something that was neutral but not sheer.
We finally found Essie’s Pound Cake, an opaque pale beige. I thought it turned out to be a very elegant color.
Essie's Pound Cake
Blackberry Bling
This made me laugh.
Fellow beauty writer, Andrea Arterbery, explained to me that the reason she painted all her nails black except for the thumbs (which she chose a metallic silver for) was because that’s her ‘blackberry bling.’ Had to take a pic with my phone:
While she’s clicking away on her blackberry, her silver thumbs stand out.
Would you Minx your significant other’s name?
I’m pretty sure Kim Kardashian reads my blog, because not only did she reveal her own gold and black Minx nails, she got them customized with her New Orlean Saint beau’s name on it:
Kim Kardashian's nails spell out her boyfriend, Reggie Bush's last name and jersey number #25
Since we’re on the topic, celebs have been recently known to Minx their significant others and other causes right on their nail bed. Beyoncé has even been reported to have had her husband Jay-Z’s face on her nails at one point. Now that’s love.
The Lowdown on Minx Nails
Minx already has a cult celebrity following, including Beyoncé, Katy Perry, and Rihanna. Recently, our resident nail polish aficionado, Sabeen, got her own nails “Minx’d” and they look kind of gorgeous:
Photos by Jumana Azam
