When athletes compete at the Olympics, their countries’ uniforms serve to unite the whole team, provide some visual continuity, and of course make it easy to tell who’s from where. However, it seems like this year, athletes are making an extra effort to individualize their looks and stand out a little bit. (Exhibit A: Ryan Read more →
Remember that time when everyone got all freaked out about that snakeskin pedicure that cost $300? Well, get ready to completely lose it, because we just got a press release for the “most expensive nail polish in the world.” That title was previously held by Models Own, which produced a $130,000 bottle (featuring a 24-carat Read more →
Welcome to our nail art column–the Top Coat! Every week we’ll be doing a step-by-step nail art tutorial. We’ve already told you the essentials you need for a good nail art kit, so gather your tools and try our next project. The Olympic Games start today, and since no event is complete without some appropriately Read more →
Yesterday, Girls‘ Lena Dunham Instagram’ed this picture accompanied by the tweet: “Just pounded this. Probably can’t have babies now #aspertamefears.” So the tweet was ostensibly about the teratogenic effects of fake sweeteners, but we’re on to you, Lena. That was just a thinly veiled tweet to show off your cat nail art. (Maybe this is Read more →
Can’t decide what nail color to wear today? Now you don’t have to be bothered with such major life decisions. Ruby Wing, a new line of nail polish that changes color in the sun, features some sort of magical “photochromic” technology and gives you two distinct colors in one bottle. [Ed. note: Remember hypercolor tees? Read more →
Special effects top coats–like holographic, crackle, and sparkle–are now a nail polish aisle staple, with everyone from Essie to Deborah Lippmann releasing versions. But there’s one that has had the nail polish blogs gushing for the past month and it’s definitely worth a closer look. (A huge thanks to my nail polish-addicted friend Lauren for Read more →
Until quite recently, the fashion world has pretty much recognized only one shape of fingernail as being en vogue: Neatly filed, short, and downright square. All other lengths were reserved for, in my mind, mythical, longer-nailed renegades like Flo-Jo and my mother. But not me–no, I went cautiously along with the fash pack, clipping my nails (or let’s be honest, picking them) diligently so that the whites barely extended past the edge of my fingertips. Life, including my nails, was simple. But simple is boring, right?
Which helps to explain the reason I was so totally enamored with Lana Del Rey when I first saw her early this year. It wasn’t her overripe lips that intrigued me (though it is hard not to stare), it was her talon-like nails: Super long, pointy, feminine, impractical, amazing–and soon to be plastered over Subway stations, billboards, and shopping malls alike in H&M’s fall/winter campaigns. But LDR wasn’t the only style-conscious celeb to nail this trend: As if by magic (or acrylic), Rihanna, Beyonce, and Lady Gaga all began flaunting what some have deemed “stiletto nails.” And I needed them too.
So it’s no secret that nail art is at the all-time height of its popularity now–girls are going gaga (as is Gaga) for bedazzled, tricked out digits. Hell, even Chanel got on board. The constant onslaught of new polishes, special effects topcoats and nail blogs/how-to tutorials feed our obsession. But let’s not forget that we Read more →
The Olympics start in a few short weeks, and nail polish companies are capitalizing on the fact that everyone’s focusing on bringing home the gold. No athletic ability? No matter. Just swipe on some gleaming metallic lacquer. Traditionally a cold-season trend, metallics are having a moment this summer. First Chanel dropped the golden Diwali on Read more →
Chanel’s nail colors always cause a frenzy. The beauty world waits with bated breath every time there’s a show to see what kind of nail color magic the house’s makeup guru, Peter Philips, will conjure up. He threw us for a bit of a loop this past week after the Chanel couture show; rather than Read more →
Welcome to our nail art column–the Top Coat! Every week we’ll be doing a step-by-step nail art tutorial. We’ve already told you the essentials you need for a good nail art kit, so gather your tools and try our next project. No one rocks a flag motif like Wonder Woman, who like us, is surely Read more →
Some may call it frivolous, but nail art is really a reflection of what’s going on in a society. Don’t believe us? Check out our nail art galleries this week. The nails are summery and happy, and we saw tons of Queen’s Jubilee-inspired tips. If an alien landed on Earth right now, he’d totally pick Read more →
