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Beauty
Latine Culture’s Most Overlooked Art Form Is At Our Fingertips
Jessica Chia
Apr 30, 2024
Manicurated
From Chongas to Cholas, Acrylic Nails Have Long Been Central to Latina Girlhood
Raquel Reichard
Apr 30, 2024
Beauty
Short Red Nails Are In — & I Found The Perfect ’90s Polish
Megan Decker
Feb 6, 2024
Beauty
I Got A Ukrainian Manicure & Now I Won’t Have My Nails Done Any O...
Recently, when a friend asked me which manicure she should get, I drew a blank. From builder in a bottle (BIAB) gels to ballerina nails (short in length wi
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Beauty
I Have Perfectionist “Nail Anxiety” — & I’m Not...
When nail content creator Sarah Haider (@heluviee) would get a manicure at her local nail salon, she’d always have to ‘fix’ it at home.
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Megan Decker
Beauty
I Asked For A “Princess Diana” Manicure & It Wasn’t What I ...
I’m not a big fan of The Royals so if you are, please don’t shame me for any historical inaccuracies here. Like many Americans, I have seen The
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Megan Decker
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Beauty
5 Trending Winter Manicures, According To The “Pinterest Ha...
There’s a chance you already know Sarah Haidar by looking at her hands. The content-creator manicurist (she’s technically unlicensed) posts at-
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Megan Decker
Beauty
The “Wrong Nail Polish Theory” & 7 Top Manicure Trend...
Jess Brush was never interested in becoming a beauty influencer. She enjoyed doing her own nails instead of going to a nail salon, so following the advice
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Megan Decker
Beauty
What’s A Good Nail Polish Color For Fall? These Are The Top...
Welcome to fall, a season of new energy. We’re shopping for upcoming weddings and holidays, getting haircuts, going back to school or the office full tim
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Megan Decker
Beauty
Cuticle Oil Is Invaluable & 6 Other Tips I Learned From A Nail De...
I recently met with Dana Stern, MD, a dermatologist based in New York City who specializes in nails. It’s a niche field of study. While other dermato
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Megan Decker
Beauty
The Best Brown Manicures, According To A Nail Artist
The other day I asked a nail artist a pretty broad question: What’s the most popular nail color right now? I was expecting a sidestep, something like
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Megan Decker
Beauty
I Tried A “Muted French” Manicure & It Gives Effortle...
My recent nail fixation has been the “no manicure manicure.” Not bare, but natural. See, without any polish at all, my naked nails look…n
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Megan Decker
Beauty
I Tried The “Half Moon” Manicure & It’s A Chic ...
The half moon is not a new nail design, but actually a vintage technique that seems to be tracking a bit of a comeback lately. According to recent search t
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Megan Decker
Beauty
Everyone Is Getting A “Structured” Gel Manicure — Her...
It seems like every time I go into a nail salon there’s yet another option on the menu. Recently, I came across dip powder nails, silk wrap nail exte
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Megan Decker
Beauty
People Tell Me To “Let My Nails Breathe.” Are They Ri...
Whether you get a gel manicure every three weeks like clockwork or seem to always find yourself painting your nails in your bathroom 15 minutes before you&
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Megan Decker
Beauty
How To Get A “Hot Oil” Manicure Without A Trip To The...
From mermaid nails to chrome powder, there’s a different Instagram-worthy manicure to try every week. But constant filing, polishing, and rough remov
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Beauty
I Tried A “Mermaid Manicure” & It’s Giving
B...
I’ll be the first to admit that when I heard about this summer’s trend prediction of mermaidcore, I was skeptical. Like most of the crazes that
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Megan Decker
Beauty
This TikTok Trend Is Like A Band-Aid For Broken Nails
What do you do when you break a nail? For me, because my nails are natural, the shortest nail dictates the length of the rest — regardless of whether I?
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Megan Decker
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Beauty
I Tried The World’s First Robot Manicure — & Now It’s...
The most annoying part of getting your nails done, is sitting in a salon chair for 45 minutes to get your nails done. We do it for the end game: shiny, pol
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Megan Decker
Beauty
Can A Nail Steamer Remove Gel Polish At Home? I Tried It
The big downside of wearing gel nail polish is trying to take it off. Most of the time my salon manicures look damn near perfect for around four weeks. Thi
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Megan Decker
Beauty
Kim Kardashian On The Skin-Care Product She Can’t Live Without: &...
Let it be known: as far as holidays go, Kim Kardashian is way more into Christmas. “I’m so not a Thanksgiving person. Don’t like it,” she t
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Sara Tan
Beauty
I Got A ‘Velvet’ Manicure & Now I Love Magnetic Gels
The thing I love most about nail art is that it’s a conversation starter. The other day, I was in the dressing room line at Everlane with a pile of d
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Megan Decker
Beauty
14 Nail Art Trends We’re Seeing Everywhere
For many of us, getting a manicure is a self-care write-off. It takes time and money, yes, but there’s just something about carrying around nice fing
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Megan Decker
Beauty
A Pink Nail Polish For Every Occasion
by
Megan Decker
Manicurated
Not To Sound Woo-Woo, But There’s Energy In Nail Polish
by
Megan Decker
Beauty
Claws
Was Always A Show About Beauty And Vengeance
On its face, Claws has always been a show that a viewer could enjoy on mute. It’s a campy, noir ensemble show that never strayed away from being Too Much
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Amanda Mitchell
Manicurated
Blue Nail Art Is So Hot Right Now
Nail polish preference is subjective. So is your choice of whether or not to add nail art. You pick a color and design based on a myriad of factors: your m
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Megan Decker
Beauty
Why
Euphoria
Nail Art Is More Than A Fleeting Trend
The minute Euphoria‘s second season premiered on HBO, people started talking about the nails. “Did you see that chrome manicure on Fezco’
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Megan Decker
Manicurated
3 Nail Color Trends Bringing Good Vibes To The 2022 Manicure
When it comes to picking a nail polish color, there’s no right or wrong choice. Still, the stakes can seem high when you’re standing in front o
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Megan Decker
Nails
OPI Takes Nail Polish Into The Metaverse
Call me woo-woo, but nail polish vibes are a thing. It’s basic color theory, and the premise, should you choose to buy into it, is that wearing a spe
by
Megan Decker
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