Celebrity manicurist Tracylee Percival named my new holographic nail designs “Well, Holo There!” For the toes, she did two layers of Minx: a silver holographic layer with a silver lace pattern over it. As with my last pedicure, it was difficult to dissuade Henry the dog from “helping” with the photography. Here’s a better look….
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Nero Portoro Manicure by Tracylee Percival
Here’s my latest gel manicure by celebrity manicurist Tracylee Percival. Tracylee used Gelish colors Black Shadow, Sleek White and Allure. We’re calling this look “Nero Portoro” after a kind of black marble mined in Italy. Here’s another shot of the nails with my hashtag ring. All you Twitter addicts need that ring! Speaking of Twitter,…
First Glimpse: Memento Mori Ring in Silver
Here’s an iPhone photo of my first Memento Mori ring in silver. As you can see, my “47th Street” manicure by Tracylee Percival is holding up pretty well a week after I got it. I’ve lost a couple of nail jewels but have held on to the majority of them. Tracylee set the jewels in…
Minx Pedicure, Bejeweled Manicure and Little Dog Feet
West 47th Street is the center of New York City’s Diamond District. I spend a lot of time there with jewelers, gem setters, metal casters, and wholesalers of all varieties. My latest gel manicure from celebrity manicurist Tracylee Percival is bejeweled gold, so I’m going to call it “47th Street.” Soon it might be the…
Makeup Attacks … and Is Attacked
Last week, a busybody speculated aloud that my favorite red lipstick is full of lead that will give me cancer. (My reaction can be summed up by this 2008 post.) Right after that conversation, I saw that lots of news organizations were picking up a story about a pair of Dutch artists — Lernert Engelberts…
Vive la Différence
Here’s my latest look from celebrity manicurist Tracylee Percival. All the nails are painted red except for the thumbs. I have a Union Jack on the left thumb and a French Tricolor on the right. I’m going to call this one “European Vacation.” All the colors are by Gelish: Ocean Wave (blue), Red Roses (red)…
Diana Vreeland, Isabella Blow and Me
In 2008, I wrote this: “A couple of years ago, a much-older male friend annoyed me by asking, ‘What are you going to do when you can’t be cute anymore?’ I privately thought, ‘WTF? My cuteness is eternal AND rust-proof, bitch.’ Out loud, I answered, ‘Then I’ll be old and crazy.’ … I’m going to…
Superhero Manicure
I’ve got a new nail look from celebrity manicurist Tracylee Percival. This one reminded us of Captain America … … so we’re calling it “Captain Manhattan.” The left thumb is the only red nail. The thumb on the right hand is blue. All the colors are by Gelish: Ocean Wave (blue), Red Roses (red), and…
Let Your Fingers Do the Walking on Instagram
Here is my latest nail look by celebrity manicurist Tracylee Percival. We’re calling this one “Tutti Frutti.” The colors are all by Gelish. Starting at the thumb, they are Tiger Blossom, Passion, Gossip Girl, High Bridge and Light Elegant. I’m wearing my own ring designs: the Siobhan perma-stacked stacking ring and the Gravity. Last year,…
A Manicure That Screams “Take Me Seriously!”
Celebrity manicurist Tracylee Percival has named my latest nail look “Dippin’ Dots.” Tracylee used Gelish colors Passion (pink), Sleek White, Princess Tiara (lavender), Allure (gold), Seafoam (light green) and Ocean Wave (blue). Doesn’t this manicure just scream, “Take me seriously!”? I was thinking I wouldn’t have worn anything like this at my old job at…