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Painted by Esther’s Journey From Art School to Hollywood
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. It’s after 9PM in London, and famed makeup artist Ngozi Esther Edeme is chatting with me on a video call about her journey in the industry. Currently on tour with Brandy & Monica, she’s speaking to the work ethic that has landed her in such major rooms. The 28-year-old, best known as Painted by Esther, has dominated the beauty scene recently thanks to her work with Olandria Carthen during her press run for the “Love Island…
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Dua Lipa’s Flower Dot Nail Art Is So Y2K Coded
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. It’s not often that we spot a celebrity-loved manicure that we can easily re-create at home, but Dua Lipa is here to deliver. Not only is her latest manicure one of the easiest to DIY (more on that later), but it also drums up major feelings of nostalgia. If you went to the nail salon even once in the early aughts, chances are you got the exact flower manicure she’s currently sporting during a trip to…
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6 Spring Nail Art Ideas For 2025
The arrival of a new season always presents a good excuse to try new beauty trends — like spring nail-art ideas. If you haven’t already added some of the season’s most popular polish colors and nail-art inspiration to your seasonal mood board, we have plenty of spring nail art ideas to help you get started. From cute nail-art designs for spring that you can do yourself to more intricate styles that are made just for acrylic nails, we promise you’ll find something that fits your style. “The spring always brings a welcome feeling of optimism,” Nadine Abramcyk, cofounder of Tenoverten, says. Each year, we’re served a ton of fresh inspiration…
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15 Easter Nail Art Ideas 2025
Longer days and warmer weather call for new wardrobes and accessories, including fresh nails — and with Easter around the corner, it’s time to think about Easter nail art ideas. Some people like to plan ahead on what they’re going to wear to Easter dinner, while others like to put all of the focus on the designs they’ll sport on their fingertips. If the latter statement resonates best with you, you’re probably on the hunt for Easter nail designs. The most festive manicures feature traditional Easter colors like pinks, blues, yellows, purples, and greens — especially of the pastel variety — but that’s only the beginning. Some of our favorite…
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From CBGB to Oxford Art Factory-Blu DeTiger in Sydney 13.12.2024 – Backseat Mafia
The queue outside Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory hums with anticipation, fans are buzzing about tonight’s headliner: Blu DeTiger, the New York bass prodigy who has carved her name into music’s zeitgeist. It’s the Australian leg of her tour, three intimate headline shows plus a stop at Changing Tides Festival, and all eyes are on her. I head inside where DeTiger is hosting an intimate meet and greet with some fans. With her electric-blue bass in hand and a résumé most artists would kill for, she’s already achieved what many only dream of. She talks about her collaboration with Chappell Roan on the song ‘Hey You.’ She says that she wanted…
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31 Christmas-Tree Nail Art Designs
With the holiday season underway, there’s no better time for a festive manicure. There are plenty of easy nail-art designs you can try at home this winter, like a simple french manicure or cinnamon roll nails, but for the month of December, we like to go for something a bit more detailed, like holiday nail art. Snowflake nails are a classic winter look that we love, but there’s something about Christmas-tree nails that have a special place in our hearts. If you’re thinking to yourself, “Can Christmas-tree nails really be stylish?” have no fear. We thought the same until we laid an eye on these designs, which are stunning beyond…
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29 Snowflake Nail Art Designs
A bright, snowy day can be at your fingertips — all you need is some festive snowflake nail art. It’s officially the holiday season, and with the most wonderful time of the year comes an array of seasonal beauty looks. From holiday makeup ideas to fun holiday hairstyles to wear to your upcoming parties, it’s time to give your routine a cheery makeover. What better way to do that than trialing a new set of winter nails or holiday nail art? Going to the salon is especially exciting around this time of year, and with good reason, because it’s finally seasonally appropriate to deck out your hands with magical illustrations.…
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Mannequin Pussy Debut Tour Down Under – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney 6.12.2024 – Backseat Mafia
It’s Friday night at the Oxford Art Factory in Sydney, and the room is buzzing with anticipation. The crowd is packed tight, a sea of eager faces waiting for Philadelphia punk powerhouse Mannequin Pussy to hit the stage for their very first Australian tour. Tonight’s stop on the I Got Heaven tour feels like a rare moment of convergence—Sydney’s indie faithful meeting one of the most fearless bands to emerge from the U.S. punk underground in the last decade. Mannequin Pussy’s ascent has been nothing short of meteoric. With I Got Heaven, their fourth album, which was released earlier this year, the four-piece delivered a searing statement: 10 blistering tracks…
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19 New Years’ Eve Nail Art Designs
You might think you’re all ready for New Year’s Eve — hair, makeup, outfit, and shoes are set — but what about your manicure? It would be a shame not to end the year with amazing nails. To ring in 2025, and to kiss last year goodbye, it’s time to pull out all the stops. Whether you’re attending a glamorous dinner party with friends or watching the ball drop from your couch with takeout in hand, great New Year’s eve nails are never out of place. You can go the traditional route with your New Year’s Eve nail art designs and adorn your fingertips with the numbers 2025 (extra points…
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TISM Returns With Stellar Lineup on ‘Death To Art’ Tour – Eora/Sydney, 29.11.24 – Backseat Mafia
Absurdity meets brilliance in a way that has you shaking in your boots—that’s what it felt like at Hordern Pavilion on Friday night as thousands of drenched Sydneysiders arrived to witness TISM‘s ‘Death to Art‘ tour. The venue transformed into a mini-festival of nostalgia and oddities, a night that sold out well in advance and drew die-hard fans from all over the country ready to witness a stellar line-up of homegrown talent including The Mavis’s, Ben Lee, Eskimo Joe and Machine Gun Fellatio. A casual stalk through social media made it clear this wasn’t your average reunion gig. Fans proudly flaunted their dedication, with some following TISM to every stop…
