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Summer Nail Tips From a Celebrity Manicurist
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. As the summer of 2025 gets underway, nail techs are gearing up for one of the busiest and most creative seasons of the year. With clients eager to show off their hands and feet in the sunshine, nail care goes beyond aesthetics — it becomes a true service of protection, hydration, and seasonal transformation. As a nail tech, staying ahead means having a toolkit stocked not just with vibrant polishes but also with innovative treatments and…
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Cost of Being a Celebrity Manicurist at the Met Gala
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. Welcome to Show the Receipts, a new series where we ask interesting people to share exactly how much it costs to get shit done. No matter the task, we’re tracking every last dollar from start to finish. Up next: a Met Gala manicure. Julie Kandalec is one of New York City’s top manicurists. With celebrity clients like Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain, and Viola Davis, she’s on the award-show circuit and regularly on call for fashion’s biggest…
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“Red Nail Theory” Explained by a Celebrity Manicurist
If it seems like you’ve been encountering more people wearing red nails than ever on social media, you might be onto something. In the past 12 months, online search for red nails have increased by 160 percent globally, according to Fresha. It’s not just that celebrities like Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez have caused interest in the shade to skyrocket or the fact that color is trending in beauty — this is a long-standing TikTok trend that has become known as the “red nail theory.” People on the app are claiming that there’s a deeper reason some are drawn to this particular color of manicure. In a clip that now…
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“Red Nail Theory” Explained by a Celebrity Manicurist
If it seems like you’ve been encountering more people wearing red nails than ever on social media, you might be onto something. In the past 12 months, online search for red nails have increased by 160 percent globally, according to Fresha. It’s not just that celebrities like Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez have caused interest in the shade to skyrocket or the fact that color is trending in beauty — this is a long-standing TikTok trend that has become known as the “red-nails theory.” People on the app are claiming that there’s a deeper reason some are drawn to this particular color of manicure. In a clip that now has…
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Nail Tips From Selena Gomez’s Manicurist Tom Bachik
Every editorial product is independently selected by our editors. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Is Selena Gomez’s french-twist Louboutin-inspired mani your Roman empire? Do you scroll through your nail mood board only to realize that Gomez makes up half of it? If the Rare Beauty founder is your inspo for all things nail art-related, then you have one man to thank: Tom Bachik. As a celebrity nail artist, Bachik has worked with Gomez for years and is constantly innovating. He is as humble as he is talented, and the renowned manicurist doesn’t take sole credit for coming up with these viral-worthy creations. He says…
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Amanda Bynes Is Attempting to Become a Manicurist
If you’re a millennial who spent any time at all watching Nickelodeon growing up, chances are you’re extremely familiar with Amanda Bynes. Bynes was the star of “The Amanda Show,” and she starred in quite a few popular 2000’s blockbuster hits, like “What a Girl Wants” and “She’s the Man.” Recently, Bynes has been spotted back in the spotlight after HBO’s “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” docuseries was released, where Nickelodeon writer and producer Dan Schneider came under fire for his inappropriate actions on set of numerous Nickelodeon shows. Bynes hasn’t commented publicly on the show and instead is focused on getting her own life in…
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Oval Nail Shape Designs and Inspiration, From a Manicurist
It’s like clockwork: you go to the nail salon, ready to replicate that new nail trend that’s been all over your For You page. Yet when you sit in the chair and are asked what nail shape you’d like to go for, your mind goes blank. It’s an understandable dilemma — decision paralysis can feel particularly heavy when you’re thinking about the nails that you’ll be wearing for anywhere from two to three weeks (or sometimes four, we don’t judge). But allow us to make a suggestion that you can keep in your back pocket for emergencies: oval-shaped nails. We know, it’s nothing groundbreaking, but it’s a classic for a…
