I was introduced to Japanese nail art by one of my BFFs,
Aileen W. a few years ago, when she came back to the US with gorgeous 3D nails after she spent a summer in Asia. She spent her summers and moved to NYC about a year ago, and continuously had beautiful nail art on her hands and toes. Apparently, the nail art scene is huge in Japan -- there are magazines, accessories, and expos dedicated to blinged out nails! Also, if you Google "Japanese nail art," there are a ton of colorful, intricate nail designs.
Although I loved how they looked, there isn't a place in the DMV (DC/Maryland/VA) area that specializes in it, and I did not have enough time to do it whenever I made a trip up to NYC. But as a result of my amazing extended New Years trip to New York, we planned a date to
Enjoy Nail & Spa to get our nails done.
Aileen's nails on the left, mine are on the right.
(We opted for gradient nail designs with bows on our fingers)
I hope everybody had a wonderful New Years! XOXO.
