marie antoinette nails

The only reason I call these "Marie Antoinette" nails is because it was inspired by a singular image from Sophia Coppola's 2006 film.  In this production still is Kristen Dunst, sitting back on a luxuriously cushy pastel blue chair in a decadent white dress, salmon pink tulle peeking through the bottom. There are trays of pastries in the background and a french maid in the foreground. 

I love everything about this image. This is how I feel on a late Saturday afternoon sitting in a beauty salon. It's how I feel when I allow myself the luxury of room service, and as I'm being ushered into a room at a spa. 

"ahh, this is the life." -- that feeling. 

Soft colors and unapologetic bling: that's what I channeled when I made these. 

nautical nails

My love of all things nautical stems from one singular source -- sailor moon.  As a girl, I was obsessed with that show, much in the same way that boys were probably obsessed with Ninja Turtles and such. I read the books, I watched the TV show, I knew all the songs, I knew I was destined to be the 11th member.

These press-on nails were something I designed when my friend and I were working on a side project together. Among many, many other things, she and I share a love (obsession?) of nail polish and nail art.  She's original and hilarious and kind -- one of my greatest friends, and definitely would have been an essential 12th member of the sailor moon squad in my imaginary world :)