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PHOTO BY FARAN KRENTCIL
THORN AGAIN
We fought the claw and the claw won.
In the extraordinary book Phaidon: Fashion, a young makeup artist named Topolino gets his own page. Born in Marseilles, the beauty wiz created runway looks for Alexander McQueen - and the insane thorn manicure you see above.
Not one to shrink from a challenge, we bought some roses and tried the look ourselves. Here's how:
1. Take three roses and slice off their thorns with gardening shears. Be very careful, or you will bleed.
2. Paint each thorn a blood red, or whatever color you'll use for your manicure (though aside from red, we think black is the only other hue that would work).
3. Paint your nails the same shade.
4. Take your nail polish and slick the bottom of the thorns with the brush, using it as "glue" for each thorn to stick on each nail.
5. Wait for it to dry (about 20 minutes).
Obviously, you'll have to be cautious when flaunting this sharp new look (and we'd only recommend it for something very special and relatively brief - you don't want thorns on your hands all day). But if you've ever wanted to embody the phrase, "Dangerous Beauty," well... this is it.
--FARAN KRENTCIL
Not one to shrink from a challenge, we bought some roses and tried the look ourselves. Here's how:
1. Take three roses and slice off their thorns with gardening shears. Be very careful, or you will bleed.
2. Paint each thorn a blood red, or whatever color you'll use for your manicure (though aside from red, we think black is the only other hue that would work).
3. Paint your nails the same shade.
4. Take your nail polish and slick the bottom of the thorns with the brush, using it as "glue" for each thorn to stick on each nail.
5. Wait for it to dry (about 20 minutes).
Obviously, you'll have to be cautious when flaunting this sharp new look (and we'd only recommend it for something very special and relatively brief - you don't want thorns on your hands all day). But if you've ever wanted to embody the phrase, "Dangerous Beauty," well... this is it.
--FARAN KRENTCIL
This story was published on July 21, 2010.
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sarah
07/21/2010
no.
ANNIE
07/21/2010
i love it. it seems a little painful but the idea and look of it is quite wondrous. i will definitely be giving this a go.
Cheryl
07/21/2010
Okay...no freaking way. High rating for creativity though. Maybe it will inspire someone to come up with a less painful creative nail idea...
sophie
07/21/2010
ok i think the idea is really cool and creative but aside from that...i dont think so...from afar it looks like you didnt paint your nails properly, its pretty impractical, makes your fingers look weird and for something that is only gonna last a short time takes quite long
Sara
07/21/2010
I don't about everyone else, but think this is quite the splendid idea. I think it's very dangerous and unique. I will be sporting this at school and other rather dreaded occasions to shock the room. :)
choi young jun
07/21/2010
it's so cool!
i like fashionable nails also hate thorn because it's very acrid thougth.
Christina
07/22/2010
This is a great idea and look. However, I think there are a few ways it can be modified to make it safer and worth the effort:
- let the thorns dry out so you can use your file and buff to take the sharp point off to make it safer
- instead of applying this to your own nails I'd applying it toa set of false nails so the look canbe reused if desired
- any colour can work on the right person, and I think I'd like to try bright green, pale blue and white.
freya
07/22/2010
so dumb, it just looks like you have gnarled infected fingernails. curanail.
anna
07/22/2010
it looks like some sort of weird fingernail deformity. I like the concept though
Delaney
07/22/2010
wait.........really?
esmee
07/22/2010
I really do love the concept, though the thorns seem as though they may serve catalyst to minor injuries (scratches ect.)
amn
07/24/2010
Not loving it. If done, I think it's important that the thorns come to a fine, sharp point so as to not look too much like little turds. Sorry.
Might be fun to try blue or gray. It could be like a wave or a shark fin.
Eda
07/24/2010
it's a look you can only pull off on the runway. nylon person who did it makes it look sloppy and odd. she didn't use the right color too--red is too orange.
Athena
07/26/2010
It's an interesting concept of nail art so I decided to give it a try. The finish product makes my nails look as if they have red shark fins growing out of them that will brake of with any extraneous movement. If I decided to wear them out it'd be to a special event, where the use of my hands wouldn't be greatly necessary.
sheiliey
07/26/2010
i love this idea,its creative and crazy. plus due to the idea of thorns idont think many people would do it so u could be like a trend setter using it
Amy
07/28/2010
Silly. But at least, shouldn't the thorns all be pointed the same way? My OCD is showing . . .
Rachael
07/30/2010
Ridiculous for even coming up with the idea and then printing instructions online in the beauty section. Seriously?
sofi
07/30/2010
I love it, actually.
but I would do any color EXCEPT black or red. hahah.
if I ever do decide to.
I don't want to get hurt! :p
Rahh
08/02/2010
Keeps the guys away.
Mari
08/02/2010
ew.
this is something i am definitely not doing.
cati
08/02/2010
nylon, one question.
do you want klutzes like me impaling themselves or gouging an eye out???
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