Beyonce’s Minx Fingernails – a new ‘blingtastic’ trend in fashion!

Did you notice Beyonce’s cyborg arm in her video clip ‘Single Ladies’? Well, her ‘blingtastic’ fingernails are ‘Minx Nails’ – which could become the hottest creation to grace the world of fingernails in quite a long time! A few facts about Minx Nails: • Minx Nail were introduced at january 11, 2008 by Minx; • You can get ‘Minxed’ at 67+ salons and Spas around the world; • A Minx Nail design may cost up to anywhere between $55 and $80. What is a ‘Minx’? Minx Inc. describes a ‘Minx’ as follows: “In our definition, a Minx is a sexy, confident, naughty but fun individual who lives every day like it is a big, ripe juicy apple ready to be bitten. We’ve channeled this cool factor into Minx, a new and glamorous way that lets women (and men!) extend fashion to their very fingertips.” Minx is for those who love to stand out from the crowd. So it’s not really surprizing that many other celebrities (including: Rhianna, Victoria Beckham, Leighton Meester, Heidi Klum, Megan Fox, Liv Tyl) have joind Beyonce with the use of Minx Fingernails – which is now a.k.a. ‘the celebrity manicure’. READ MORE: • Japanese nail art! • The basics of nail art designs • Famous hands: the hand of celebrities • Minx: a latest trend in fashion • More fingernail art More examples of Minx Nails:

Faces on fingernails – a fetish fixation of female celebrities?

Last month Marc Ecko wrote a column titled ‘fetish friday’ which described quite a few celebrity women showing their long, crazy fingernails. Quite a few have faces on their fingernails! Marc Ecko wrote e.g.: “Today, we’re appreciating sexy women with sexy nails. Not just any manicured hand will do—we’re talking about nails with either scandalous length, crazy colors, or impressive nail art. Remember Coko from SWV? How about the O.G. Puerto Rican hottie, Ivy Queen? OK fine, those are a little extreme, but here’s our round-up of the 10 female celebrities with the sexiest nails.” And recently popstar Rhianna was spotted with Barack Obama on her pinky fingernail. READ MORE: • Japanese nail art! • The basics of nail art designs • Famous hands: the hand of celebrities • Long nails pictures & tips • More fingernail art During the 2008 Presidential Campaign, Eve showed support for Obama by putting his face as nail art on her hands:

Faces on fingernails – a new fingernail trend?

Recent developments in fashion indicate: fingernail trends come and go. While in the 70’s long fingernails became very popular – as a sign that the person belongs to the ‘leisure class’ – with the rising popularity of artificial nails that trend disappeared quickly. Will ‘faces on fingernails’ become a new trend? Recently popstar Rhianna was spotted with Barack Obama on her pinky fingernail (left photo). And other likewise examples are seen on the hands of quite a few women. But wearing a ‘face on fingernail’ is actually just another example of nail art – which was already classified under the header: ‘bad fingernail trends’. Julyne Derrick described 5 categories of ‘bad fingernail trends’: • Fingernails ‘Faux Pas’ 1: Fake Fingernails; • Fingernails ‘Faux Pas’ 2: Nail Art; • Fingernails ‘Faux Pas’ 3: French Manicures; • Fingernails ‘Faux Pas’ 4: Fingernails of Various Lengths; • Fingernails ‘Faux Pas’ 5: Unkept Nails.