When it comes to nail art, anything is possible as long as you get your creative juices flowing. We’ve seen geode nails, wire nails, 3D unicorn horn nails, succulent nails and… yeah you get it: there are just endless ideas when it comes to painting your fingernails.
And then along came Mei Kawajiri, introducing her nipple nail art to the Instagram community. Going by the handle @nailsbymei, the New York City-based nail artist was tasked with the responsiboobity of designing the nipple nails for Erose Aziza, and boy did she nail the look (pun intended). And the breast thing about these nips? Each nail, or boob, should we say, comes in different skin tones and shapes with the nipples raised for that extra dimension. To top it all off, some of the nipples even have piercings to boot, featuring silver barbells and gold rings going though the nips! Mei really had everything all thought out,huh?
Both Kawajiri and Aziza shared the end result on their Instagram accounts and used the hashtag #freethenipple, which garnered generally positive comments. If their intention was to make a social statement, then these manis are definitely an ingenious way to go about freeing the nipple, especially since Instagram has a strict no-nipples policy, which was heavily criticised for having double standards, since males are not restricted from baring their nipples on the platform – only females fall under this rule. While these might be brow-raising for some, we are all for it and it’s just another subtle (or not) way to show feminism is here to stay.
Header image: @nailsbymei
