#breaking my constant silence on this account to talk about nails lol

[baph0meat]

hello i saw one of ur stamping plate demos on insta and u mentioned that u started out watching nail art vids- do you have any favorite nail art creators u could rec??

simplynailogical doesnt really do nail art anymore (she’s transitioned into being your garden variety goof-off youtuber but for what it’s worth she’s the only garden variety goof-off youtuber i can stand) but i do like her no-nonsense attitude on nail care + nail products -- and the fact that she sticks with natural nails which is my wheelhouse too -- and you can still go back and watch all her old stuff which is usually simple enough to do at home and not as cutesy as a lot of other nail art vloggers’ stuff

nailcareereducation almost exclusively focuses on stuff like elaborate acrylic which i don’t have any interest in for myself but the videos are still really really lovely to watch from an artistic standpoint. also she’s super endearing

gabby morris (not to be confused with gabby morrison!) is one of my absolute favorites, she does really beautiful, classy nail art that’s all ACTUALLY easily replicable without too much specialized equipment (i love stamping but watching videos that are heavy on stamping/nail vinyls+stencils can feel like you’re watching a shopping list, not a tutorial.) most of it is stuff that’s actually subtle enough to be wearable if you have an office job/etc whereas a lot of other nail art tutorials can be stuff that’s fun but too flashy/cutesy for a lot of situations

longhairprettynails does mostly product testing but she does have some really creative + fun nail art -- again mostly in acrylic/polygel/etc so not stuff im ever going to replicate but it’s really fun to watch. also, like suzie nailcareereducation, she’s just cute as a button

guylene 325 does a LOT of demoing of maniology stamping plates (which is my preferred stamping supplier) and often does a lot of creative stuff with stamping that i haven’t seen in other tutorials. her reviews are really blunt and honest, too, which i appreciate. if you want to see someone do a bunch of stamping and test a bunch of products and absolutely tell you what the hell she thinks about them, guylene’s your girl

also, most nail art suppliers -- bornpretty, maniology, etc -- have their own youtube channels where you can watch curated demos of their products.

one thing i will ask people to be mindful of -- try to support independent artists whenever possible rather than compilations of stolen content thrown together by content farms. stuff with titles like “BEST NEW NAIL ART 2018 CUTE SIMPLE NAILS IDEAS COMPILATION 20 COOL IDEAS EASY NAIL ART” that’s like 20 minutes of stuff ripped off of instagram set to royalty free edm... sucks, in my opinion, even though i admit it’s how i first stumbled on nail art and what i just kind of mindlessly watched for a while. but once i became more aware of content farms i switched over to trying to be more mindful and watch content only from the ppl who originally posted it. (also a lot of independent creators are starting to fill that demand by making their own long compilations of their own stuff, anyway -- gabby morris does, for example!)

SORRY THAT THIS GOT SO LONG LMAO nail art has been a quiet passion of mine for a couple years now and now that i can finally DO my own nails i’ve just gone completely off the shits and i’ll talk about it all day long if i don’t stop myself