“Black girl magic does have a very big influence on where nail art is today. “So now the word is starting to circulate, the name is starting to be formed around it.”įifteen years later, Sutton is a trendsetter in her own right, and she sees the hand of Black culture in nail design’s emergence as an art form. “I just knew that I wasn’t going to be at those ad agencies just yet, so how am I going to get my stuff out there? So doing nails in that capacity - it was like, OK, I’ve got friends at Columbia, that are in these different spaces that I would like to be in, so if I can't be there, at least your nails can be there,” Sutton said. She says that’s when she realized her nail designs could grab attention just about anywhere. Soon, Sutton’s friends were clamoring for her to spiff up their nails too and her bespoke manicures were in high demand. “I still remember to this day, it was a Sally Hansen product, a pretty slate blue.” I had like maybe one polish that I had bought from Walgreens,” she said. “At that point my design tool of choice was a Sharpie marker. Today, Sutton’s bold and bright nail art has helped her reach deep into the design world, where her work now graces apparel, home décor and more.īut back when she was a teenaged graphic design student, Sutton says she created her first designs on her own nails just to keep herself from biting them. “At the end of the day, you’re here for the Spifster experience.” “Coming to Spif is to know that you kind of got to sit back and let me do what it is that I do,” Sutton said of her approach to nail design.
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