Fresh tips: Race, gender and nail art

Fresh tips: Race, gender and nail art
Fresh tips: Race, gender and nail art

Fresh tips: Race, gender and nail art

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WBEZ blogger Britt Julious discusses the transition in popularity of nail art from lower classes and minority-especially black-populations to high-fashion and the mainstream. Julious shares her own personal experiences as a kid of the ‘90s who recognized nail art as a black beauty ritual and how the negative connotation of nail art has transitioned since then.