Marian Newman's Easter Nails

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Photography by Pawel Pysz; manicure by Marian Newman

We're celebrating Easter this year with a special Easter-themed nail story courtesy of photographer Pawel Pysz, manicurist Marian Newman and props stylist Stevie Stewart...

We're celebrating Easter this year with a special Easter-themed nail story courtesy of photographer Pawel Pysz, manicurist Marian Newman and props stylist Stevie Stewart. Here, acclaimed manicurist Newman speaks through the ideas behind her unique, surreal designs created exclusively for AnOther.

"First is the ultimate nude nail," explains Newman."The spring/summer 2013 show season had the biggest nude nail trend I've seen in my career – every kind of nude imaginable," she recalls. "Egg shells have the look of skin with the colour texture and even pores. I thought it would be fun to use real eggshell to follow this trend while creating an Easter nail. I don't think it is a very practical idea but certainly shows how gorgeous natural nails can look."

"This nail has a darker feel with the poor chocolate bunny speared,, his body melting onto the nails", Newman explains. "People are experimenting with nail shapes and there are so many that are popular. As a different approach to the 'stiletto' this nail is shaped with a 'metal' point cut out leaving square shoulders to emphasise its sharpness. The colour, again, with a super glossy finish, is a rich chocolate that needs to look good enough to eat."

"There are a lot of embellishments on nails at the moment, from bows to crystals, from skulls to crosses. Remembering that Easter is also a religious festival, the long, oval glossy black nail has a crystal cross as the main feature. The finish of nails is almost becoming more important than the colour with the variety of effects available. I think the most beautiful finish of all is super glossy so I have been applying two layers of a glossy top to nails this season. This image is taking the 'feature nail' to its extreme by only having one painted and embellished and then acknowledging that gloves have been featured heavily for the past few seasons."

 

Show us your Easter nails using the hashtag #anothereasternails and be in with the chance of winning a collection of 5 speckled nail varnishes courtesy of Illamasqua.

 

Credits
Photography: Pawel Pysz
Manicure: Marian Newman at Streeters
Props: Stevie Stewart and Marian Newman at Streeters
Photography assistant: Paulina Arlauskaite
Model: Brittany at Bodylondon
Retouching: mechanicalbox.com