Beauty & Style

You've heard of "nail art" before, but you've never really seen it taken to this level. Beyonce posted a photo of her extreme manicure, and let's just say, it's not nail art, it's a nail renaissance. With rhinestones, glitter, letters, and photos, this is the polish to end all polishes.

Queen B posted the pic to her Tumblr page and we haven't stopped talking about it since. My theory is that Jennifer Coolidge from Legally Blonde did the manicure, which, you know, bend and snap and lol and everything.

Anyway, let's talk about her phalanges, k?

Beyonce has the letters J, Z, B, and N emblazoned on her nails, and it's pretty obvious (or is that just what she wants us to think!) what the J, Z, and B stand for, but what's with this rouge N? Did Ms. Coolidge forget that Beyonce's last name, Knowles, starts with a silent K? Or are the letters not initials at all, but rather New York City Subway lines? And where is the I for Ivy?

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Beyonce's nail art shall remain a mystery, I suppose, but before we end this conversation about Bey's generation-defining cuticles, let's just focus for a second on the photos. She has photos on her nails, I have calcium marks. (Someone told me that, I have no idea if that's what it's called, but it's the white spots in the middle of your nail.) What I wouldn't give to have portraits on my nails. So fabulous. Coincidence that there are five members of One Direction, and five fingers per hand? I think not.

What do you think of Beyonce's nail renaissance?

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