Nailed it!
Machine Gun Kelly rocked a $30,000 manicure that had his custom-designed nails fitted with 880 diamonds altogether weighing around 10 carats.
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This completed the musician’s “emo cactus” look at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards. He wore a turtleneck embroidered with Swarovski crystals and a metal spike-accented suit with cropped blazer.
Nails of LA’s founder-artist Brittney Boyce and bespokeBespokeMade to order to a client's exact wishes and measurements, rather than chosen from ready-made stock. Bespoke tailoring, jewelry, furniture, and travel experiences reflect personal taste and craftsmanship, and areGo to Bespoke Glossary jeweler Marrow Fine’s founder Jillian Sassone collaborated for the manicure.
“Creating Machine Gun Kelly’s diamond nails was a natural progression of where nail art and jewelry intersect,” Sassone told People.
The collaborators created the diamond tips using the base color “Depressionist” from Kelly’s own nail polish brand UN/DN LAQR, as well as a gunmetal transfer foil. Meanwhile, the 10-carat black and white diamonds ranged between 0.8 to 2.4 millimeters in size.
Boyce took 10 hours to set the diamond in preformed nails offsite. Finally, she glued these onto Kelly between rehearsals and the red carpet.
“I love the juxtaposition of the white diamonds set traditionally with the pops of black diamonds set pointy side up,” Sassone said.
Marrow Fine said they will upcycle the diamonds into custom rings after the awards night. All of the proceeds will go to a Cleveland-based charity.
This year’s Billboard Music Awards saw Kelly nominated for Top Rock Artist.
Banner Photo via Machine Gun Kelly’s Instagram
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Machine Gun Kelly wore a $30,000 manicure at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards, with custom-designed nails fitted with 880 black and white diamonds weighing about 10 carats, completing his “emo cactus” look.
Nails of LA founder-artist Brittney Boyce and Marrow Fine founder Jillian Sassone collaborated on the manicure. Boyce spent 10 hours setting the diamonds in preformed nails offsite, then glued them onto Kelly between rehearsals and the red carpet.
The tips used the base color Depressionist from Kelly’s nail polish brand UN/DN LAQR and a gunmetal transfer foil, with black and white diamonds from 0.8 to 2.4 millimeters, set white diamonds traditionally and black ones pointy side up.
Kelly’s “emo cactus” look at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards included a turtleneck embroidered with Swarovski crystals and a metal spike-accented suit with a cropped blazer. He was nominated for Top Rock Artist.
Marrow Fine said it will upcycle the diamonds into custom rings after the awards night, with all proceeds going to a Cleveland-based charity. Jillian Sassone said the manicure was a natural progression of where nail art and jewelry intersect.
