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Hot Or Not: 2009 Tokyo Expo’s Nail Art

By Jeanene James December 1, 2009 2:26 pm

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We have all come across a woman with impossibly long nails at least once in our lives and wondered, “how that heck does she function with those things?” Whereas extravagant nail design and extraordinarily long false nails are often considered a tacky hood trend in this neck of the woods, it turns out that in Tokyo they call it art!

On Monday Tokyo hosted a huge Nail Expo, boasting over 50,000 attendees, all hoping to catch a glimpse of the amazing nail designs on display by the events manicure masters.  Check out photos of the nail art that was submitted for the Nail Queen 2009 Awards Ceremony in the gallery below. Somehow, I feel as though I’ve already seen many of these designs on the display board at the local round-the-way-nail shop and called them ghetto, but hey…art it is.

So what do you think, hot or not?

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TAGS: Manicures, nails, style, tokyo nail expo
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  • sweet_amazon_honey
    sweet_amazon_honey
    12-2-2009 4:23 am

    I love 3-D nail art. The gawdier the better!! It’s hard to find here, but when I find it, I’ll pay whatever it costs. Why is it all the best Nail Tech’s are working from home and have MASSIVE drama? Please, email me and explain that shyte!!!

  • sweetnezzluvu
    sweetnezzluvu
    12-1-2009 11:12 pm

    LUV LUV LUV them all!

  • Sexyladylibra39
    Sexyladylibra39
    12-1-2009 4:46 pm

    NUMBER 3 WAS THE BEST…..THOSE NAIL ARE ART!!!…BUT NOT FOR ME….I LIKE THE NATURAL LOOK MORE…THATS TOO MANY COLORS TO BE DEALING WITH…

  • Luxurious_02
    Luxurious_02
    12-1-2009 4:34 pm

    it’s mos definitely art!!!!! I always thought it was art on people even if it looked “tacky” or “ghetto” to many. The only reason i never got into gettn my own nails done regularly especially as dramatic as those above is because i never thought i could do much with all that s**t on my hands. But asians are the ones who usually do peoples nails and bring designs in ones head to life on your nails why wouldn’t you see that asian as doin art?, so for the writer to imply as if it was just a black thing and is just now considering it art cus the asians have shows for it, is kinda ignorant becuase it always been this way. Art is art…now would i rock them…ummm prolly not

  • naughtia74
    naughtia74
    12-1-2009 4:11 pm

    i love number 3 it’s beautiful well i’m a french manicure type of chick i love french manicures that’s all i’ll basically wear.

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