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Some of us just have it…
It’s somethin’ you can’t teach
Founder of @curenailhouse 💅🏾
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Featured in The New York Times.I spoke to the conversation around bare nails, natural nails, and the ways beauty trends often get framed through respectability, class, and proximity to restraint.As a Black woman, a nail artist, and the founder of Cure Nailhouse, I know this conversation is never just about polish.Black women have always been told that our beauty is too loud, too long, too colorful, too sculptural, too much. But our nails have also always been language. They hold culture, memory, care, survival, artistry, and self-definition.At Cure, we honor the full range of nail expression. Bare, nude, sculpted, jeweled, painted, extended, natural. The point is not to make ourselves smaller. The point is to show up with intention.Grateful to be part of this conversation and to speak from the culture that shaped and raised me.Thank you, @isha__sharma, for creating space for this perspective and for including my voice in the story.Read the feature at the 🔗 in bio.#blackbeauty #nailculture #nailartist #detroitcreatives #detroitnails by @ofcynn

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Started Taurus season surrounded by beautiful things.This year has shown me that rest matters. Being loved properly changes your pace. Standing on business is a daily practice. Building community is still one of the most sacred parts of my life—especially at @curenailhouse. This next year is about more depth, more discipline, and more alignment.If we haven’t connected and we should, tap in. by @ofcynn

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Last night we brought community together in collaboration with @vacumberbatch and “A Stylized Resistance” for an intimate community dinner salon to explore resistance and reclamation. We can’t wait to share the full story with y’all. In the meantime, here’s a taste. #nailartistry #dinner #detroitcommunity #salon #stylizedresistance by @ofcynn

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everything is love 🖤 by @ofcynn

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#brizopartner The InterludeThe ritual of self expression through nails was a rite of passage for me. As a child, I would wake up and go to the salon with my mother. It was bonding, but also an initiation into a world where women adorned themselves boldly and unapologetically. To me, that ritual was sacred. That’s why I knew I had to partner with @brizofaucet for their Litze collection. When I imagined The Interlude, I thought about those moments and about the cycle of adornment from the removal, the cleansing, and the preparation for what comes next. I wanted to honor that pause and create a moment to breathe, to reset, and perhaps even to connect with the person beside you.This is where the ritual finds its stillness in a moment of reflection. I partnered with @brizofaucet to bring in the Litze wall-mounted lavatory fixtures in Brilliance Luxe Gold, which add a modern and sculptural touch to a space intentionally designed by my design partner, Tiffany for presence.The Interlude is our quiet rebellion against the rush. by @ofcynn

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Creative Class 2026’ for @theccnyc. Proud of this one. Honored to be selected among so many incredible creatives and entrepreneurs. Thank you @theccnyc for the feature, and for continuing to celebrate Black creatives and our contributions to the culture. #CCNYCCreativeClass by @ofcynn

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This house was built with intention, from the design to the experience. Cure is for nails, fly-ass artists, and the ones who actually get it. Take it in. There’s plenty to see.Interior design by @tiffanylthompson Architecture by @etalcollaborative Founded by @ofcynnPhotos by @pablo.enriquez #interiordesign #detroit #nailart by @ofcynn

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After three months since opening our doors, I can finally sit in the fact that Cure Nailhouse is real.It has been almost 8 years of visioning, building, breaking, rebuilding, and believing. My faith was tested every step of the way, but God and my village carried me through every single moment.My life has completely changed. I’ve stepped into something larger than me, and there’s no turning back.This is the hardest I have ever worked in my life. I’ve been grinding for years but this is a new level. It has stretched me in every possible direction. It has been exhausting yet exciting, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. I’m following the fuck out of my dreams.To my community, thank you for your trust, your presence, your reposts, your commissions, your words of affirmation, and your belief in this wild, layered, meticulous vision. You have carried me through the overwhelm and the unknown.Shoutout to my family for holding me down, and to my team for keeping the Cure standard tight. Tiffany, your eye shaped the space in ways only you could. Thanks to @ahniyahgold for making sure the right people are watching.I did this for us. Now let’s keep going. by @ofcynn

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All I need in this life of Cynn by @ofcynn

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April 26th. My birthday. The soft opening of @curenailhouse. A dream I’ve carried for seven years is now alive, breathing, and full of us.Cure is a platform for artistry, community, and legacy. Seeing it come to life was one of the most powerful moments of my life.To my parents, thank you for your unwavering love and belief. You laid the foundation for this dream. To @tiffanylthompson, @xodessa_, @mayayavahn, @thenailauthority_, and @kesswa_, thank you for anchoring me through the chaos, for your brilliance, your commitment, and your steady support. To my friends, @chrisandglori_cocktails, @thor_jones_, @lizzcardwell, @aoimani, @jasmine_jeanine, @jadelilly.rgb, @narigarner, @_coreycjohnson, @iknowwhim, @westleyamica, @nichehitch, @hey_angela, @youresocoup and @bo404, artists in residence, and everyone who showed up, your presence made this moment unforgettable. This house will always have space for you.The drinks were flowing, the music hit just right, the art was loud and alive and so was the joy. It was beautiful. It was Black. It was everything I prayed it would be.Thank you for holding me through the birth of this dream. We built something real. by @ofcynn

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Ain’t I a woman?This month was affirming. I felt my womanhood celebrated in ways that were tender, powerful, and deeply intentional.I shared space on a panel at @blacktechsaturdays, alongside forces like @kesswa and @beatbymo, where I spoke about what it means to build @curenailhouse from the ground up—and to lead as a woman, a founder, and an artist rooted in community.I exhibited work in FEMALE GAZE at @playdetroit—a group show that honored the complexity of how women see and are seen. My piece, 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘵, serves as an introduction to my lens—a perspective shaped by my deep curiosity about beauty, identity, and self-expression. I layered elements of nail sculpture and photography to construct an altered reality that bends the familiar into something more surreal.Special thanks to @jasmine_jeanine for being my muse and to @igobycy for letting me explore in your studio.And somewhere in between, I stepped in front of the camera for a portrait series celebrating women founders, creative directed by @micahshumake.When a woman moves with truth on her tongue and vision in her hands, there’s nothing she can’t build. by @ofcynn

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