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anna, manicurist

@primping_aint_easy

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💅🎨bespoke nail art & care⚕️
🤝holding hands by appt only📖 books closed
✨glitter hoarder, former nail polish namer🔮
📍NYC - Flatiron 👩🏻‍🍳 NYS Licensed 🪪

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tired: removing nails with a metrocard… wired: putting a metrocard ON nails!
A bittersweet retirement to a real one, you held me down since I was single digits!! I didn’t really understand why my mom made a pendant charm out of an old subway token, but adult me and my tiny metrocard earring get it now 😮‍💨 OMNY is a colorless, soulless downgrade!
#nativenewyorker #metrocard #yerrr #nailart #chromenails #handpaintednails #mta #4train #nycsubway #ripmetrocard taken in New York, New York by @primping_aint_easy

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10 months ago

After giving me the most epic Eras manicure my nail artist, Anna, said to me, “In my mind, you were never not going to have an Eras manicure just because you have one hand.” To me, that’s the definition of the rule-free beauty I want to see everywhere—it’s so much more than a manicure 💅 Tune in to see how @primping_aint_easy was able to divide and conquer #TaylorSwift’s 11 eras into a single-handed manicure, using multiple colors and textures to pay homage to the international pop icon 💖🎶 #ErasTour by @primping_aint_easy

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2 years ago

Inspired by the work of Osamu Kobayashi 🔵〰️☁️ by @primping_aint_easy

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3 years ago

ok so based on vibes, this is what I think each sign would wear for Libra season and maybe even into Scorpio season..
nb: each sign’s model isn’t necessarily of that astrological group! Again, this is based on *vibes* because I wanted a reason to post some old backlog bangers and fall nail inspo
And if you disagree, sure, 🤷🏻‍♀️ let’s all make fun of the girl who took a risk and put herself out there creatively

this is birthday opal, with a side of midnight sun ok! the brief was rainbow Zara Larson vibes … which is birthday vibes idc!!

powerful, simple yet intricate … the design brief was open ended but MUST be “black over nude and matte” and the creative trust here ran deep… v scorpio coded indeed

loud and playful! I think the nailspo was folded shirts lol? aka go out in the world and find something fun!

classy w expensive taste (this set is a dries van noten inspo) and a high level art tier bc yall are overachieving (this capricorn rising wanted to do more patterns and had to pull back during this set$

immaculately clean and definitely strange…. I think the nailspo was just words to describe what you see here bahahah love my fellow air sign aquarians

ethereal from afar and up close it’s even more beautiful and unexpectedly weird and YEA this nailspo was microscopic photos of the sugar crystals on maple syrup … obviously only a piscean brain could conceive

an aries will let you know!! this is a classic banger for said client and I think we wanted an instant “it girl” feeling IKTR also if you throw hands, this set does +1 extra damage points

can you believe this was jewelry inspo? venus-ruled bbs know luxury ok??

couldn’t decide on an eye color so we did one of each over the moody oxblood/brown… and that’s on indecisive air signs!

this one might be a wee controversial but stay with me- opal is the libra birthstone and cancer is everybody’s mother so ofc she’s gonna do something subtle, meaningful and classic (and as a cancer moon I gotta say… this color is my neutral iykyk)

leos, i love you but your birthday season was months ago! that being said, yall never fail to bring your fun and fiery personality

moody yet whimsical, and maybe ev taken in New York, New York by @primping_aint_easy

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5 days ago

the best manicure of my life : my wedding nails!! 🤍all that we are and all that we are becoming 🤍 thank you @evanailsssss for taking the scribblings of a madwoman in love and making the nails of my dreams to match the man and wedding of my dreams!!! everything is something!!! Ai could NEVERRR and now we’re off to Sardinia byeeee Benzo I will miss you! (I tried to show him but my cat was not impressed by his portrait smh) taken in Chinatown New-York City by @primping_aint_easy

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a month ago

Soooo yall know I have outdoor summer activities that lead to dry mouth 😮‍💨 and a girl needs a little help getting back to 🤤 these Flintts got me RIGHT and when I saw the box I thought hmm #nailspo… look at Mr. Fugu!!!!!

But look at all these flavor options 😭 so I did one of each 💁🏻‍♀️💅 BECAUSE SUMMA AINT OVER YET BABY 🥵

and case in point 🧖‍♀️so if your mouth will feel like the cool pool splash you need on a late summers’ Sunday with your girlfriends and lovers, hmu ;) 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩🌊💦 #partneredcontent #flinttsmints #hotgirlsummer

get into ittttt💎💦 a little video bc we couldn’t resist excuse my camera work I was a liiiiiiittle distracted 😈

Ohh heheh you get a lil close up of the other hand bc I love you

Ok so I’m handing you this at a party wyd? 🥵👄💦 taken in Hudson Valley, New York by @primping_aint_easy

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a month ago

GRATITUDE to Marc Jacobs and Jin Soon for allowing lil ole me to be in rooms where iconic art is made… and then to help make it? well I kvell. the nail looks floated multicolored precious jelly gels across glass extensions. a match made in heaven and it was a huge team of nail techs- I am thankful I was a part of, bc nail friends are the best friends!! … here are some shots are my tiny contribution… and a couple other fun shots heheh #fashion #marcjacobs #jinsoon #nailart taken in New York Public Library and Bryant Park by @primping_aint_easy

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4 months ago

one fish two fish glitter fish rainbow fish that’s how the poem goes, right? maybe yall noticed I have an obsession with glitter parts, and I simply cannot be stopped. and sometimes, when the moon is right, I match with my clients... kinda glow base and all ;)
thank you all for reading and especially to those who have held my hands back, you know who you are 🤗😭🤍🐬🐠🐡🦐
#nailart #glitternails #glowinthedarknails taken in Manhattan, New York by @primping_aint_easy

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4 months ago

IN SOME NEWS 📰 2026 will be ushering in new eras for me: eras of growth! expansion! choosing myself! making new family! AND more to come: this isnt merely my grid-official “I’m engaged!” announcement, but a herald of much, much more. BIG THINGS 2026
#engagement #growthspurt taken in New York, New York by @primping_aint_easy

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9 months ago

🤌come si dice “munchies” in italiano 🍦🥐🍪
cassata, cannoli, cornetto, gelato, tartufo, amaretti… and in American Italian- black and white cookies, rainbow cookies, sprinkle cookies, etc!!!
hand cut glitters to make ya fave Italian snacks for when you might be a little hungry today…. happy day to all who celebrate 😏 with a cherry on top!
#nailart #glitternailsdesign #munchie #italianfood taken in Flatiron District, NYC by @primping_aint_easy

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6 months ago

FINALMENTE llevo mucho tiempo queriendo hacer unas uñas inspirado por UN VERANO SIN TI (y ella quería algo más minimalista jajaja) 🐬🌴💔🏝️🇵🇷 cuál es tu canción favorita de este álbum?
#pintadoamano #arteuñas #badbunny #dtmf #dtmfworldtour by @primping_aint_easy

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4 months ago

it’s an honor and a whole privilege to turn all your queerdo ideas into iconic nail art. shouts out to the corporate sect who can only go subtly nod to their existence, to those who have a whole uhaul on their index finger, and esp to those who have some dirty smutty things ig might censor, so they’re not even posted :/ you know who you are ;) celebrating queer joy with you all brings me fulfilledness, truly. it’s also a fact that queer voices are vital for a healthy society. isn’t that neat? here’s a carousel of some faves of yore, because I love you <3
#nailart #pridenails #pride2026 #prideart taken in New York, New York by @primping_aint_easy

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5 months ago