Nail painting available at Essensuals
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

The varieties of nail art design
Photo: Zureena Abdullah 

The visual art of painting now has another media to paint to instead of the usual canvas, paper and wall. Nail painting, as a form of physical adornment, has evolved into a highly popular field of cosmetology, accommodating a wide range of colours, textures and designs, and in certain circles. It now includes drawing and creating patterns to reflect the latest fashion trends and the seasonal tastes.

Nail painting has become a recognised art form, requiring intensive training and skill.

Nail painting is an elaborate art form and skilled painters can transfer just anything in their heads onto your finger or toe nails. People might have been told repeatedly that nails are an extension of one's individual personality, and they should always keep them blunt, neat and tidy.

Not anymore! The sleek, cyber shades and textures for nails go with abstract designs for a flashy and loud form of nail designing.

Thanks to a local company, Essensuals Beauty Hair & Nail Spa, in Kompleks Hj Tahir 2, Gadong, painters can brush fluorescent flowers, day-glow butterflies and stencilled Winnie-the-Poohs.

In fact the range of fingernail designs is limited only by the imagination of the young women who covet them. Beauty salons offering wacky fingernail designs along with basic manicures have sprouted up all over the world in recent years to meet booming demand but the craze only just began here, at Essensuals.

The manicurist-cum-nail artists at Essensuals are getting first-time customers of all ages, mainly housewives who dream of being pampered.

Nail art lovers scour through the various designs to decorate their nails because they believe that nail art has a special magic to make people hooked to it, said a manicurist there.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin