Okay. The French own the “French manicure”. It’s their thing. Everyone loves them! I’m a fan of them too.

I find that they make your nails look more ‘Posh’. The good thing is, you can get a french manicure set to help you by following simple steps. 

A French manicure sure seems a lot easier to do by yourself than for example, nail designs you can get done with flower or animal patterns, or actual animals, stars, hearts – anything! You can even get Hello Kitty nails if you’re a fan of those! 

Below you can see a range of different designs that you can get in a typical nail beauty store in South East Asia.


It’s interesting how not only can you put diamonds onto handphones or earphones but on nails too. It’s a fashion trend that seems to continue to spread all over the world. It started off with simple body glitter tattoos that you can stick on. Maybe in a few years time we’ll find out where else you can wear small diamonds. 

A manicure contest was held in BeautyAsia in Singapore last year in 2007. It’s amazing with the unique creations these ladies have come up with. When I saw these pictures I was stunned. I didn’t know that anything like – what you’ll see – was even possible to do on nails.

Pretty good though, isn’t it? I’d call creating something that another talent. We all know there’s singing, acting and dancing. But this – wow – this takes a lot of time and patience as well. Creativity especially!