>> State the bleedin’ obvious why don’t you, Susie. Disco Nail? Why, it’s a veritable mecca for nail art enthusiasts. Except I’m slow and wasn’t in the know until this trip to Tokyo that Nagisa Kaneko aka “Nagi” and her Disco Nail salon in Shibuya take nail art to a whole new outer-stratospheric level, that I… Continue reading You've been Disco-ed
Category: Beauty
Shibuya 109 Makeover
The whisperings, raised eyebrows and knowing looks had started to exchange between Tommy Ton and our unofficial guide slash translator around Tokyo, Sato. There was apparently a “secret” mission to make me over into a “Shibuya 109” girl at some point during our trip, as an *ahem* earnest endeavour to gain insight into Japanese style… Continue reading Shibuya 109 Makeover
Postcard Manicure
>> I'm sorry that I have nothing meaningful to bring to the blog table other than a shot of my nails. Actually, the whole point of my coming to LA was that for a few days, there would be nothing meaningful to say other than "Ah…bliss… the vertical light in LA is too good!" And… Continue reading Postcard Manicure
Up the Nails!
It's been fifty years since The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan was published and hundred years since suffragette Emily Wilding Davison was fatally injured during her protest for the cause of Votes for Women. Feminism rages on – in different guises and often clouded with irrelevant arguments about semantics by my shallow reckoning (dipping in and… Continue reading Up the Nails!