What better way to say “X-Japan fangirl” than with this finger bondage nail design?
It’s a good thing voice recognition has been perfected, in case you need to do any keyboarding after installing your new Yoshiki tribute nails. This month, Kera magazine’s how-to pages have moved on from eyelid gluing to instructions for festooning your very own digits in top visual kei style with jewels, glitter and chains.
Gackt, former vocalist of ur-JGoth band Malice Mizer, Final Fantasy VII character and all-around Famous Beautiful Person was the inspiration for these fleur-de-licious confections.
Guitarist hyde of L’Arc-en-Ciel might have a hard time axing around the stage in these beauties, but what they lack in practicality they more than make up for in sheer rococo blingitude.
I became a big visual kei fan while researching Nightshade, in order to bring to life Paniq Button, the band that plays at Club Nyx. The fascination with men’s nail art came later, with the research for Fallen Angel, because the hosts at Club Nova all enhance their natural gorgeousness. This is one of the articles that taught me what #1 host Hoshi has to do in order to charm a million yen from his richest customer…
