Manicured by Jodie

The thing my clients and I have in common?

No matter how many colours we look at, we almost always come back to a classic n**e.

Shade | N**e Different

Shade | Luka

Shade | Ashes of Roses

Shade | Natural Pink

Shade | Seafoam

Shade | Anthea

Shade | Luka

have been so MIA on here recently, so getting back into the swing of things with some of my camera roll faves in June & July 💅🏽🌊🍦🧴☀️

Hands go through just as much as our face, but rarely get the same level of care.

A manicure isn’t just about the colour, it’s the condition of the skin and nails together which changes the end result.

Sometimes the biggest difference is before colour’s even applied. Once the skin and cuticles have been tidied, nipped and exfoliated is when I notice my clients say their hands already look much better.

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Dark brown is a neutral 🤎

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A few from March.
Mostly soft shades with a little colour.

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Always about the small details…
because how it feels matters just as much as how it looks

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Things I’ve done this week between client appointments…

1. Painted new colour swatches (all 64 of them)
2. Finished creating my pedicure set-up
3. Reorganised my manicure desk drawers
4. Walks in nature (feat. 🌈)
5. Top to bottom clean of the studio

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before an appointment, i spend time planning the details.

my client sent some inspo pics via DM and we shared a few shade ideas. then, during her manicure, we looked at each in different lights to find the one that suited her skin tone and personal style while making sure it’s effortless for her to live with for the next few weeks (because it’s never just pink).

this shade is Natural Pink and at the end she said it was the best pink we’ve done. it’s reactions like this that make me think spending a little extra time during the treatment is so worth it to get the right result.

*nail 📷 before cuticle oil and moisturiser

send me a DM if you’d like some guidance on the colour of your next manicure.

My mood board of 2025 🤍

A year of quitting my corporate job, stepping fully into nails, assisting two London Fashion Week shows, building my private studio, learning from industry greats and spending countless hours with clients whose conversations and energy help made 2025 a really good one.

Finishing the year full and feeling ready for 2026.

*No January mood board - apparently my camera roll was still in festive limbo, so decided to add one last festive pic before the NY reset.

If you want your manicure to last through the busiest couple of weeks of the year, it’s the small daily habits that will make the difference.

Over Christmas, your nails are exposed to more water, more stress and more manual tasks than usual. Swipe and save this as a reminder for how to best care for them.

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