PRETTY CURIOUS | How Can We Level Up Our Nails? with Mei Kawajiri

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Comedy, Society & Culture, Education, Self-improvement

4.9 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Mei Kawajiri (aka @nailsbymei) has actually touched Madonna’s hands…while she was doing her nails! She also happens to be the nail artist for *the host of this podcast.* Mei joins Jonathan to share the incredible story of how she moved from Tokyo to New York City and became a top celebrity nail artist. Plus, how does she create her famous 3D nail art? Do we really have to cut our cuticles? And what’s on trend for nails right now? Mei Kawajiri is the nail artist behind the most viral manicures on your Instagram feed. Mei's art is frequently in the pages of Self Service, i-D, and Pop Magazine, as well as campaigns for Vivienne Westwood and Miu-Miu. Her celebrity fans include Marc Jacobs, Dua Lipa, Gigi Hadid, Rosalía, Cardi B…and Jonathan Van Ness. Mei was recognized as one of the most inspiring and innovative creative trailblazers by the British Fashion Council in 2018 and continues to lead with passion and an indomitable spirit. Mei is on Instagram @nailsbymei. Follow us on Instagram @CuriousWithJVN to learn more about the products from this episode, or head to JonathanVanNess.com for the transcript. Jonathan is on Instagram @JVN. Find books from Getting Curious and Pretty Curious guests at bookshop.org/shop/curiouswithjvn. Our senior producers are Chris McClure and Julia Melfi. Our associate producer is Allison Weiss. Our engineer is Nathanael McClure. Our theme music is also composed by Nathanael McClure. Production support from Julie Carrillo, Anne Currie, and Chad Hall. Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:07.0	and you have to go in search of your creative spark again. Maybe this is catching up with creative
0:11.9	friends, experimenting with a new look or trying out a new recipe.
0:16.0	And thanks to The Sims, inspiration is just one game and one spark away.
0:21.0	Ready to spark something? Download the Sims 4 and play for free. Hey curious people,
0:35.0	people,
0:39.0	welcome to Pretty Curious, my podcast on all things beauty. I Jonathan Van Ness this week we're talking to one of the most
0:46.3	sought after nail artist in the business and someone who's been doing my nails for years
0:50.3	who I literally love so freaking much.
0:52.5	Her name is Ma Kowajiri.
0:54.9	We'll talk about some of her iconic looks,
0:57.8	the amazing work she does, her life,
1:00.2	how she got to where she is.
1:01.8	She literally is like one of the most sought after top of the game people in the
1:10.2	beauty industry I love May so much and her heart is so amazing. Her creative
1:15.7	talent is otherworldly. I'm obsessed with her. So I'm really excited that she's
1:20.9	taking the time to talk to us today.
1:23.0	Sidebar, you may notice, this isn't curious now,
1:27.0	this is, this is going, this was meant to be curious now.
1:30.0	Well, y'all, we have some little gorgeous curious
1:33.2	universe updates for you. So in September of last year we launched two new
1:38.3	shows. It's pretty curious and curious now and those were alternating on
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