Sabrina Carpenter Added a Surprise Detail to Her Polka Dot Manicure
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Sabrina Carpenter's style philosophy is all about glamour… with a wink. Much like the bombshells who came before her—Mae West, Jayne Mansfield, even Ms. Piggy—Carpenter dials up the va-va-voom factor but never takes herself too seriously, and has a knack for referencing the past with her own special spin. Those cheeky little details and references are so much fun, especially when they extend to her nails.
Carpenter first sported a micro-polka dot manicure in her new “Manchild” music video—you know, the one where she wears her hair in corkscrew curls? It's safe to say she's a fan of the aesthetic, and to celebrate the song hitting #1, she and her go-to nail artist Zola Ganzorigt whipped up a fun twist on the look by adding a strategic (and sparkly!) surprise to each nail: rhinestones!
“Polka dots were so good that we had to repeat the design and add some sparkles to it,” Ganzorigt wrote of the updated mani. Ganzorigt painted Carpenter's medium-length, almond-shaped nails with a sheer pink base, then dotted the entire nail with teeny-tiny white polka dots. At first glance, you wouldn't necessarily notice the rhinestones, as they're equally small, but they're there, and they're delightful. Each nail features just a few shimmering stones, no more than two or three, for a subtle sparkle that is equal parts cute and glamorous, just like Carpenter.
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If you want to channel your inner Sabrina this summer, grab a dotting tool and get practicing! For the “Manchild” music video mani, Ganzorigt used a combo of OPI products for the base, applying one coat of Passion, a sheer nude pink, and one coat of Bare My Soul, a sheer nude. She used the bright white shade Alpine Snow to create the polka dots, but you could easily change up the colors for your own Carpenter-inspired mani; fellow Ganzorigt client Hailey Bieber has also been spotted wearing dotted nails in a lemony yellow hue, and a sweet pastel baby blue would be right up Carpenter's alley. It's like playing Dot-to-Dot, but for grown-ups!
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Now, watch Rachel Zegler get ready for the day:
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