Backstage at NYFW A/W 2016

NAHA winner Reiko Omae and I met backstage at Vera Wang

JINsoon for Vera Wang

JINsoon for Vera Wang

JINsoon for Vera Wang

Jin Soon being interviewed backstage at Vera Wang

Miss Pop for China Glaze

Miss Pop's nails

Nail art using China Glaze by Valley Nails NYC

The China Glaze colors used at Alice + Olivia

An easy how-to for Alice + Olivia nails by Miss Pop for China Glaze

The nail art concepts for China Glaze for Alice + Olivia

Nail art by Vicky Llongo at Escape Salon in New York City

Jan Arnold's sketches of nails for Libertine

This drawing is for LED lights that were supposed to be in the center of the eyes at the Libertine show. At the last minute, designer Johnson Hartig thought the light took away from the color on the nails so CND did without them

Almost final nail looks for The Blonds

Lauren Wireman made these nails using feathers for The Blonds

Edible nails for The Blonds

Garden nails by Heather Davis in the CND Design Lab

Flamingo nails created by Torie Bastian

Torie Bastian made these molten looking nails outlined with flocking powder

Torie's marijuana leaf nail

Amanda Fontanarrosa's Royal Flush for The Blonds show. Fun fact: the hand drawn face was a concept that ended up not making the cut, because it wasn't extreme enough!

Up-close look at the cogs Shelena Robinson made for The Blonds show

All the supplies CND needs to create NYFW nails are sent weeks ahead

Modern Salon's Maggie Mulhern interviewing Jan Arnold

Torie Bastian, artist in residence, hard at work in The Design Lab

Inspiration for every look on The Blonds runway

A look at the CND Design Lab from up top

Backstage at Narciso Rodriguez

Me and Deborah Lippmann, who came to NYFW fresh off working the Grammys!

Inside NYFW at Moynihan Station

Me and Naomi Gonzalez, nail lead for Zoya.

This customized display showed off the color choices Zoya made available for Marchesa

Zoya's Naked Manicure was the line of choice at Marchesa

Inside Milk Studios

CND for the Blonds

Painting the roses red at CND for the Blonds

Heather Davis was proud of her sculpted flowers!

The nails underneath the cookies had white doily prints stamped on them

Edible glue attached these mini cookies to the nail tips

CND education manager Roxanne Valinoti and artist in residence Torie Bastian

Backstage selfies

Jan & Phillipe Blond (one half of The Blonds design team) wearing an "Off With Your Head" sweatshirt that appeared on the runway

A local bakery in the Chelsea Market created custom cookies for the Blonds show

Jan Arnold speaking to the press backstage before The Blonds show

Kristina Estabrooks demonstrates the smoking nail she engineered for The Blonds

Harriet, the rabbit made by Ashley Craig, as seen on Jan Arnold

Nail art by CND for The Blonds

Nail art for The Blonds by CND

Nail art by CND for the Blonds

Life-sized versions of the cookies that appeared on the nail art for The Blonds

Hair look for The Blonds

Mesh veils with crystals covered the eyes of the models at The Blonds

The Blonds

Nails + hair at The Blonds

The Blonds at Milk Studios, NYC

Before the Blonds show begins

The Blonds

Final looks at the Blonds

The finished hair look at The Blonds

Miss Pop for China Glaze at Alice + Olivia

Techs polishing nails at Vera Wang

JINsoon for Vera Wang

Morgan (broken glass) and Taylor (red roses) both had on-point NYFW manis

Started off NYFW with breakfast with the Morgan Taylor team. Check out Morgan's beanie!!

JINsoon Dulcet at Karen Walker

Jin Soon (left) and Beth

The nails at Karen Walker were a blush tinted nude designed by Jin Soon Choi

Nail lead for OPI, Miss Pop (left) and Beth

The nail look at Jeremy Scott: tips covered in OPI lacquer and Infinite Shine topped with a pearly top coat

Morgan Taylor lead nail artist Danielle Candido

Taylor Daniel (left), senior editor Beth (center) and Morgan Haile (right) at Morgan Taylor's final show this season, Zero + Maria Cornejo

Torie's nails using Athena Rocks

CND for Libertine

The nail looks for Libertine

CND artist in residence Torie Bastian

CND's Jan Arnold (left) and artist in residence Torie Bastian (right)

Jan's Libertine-inspired nail art

Front row at Libertine!