Every other Friday the young patients at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma, Wash., receive a special visitor — none other than the Nail Fairy. Wearing wings and bearing polish, Martina Ngo is welcomed with broad smiles as she dispenses manicures and good cheer.
Earlier this year I visited The Painted Nail in Sherman Oaks, Calif. (You can read my On The Road here.) A cozy, shabby-chic salon located on busy Ventura Blvd., is fronted by owner Katie Cazorla (an
The most important part of the nail unit is its growth center known as the matrix. The nail plate, the unit’s cosmetic structure upon which nail polish is placed, is derived from the matrix.