When Cynthia Erivo stepped onto the Met Gala red carpet on May 7, there was a lot of "yes"-ing going on between me, myself, and I, because I was alone in my jammies accompanied by a hearty amount of Malbec while watching the big event. My eyes were focused on the absolute party glued right above Cynthia's eyes: the Broadway star had bedazzled her brows with some multicolored bling.
Silly me; I thought said brows, her dangling nostril earring, and the mahogany lipstick were the focal points of her look. But I was wrong! The real hero of Cynthia's kickass Met style was her manicure.
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The look came courtesy of NYC-based manicurist Gina Oh [3]. It featured the famous Michelangelo painting "The Creation of Adam" (that's the one on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel), redone with the hands of two black women. According to Glamour [4], this was Cynthia's personal take on the night's theme, "Heavenly Bodies," which celebrated the relationship between fashion and the Catholic church.
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Gina told the site that it took her two dang days to create the masterpiece. First, she applied the two-inch-long nails and painted an outline. Then on the second day, (God created the sky and) Gina created the blinged-out nail decals, which took four hours to place. The finishing touch? A hanging rosary, which Gina drilled into the nails of Cynthia's left ring and pinkie finger.
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