As a self-confessed nail obsessive I thought I had the nail world, well, nailed. But, it turns out that there’s one pretty big event I missed out on, yes you guessed it, the Tokyo Nail Expo 09.

Sadly it’s not be an event I can realistically participate in (I’d be down there like a shot if it was) but I have spent all morning trawling through the picture gallery and trying to lift my jaw up off the ground. While some designs may be a little on the kitsch side and some just plain weird, it’s definitely worth look if you love nail art as much as I do.

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