The city-dwelling lifestyle produces many style hazards, including but not limited to; the classic broken-heel-in-a-subway grate, overhead pigeon mishaps, and the constant threat of an entire outfit being soaked with murky street water by a passing cab.
While all can be tragic, none of these style traps happen nearly as often as the crushing defeat of ruining a painstakingly-applied manicure. With nail art trends like hand-painted artwork, filed shapes (#squovalFTW), and UV gel still holding strong, chipping away at your iPhone screen with your talons can be a really expensive mistake.
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Circuit board nail art set via Etsy.
Elektra Nails is coming to the rescue with glue-on nail shaped touchscreen styluses. These dermatologist-designed conductive nails are durable and specially designed to work in harmony with your devices. You simply glue the neutrally-colored nail on, paint it to match the rest of your fab nail art, and get tapping.
Image via Elektra Nails.
Manicures using Elektra styluses at CES (via VentureBeat).
Image via Chicago Tribune.
$18 will get you a six-week supply of single nail styluses- you can pre-order them over at Elektra Nails to give your hard-working manicure a break. In the meantime, let’s all hope that science solves our daily coffee-vs-white shirt struggles in the near future.
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