Tell the world Aunt Flo is in town with this weirdly cute tampon nail art
2017 has been, thus far, a pretty bold year for nail art. In the past few months alone, we've seen fidget spinner nail art, Mark Zuckerberg-inspired manicures, and now...tampon nails.
Because, why not?
Canada-based artist Annelies Hofmeyr created the rather unusual look, which consists of a white backdrop with a faux-blood effect, not to mention little blue strings for added realism.
It's a pretty useful trick if you think about it. Next time it's your time of the month, just fashion your nails into tampons and save yourself the bother of telling anyone that you have your period. Genius.
Of course, this isn't the first time people have used their nails to let people know flow's in town. People have been emblazoning their manicures with tiny period-related paraphernalia for a while.
But, Hofmeyr's design is the first time a look has been entirely devoted to tampons.
Kinda cute, tbh.
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Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
