[Cardi B noise]
Hey guys, it's Mi-Anne and this is Beauty with Mi.
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"No matter how much money I make.
No matter where I am in life.
I will always do my nails like this."
Cardi B
Cardi B's nails have pretty much taken on
a personality of their own.
They are featured in her music videos,
she talks about them all over Instagram,
and they are all made possible by her a longtime friend
and go to nail technician Jenny Bui.
So I decided to reach out to Jenny Bui to get my nails done
and interview the queen of bling herself.
Hi Jenny.
Hi.
Your space is exactly how I imagined it. Lots of bling.
Thank you. You say you wanna do like colorful nails.
You know, Cardi nails is long.
You sure you can handle that?
I think so.
Okay.
Do you think I can?
Try.
Okay.
Okay let's go start.
Step one I'm going to push your cuticle.
You have had an incredible life story. How did you get here?
When I get here I go to cosmetology school.
After I have my license and then I go to the
every different nail salon to watch what they do.
After I work in the salon for three months
I tell myself I cannot work for nobody.
I have to open my own salon.
And so Cardi found you on Instagram.
Yes and she comes, we say, "May I help you?"
Because we don't know who is she.
Even first time she came I don't know who is she.
Luckily someone canceled so I put her in.
And after I finish her nails, she said, "Oh my god Jenny
you make my day!"
She say, "From now on you my nail tech.
Nobody else my nail tech."
I going to do extension.
Queen of bling, where did that come from?
The queen of bling, it comes from my followers.
You've clearly leaned in.
Everything around your room is like
full of queen of bling references.
I love bling in my life. I always dream about diamonds.
But I don't have money to buy diamond.
I want to make people like the dream come true.
Have a lot of people found you because of Cardi?
Yeah and every time they come, "I want Cardi's nails."
I mean she's so famous for her nails now.
Yeah that's why Cardi say, "Oh Jenny, sometimes I have to do simple
because people follow my nail.
You know, I don't want people like pay so much money.
Some people they don't have money."
She always think about people, just like me.
When you sit on my chair, I ask you what is your budget.
I'm not gonna kill you.
So how do you feel now?
I feel like I'm ready for it.
[cat noise]
What is your approach to doing her nails usually?
Do you normally-
she comes to you with an idea or
do you kind of do whatever you want on her nails?
No, she never give me an idea about what she wants.
I just asked her, "Cardi, what color you want today?"
And she just tell me the color and then the bling.
Sometimes she say, "Oh Jenny, I don't want too much bling."
So I I create not too much.
And sometimes she say, "Oh today I feel like a lot of bling."
So I can create a lot of bling.
My favorite nail look is Met Gala and Grammys last year.
Oh yeah those were beautiful.
Yeah the Grammys last year is a lot of detail.
Do you usually, when you're doing it for an award show,
do you know what she's gonna wear?
Sometime I know, sometimes I don't.
The Grammys she says she wear three different outfit.
Oh so it has to match everything.
Right, and then so we do neutral color.
How have you and Cardi's nail tastes has changed over the years?
You know, back then Cardi like big bling and ice cream
cupcake 3D flower.
And now she like elegant. It's changed to elegant.
Do you think she's changed in the past, like,
since she's become famous?
No she don't change. She still use the same team.
You know she is really really nice, honest, and loyal.
I love her. I love her.
And you know Cardi is very easy person to work with.
She go to VH1 and she start her first music video.
I tell her, "Cardi, you're gonna be bigger than Nicki Minaj."
And she said, "You think so? I don't think so."
I say, "Yeah and then when you're famous you're gonna forget me."
She say, "Never."
She hasn't yet.
Never.
So long.
They're so long. They're like longer than the last time.
Those were so long.
How you like it, the color?
I like the colors. I'm like really nervous about the length
but I think it'll be okay.
Do next one.
They're so pointy.
You scared?
Wow.
Next step.
So pretty.
How you like it?
I love it. It's so crazy and blingy and long.
I'm afraid about like poking people
but I think it's gonna be okay.
Thank you so much.
You're welcome.
Thank you for answering all of my invasive questions.
You're welcome.
It was so nice to talk to you and get to know you.
I'm not gonna lie these are the most inconvenient nails ever had.
They are not only pointy and painful,
but they are so long that you cannot do anything with them.
No matter how you feel about these nails,
obviously they're gonna be very divisive.
What I think was really magical, the way that Jenny spoke
about Cardi was just so beautiful.
Jenny's been working with Cardi for six years.
Cardi B has become this world renowned like international rap star.
Along the ride, Cardi B has also helped grow Jenny's business.
These nails are not for everyone, I think that much we know.
But they have become such a calling card for Cardi
and a way for her to express herself.
Like lipstick like the, way you do your eyeliner,
like having cool nails as an accessory that can make you feel good
and having someone that understands you
and can bring your vision to life is such an amazing thing.
Yeah yeah your nail lady don't love you like my nail lady love me.
She loves me.
She loves me ya'll. My nail lady loves me.
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