ALEXA'S NAILS

(Alexa Chung's nails; can't remember sources)

I am a MASSIVE nail polish/nail art freak. Everything is so much more fun with painted nails, I am constantly going through new nail obsessions; Chanel's holographic nail polish, clay fruit nails, over the top Japanese nail art, Butter London's non toxic nail polishes, silver foil nail wraps, Meadham Kirchoff for Topshop nail stickers, OPI rainbow connection and Absolutely Alice (Which had me searching without success shops in both New Zealand and Australia)...never really got into the shatter nail polish trend though. With nail polish, the tackier and more five year old girlyish the better!!

And while I LOVE Lana Del Rey's long, long nails I prefer short nails on myself.

And so I have been quietly admiring Alexa Chung's nails for a while now... I think it's about time that I invested in some nail pens.

TUPAC

(Tupac Shakur 1995 being interviewed by Police)

This video reminds me how intelligent and wise Tupac was. And why I respect him and his music so much.

At the moment I'm basing my school paint portfolio on the impact and power of black culture and hip hop/ rap music on society, particularly the impact of gangsta rap in the late 1980s-1990s- and so this interview is so interesting showing Tupac's attitudes towards the impact of his music and his music being regarded as being gangsta rap.