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Succulent nail trend: pretty, but very impractical

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Some might find succulents growing out of your nails to be pretty and whimsical, while others literally find the thought of it scarier than Chucky.

I mean, how would one get anything done?

Roz Borg, an Australian artist, recently inspired this nail obsession.

She told The Huffington Post that she normally uses succulents to create gorgeous terrariums and jewellery, but recently decided to venture into other mediums and ended up discovering a technique to create real, living art. And with the array of shapes and colour variations of succulents, the possibilities are really endless.

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How to create the look: 

You glue the tiny plants to an acrylic nail using floral adhesive and then attach the plants to your real nails and BOOM! You have your own living plant at your fingertips, literally!

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