Clara H. Nails in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Nail salon

Clara H. Nails

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 401 528 289

Address: 3/41 Lygon street 3057 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.clarahnails.com/

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25.01.2022 5th Nov- I've finished my first day back at work!! I haven't had a break or eaten all day, my butt is numb, my shoulder is cramping up and I'm ready to vacuum food into my mouth. BUT. I am so incredibly grateful to see familiar faces, chatting and catching up like no time was lost, doing cool nails and making smiles happen. Thank you so much for supporting me and my little business I appreciate all of you so much

19.01.2022 Not only have I found a supplier in Melbourne who can bring in the most delectable nail goodies from Korea, I've found a friend in her as well I am filming my nail haul from @luna_beauty_melb today... Demonstrating my amazing business acumen and financial savvy on how you should prioritise your safe mid-pandemic spending and buy all the nail things even though there are no clients to use them on. Would you like to see swatch nail colors in my haul video?? Tell me below

19.01.2022 Animal crossing!! I haven't played animal crossing since Nintendo 3DS so I have no idea what's going on in that world. I am currently on The Witcher (even that I haven't had time to touch in a while) and that already sucks me into a black hole. What game are you stuck with now? Tell me!

17.01.2022 This is my little @kmartaus business hack of the day. It's a jewellery/necklace stand but I used it for my color swatches. I had a stand previously also from Kmart but because I have so many colors they weren't holding them evenly. I was toying with the idea of buying the gel bottle's color charting folder with detachable color chips, but a) expensive b) mainly the thought of re-swatching every color I have was enough to give me hives and induce PMS. So yeah. I'll just stick... with my cheap little hack. IM JUST SO PLEASED THEY SIT UNIFORMLY NOW!

17.01.2022 I LOVE MY CLIENTS Always coming through with the solid nailfies

17.01.2022 17 days to Christmas!!! I'm trying to get into the festive mood but my body doesn't quite believe we are almost halfway through December! Tips on getting into the spirit?! Go!

16.01.2022 What are your Christmas holiday plans? Only 5 weekends to go before we hit Christmas, isn't that insane?? I know most other years we'd say.. 'this year has flown by' but this year is a weird combination of feeling like it's been the shortest but also the longest most dragged out year ever. We traditionally head to Adelaide to my in-laws for Xmas, but with the recent outbreak and conditional entry I'm not sure we're gonna be able to make it there. What do you guys have planned? Give me inspiration!

16.01.2022 "But nail art can only be done on long na...." Me: Hold my bubble tea Nail art is for everyone! All lengths, all sizes, no matter what you identify as. It's for everyone!

15.01.2022 I was going to do a shedload more Halloween designs but as life would have it, I've been feeling like absolute shit over the last week or so. Major struggle town for this girl here. So I had to pay close attention to this mental cold and feed my brain some chicken soup and tuck it cosy into bed. I don't know what it was that just flipped the switch in me. I can't think of the one thing/incident that just triggered a whole week of sadness but I think it was just a build up o...f frustration and sadness from being stuck in the house and just reading the horrible news day after day. This lockdown is has been a real test on mental health. Thankfully I've managed to claw myself out of my hole slowly with the help of my supportive husband and chatting with friends I miss so much helped a lot too. I've given myself new projects and promised not to overwhelm myself by taking one thing at a time now. Anxiety is just at an all time high, and sadly people don't talk about it enough or acknowledge these feelings until it manifests into something a lot more sinister. I'm what people would call a pressure cooker. I hide and store these feelings and build them all up until I can't hold them in anymore and shit just explodes. Are you an emotional hoarder or are you one that lets go of things on the spot and move on?

14.01.2022 "Give me XXX-long claws and I want my nails to match my mask"

11.01.2022 What a fantastic and colourful way to kick off my first day back at work yesterday doing nails for the crowned queen of 90s nails @isabelleford that's her never-changing theme of the day every time she comes to get her nails done. It's crazy how my brain has just kicked into full work mode from lockdown sloth mode and I'm just chugging away, thrown back into routine and structure. I used to hate structure, but I think I now thrive in it. Funny how things change as you grow older Do you thrive in structure and love routine, or are you a free spirit who does whatever whenever?

11.01.2022 Suitable for Christmas/Chinese New Year/Valentine's Day all-in-one versatile set

08.01.2022 I started week 2 back at work yesterday having had little sleep (I have regrets over that decision) and yesterday night I was so exhausted I passed out cold. You know the kind of sleep so deep that when you wake up, you don't even know which planet you're on? Yeah that was me this morning. It was such a fantastic feeling sleeping through the night that I wish it upon each and every one of you. *Sprinkles sleepy dust*

08.01.2022 Cute @soto.sosa inspired artwork handpainted on fluoro pink tips Are you guys still loving fluoro? I've got so many fluoro varieties at the salon now it's not funny ... March booking went live about 2 hours ago and is slowly booking up! Be sure to get in early to avoid disappointment my friendsssss

07.01.2022 SAILORMOON + CHIBI Swipe to see rest of the nails! All handpainted btw with a brush made with 3 strands of hair pulled from my head

06.01.2022 Okay so do you remember a few weeks ago, I posted saying I lost my one and only pair of @baileynelson glasses in the river because I was trying to save my son from falling in? And then I was emotional because I was emotionally attached to my glasses because they were transition lenses for my old lady eyes and they helped me watch The Handmaid's tale (until I dropped them and then my whole life was a blur and most people probably thought geez Clara, cry me a fucking river. ( I... did okay! Not the whole river but I contributed a few drops okay?!) The Clara coven basically badgered the shit out of @baileynelson to give me a pair of new glasses for my heroic efforts AND GUESS WHO HOOKED ME THE HECK UP WITH BRAND NEW GLASSES?!?!? @baileynelson came through and I legit felt like an influencer and thought HEY I could get used to getting free things, I just gotta work on my fake tan, and start practicing how to take pictures of myself in gravity defying situations and force my husband to take pictures of me against his will. So we tried. I put on a dress, some makeup, the glasses in question and I TRIED to model. It took about all of 30 secs of awkward posing before I started to yell at my toddler to get off the table and pick up his damn toys off the ground. (Swipe left to see me about to launch into a finger pointy nag) Who am I kidding? The only influencing I'll be doing is how NOT to have my life. Just kidding.. I love my life and my kid.. sometimes

02.01.2022 HOW TO DECIDE ON NAIL ART | "Do I have to come in with a design for you, do I need to know what I want?" This is a question I often get from clients new to getting nail art/their nails done with me. Well the answer is yes.. and no. It depends on your expectation of the outcome.... You don't have to come in with a specific look in mind but it's helpful if you could describe the vibe you're going for (if any). Color, theme, an event you're attending, print or patterns that you like. And if you really don't know, throwing out single words helps me a lot too. Words like minimal, summer, muted, bright, autumnal, glittery etc puts my creative mind to work. And in case you truly can't come up with a single word. Rest assured I will always have something in my arsenal for you, something I always want to try. Most of my clients leave it in my hands (thank you for your trust ). I've also had clients enquire with very specific requests (rare). If you come in with a design from another nail artist, and you want me to replicate it, please try to ensure you find the name of the original artist for me to credit. I am personally not a huge fan of replicating artwork, I often take it, twist it and do it in my style. My clients don't mind and they mostly end up loving the outcome better because it's personalised. In the case that you truly want me to replicate it, I will do it, on the condition that you understand it will never be an exact replica of the original. Nail artistry is just that, individual, unique to the creator and wearer. You cannot also expect to take my artwork to another nail artist and expect the exact same results. It's like a thumbprint, there's no two exactly the same. In any case if you're struggling to come up with something, never fear! My 'door' is always open to questions! Otherwise there's always the OMAKASE option on my booking page, for those who would like me to go ham on their nails but have no idea what they want!

01.01.2022 How do you guys feel about that renegade clothing store owner and barber and opening up their shops despite the lockdown restrictions? (If you have not read about it there is a guy in Berwick who opened up his retail store and traded against current lockdown rules and now a hairdresser/barber is following suit.) I don't know how I feel tbh. One part of me understands the desperation to reopen and get back to normal.... The other part of me (the obedient Singaporean-bred part) completely understands how important it is to function as a community and we should only emerge out of this together, in all fairness to everyone else who have been doing the exact same thing. ALL of us have been hit hard. Mentally, financially.. some worse than others. But I guess my question is, what makes one decide that you're above your community and that you deserve more entitlement to take back what you think is yours and leave the rest to continue doing the right thing to the best of our abilities? If their defiant ways sparked another outbreak and sent us back into a lockdown, would they feel bad? Would they step up and acknowledge their mistakes? Would they feel like they've let down their community? Or would they have felt that it was all worth it and fuck the rest of them because well, I've got fucking bills to pay?