We’ll Be Copying Dua Lipa’s Mermaid Barbie Nails All Summer season
After a world tour that lasted for practically a 12 months, you’d anticipate Dua Lipa to take a beat for a bit. But, the pop star proves that she’s at all times sport for a brand new venture, her newest being a task in Greta Gerwig’s upcoming movie, Barbie, which premieres on July 21. We’ve been getting snippets of information concerning the movie for the previous few months, and on Might 25, Lipa launched her new single for the Barbie soundtrack, “Dance The Night time,” together with a Barbie disco-themed music video to match. There have been lights, cameras, and fallen disco balls—however Lipa’s mermaid Barbie nails stole the present.
The music video is fairly meta, starting with the caption, “This Barbie is making a music video,” and its complete schtick is a faux-BTS video of Lipa on set as her producer screams on the sight of damaged props. Lipa performs on a pink stage dressed head-to-toe in her new assortment with Versace, which incorporates pink knee-high chrome boots and a shimmering pink halter swimsuit tucked into an equally as bedazzled blue skirt. The skirt has butterfly particulars all through, and Lipa’s stylist Lorenzo Posocco paired the look with butterfly-shaped rings, a Medusa pendant choker, and a gold chain belt.
It may be exhausting to discover a manicure to outshine the butterfly-encrusted Versace jewellery Lipa wears on her arms, however manicurist Michelle Humphrey pulled it off with a chrome mermaid manicure. Lipa’s nails sit at a medium-length spherical form and have a turquoise chrome colour all through the nail mattress.
It’s an identical manicure to the one which Halle Bailey lately wore to the US and UK premieres for The Little Mermaid, which featured a turquoise chrome base and pearls all through. Lipa’s manicure, however, has a decor-free chrome end that makes her nail beds seem like polished metallic, including that flawless Barbie contact to the manicure fashion. Though the music video is extra basic Barbie-themed, Lipa performs a mermaid Barbie within the movie, and her aquatic manicure was the proper nod to her position.
To match the sea-faring vibes, make-up artist Lisa Elridge created an aqua smoky eye on the pop star and paired it with a blushing mauve lip and a satin cloud complexion. Hair stylist Peter Lux finalized the doll vibes with a correct Barbie updo, which options Lipa’s hair slicked again into an ideal ponytail with mega quantity.
