Machine Gun Kelly Did an Evil Eye Manicure in Lilly Pulitzer Pink and Green

For Your Eyes OnlyMachine Gun Kelly Did an Evil Eye Manicure in Lilly Pulitzer Pink and GreenFinger(nail)s crossed that these nearly neon colors are coming to the UN/DN LAQR line.

By Marci Robin

April 28, 2022

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By now, you've probably noticed that Machine Gun Kelly is a fan of manicures. A fanicure, if you will. He'd been showing up on red carpets wearing some serious nail art long before he launched his own nail polish brand, UN/DN LAQR. In fact, if you rearrange the letters in Machine Gun Kelly, you get "me chunky gel nail," which doesn't make much sense yet still feels kinda relevant. But despite having come to fully expect major manicure moments from the recording artist, we find we can still be surprised, delighted, and a little bit freaked out by the fine art on his fingertips.

On Wednesday, April 27, Machine Gun Kelly posted a carousel of photos and videos to his Instagram grid celebrating the plaque he received for his album Mainstream Sellout hitting number one on the Billboard 200 chart. "Got this plaque and a death threat on the same day, can’t wait for summer tour!!" he wrote in the caption, and while we hope he's joking about the death threat, perhaps that's what inspired him to opt for the especially intense evil eye manicure he shows off in the post.

The relatively simple yet bold nail art features a pointed oval eye design on the lunula of each nail. Atop each white sclera is a neon green iris with a black pupil in the middle. Making the manicure even more noticeable is the vibrant hot pink covering the rest of the nails, which serves as a base for the pointy black lashes. It's all very punk Lilly Pulitzer, and we're into it.

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That pink is a fantastic match for MGK's current hair color, which he's been sporting since February. We don't see a shade in his UN/DN line that seems like a match for it or the green, but hopefully this means those colors are on the way to the collection.

Evil eye manicures are definitely are a popular choice among celebrities. In 2020, Demi Lovato wore one when she debuted a new blonde bowl cut, and Kylie Jenner mixed the design into a mismatched manicure just a few months earlier. But if Machine Gun Kelly has anything to say about it, 2022 is definitely the year of the fluorescent Palm Beach evil eye mani.

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Marci Robin is a contributing editor at Allure. She previously served as senior beauty editor at GoodHousekeeping.com, executive editor of xoVain, and senior online editor at NewBeauty; her writing has also appeared in publications such as InStyle, MarthaStewart.com, and Refinery29. She graduated from Florida State University with a degree... Read moreContributing Editor

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