The Nail Artist Behind High Fashion’s Most Iconic Editorials | S1E7: Honey

Step behind the scenes of the beauty industry with the legendary nail artist known simply as “Honey.” In this episode of the Fashion Host Podcast, Vlada Roslyakova and Ines Crnokrak sit down with the Brooklyn-born artist who has created iconic nail looks for Balenciaga, Hermès, Tiffany & Co., and Vogue. Honey shares her incredible hustle of working night shifts at a hospital and sleeping in her car just to afford working on fashion sets during the day. She discusses the intense creative process behind her 8-hour nail art installations, why she mixes her own custom nail polishes on set to match any designer’s vision, and how she survives the massive egos in the fashion industry by “reading the room.” 00:00 - Intro: Meet legendary fashion nail artist, Honey 01:08 - How she got the nickname “Honey” in a Queens salon 04:00 - Her very first fashion shoot: Dsquared2 with Naomi Campbell 08:00 - The craziest 8-hour nail art sets for music videos 11:29 - When fashion shoots only photograph the face and ignore the nails 13:18 - Mixing custom nail polish colors on set 17:05 - Dealing with impossible requests and matching colors to fabrics 20:42 - The ultimate nail care routine: Why you need oil before cream 25:57 - Why Honey still prefers regular polish over gel on set 28:57 - Surviving celebrities and last-minute color changes 32:04 - The Cosmic Hive: Honey’s hidden zero-gravity nail spa in Brooklyn 39:08 - The hustle: Working night shifts at a hospital and sleeping in the car 45:25 -