Hello, world. Meet the internet's newest nail aficionado, Dakota Row:
Dakota has caught the attention of over 65 million people on TikTok for doing MAGNIFICENT work on his girlfriend Jayshree Kalia's nails:
Jayshree told BuzzFeed that Dakota started doing her nails a year ago after her DIY attempt went wrong. "I stumbled across a TikTok video on how to do Gel-X extensions at home, so I found a starter kit on Amazon. One evening, I tried to do them and failed miserably. Dakota noticed me getting frustrated, so I asked him if he could try doing them for me. I was half joking, but he surprised me when he said he would try!"
After watching ONE tutorial, Dakota immediately got the hang of it — and has been slaying nail art like this ever since:
He perfects his technique more and more with each set he does — and men and women on TikTok can't get enough of it.
Jayshree said the initial cost to get all the supplies was about $80 — and she was spending about $120 every three weeks getting her nails done at the salon. With the $80, she was able to buy everything you need: a gel lamp, nail files and buffers, gel polishes, nail art tools, and a Gel-X kit on Amazon.
When Dakota does her nails, they usually make a date night out of it because it takes three hours for him to do them. "We'll have a glass of wine, put on our favorite music or show in the background, and talk and laugh. Plus, we take a lot of snack breaks," she said.
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