Currently Trending: Ricky’s hops on the Instagram wagon. No, they aren’t late to the Instagram party, rather they are the first to capitalize on an Instagram inspired store. New York-based businessman Richard Parrott, president of the beauty store Ricky’s NYC, is taking advantage of the social media beauty frenzy by opening a beauty store that only sells Instagram-famous products.
I can’t think of too many ways to top a morning then by getting to visit Ricky’s Headquarters for a custom mani by the insanely talented (and top nail artist), Miss Pop Nails, (aka Simcha Whitehill) using my favorite matte nail polish line, Knock Out Cosmetics! Teaming up with Ricky’s + Knock Out + Miss Pop is a dream! 
Nail art is such a huge trend right now, and while “half moon” mani’s have been all the rage for some time, we’ve recently been seeing the new “window” manicures (which is a fancy way of saying part of your natural nail is exposed), get some attention. Simcha took all of it to the next level by creating a Leopard Moon Window Mani! If you get Ricky’s news letter you should be getting our newsletter today. Yes, that’s my hand…
Check out Ricky’s NYC Tumblr page for the how-to-tutorial and visit Rickys.com to shop the look. More behind the scenes images from my day at Ricky’s…
