{"id":36,"date":"2026-07-14T19:35:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T19:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/julianahensdev.wpenginepowered.com\/beauty-nails\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T19:08:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:08:46","slug":"beauty-nails","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/julianahenson.com\/en\/beauty-nails\/","title":{"rendered":"Beauty &#038; Nails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 jh-page jh-sec-ivory  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_code et_pb_code_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\"><style>.jh-page .jh-eyebrow{font-family:'Inter',sans-serif;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:3px;text-transform:uppercase;color:#B03052;font-weight:600;margin:0 0 14px}.jh-page .jh-lead{font-size:19px;line-height:1.7;color:#43362D;max-width:640px}.jh-page h1{font-size:clamp(40px,6vw,66px);line-height:1.05}.jh-page h2{font-size:clamp(28px,3.4vw,42px);line-height:1.15}.jh-sec-ivory{background-image:linear-gradient(#FAF5EC,#FAF5EC)}.jh-sec-beige{background-image:linear-gradient(#EFE6D8,#EFE6D8)}.jh-sec-espresso{background-image:linear-gradient(#2B1D16,#2B1D16)}.jh-ph{position:relative;border-radius:4px;overflow:hidden;background:linear-gradient(150deg,#F7DCE7 0%,#FAF5EC 45%,#EFE6D8 100%)}.jh-ph::before{content:\"\";display:block;padding-top:72%}.jh-ph.jh-ph-tall::before{padding-top:124%}.jh-ph .jh-ph-label{position:absolute;left:16px;bottom:14px;font-family:'Inter',sans-serif;font-size:10px;letter-spacing:2px;text-transform:uppercase;color:#B03052;background:rgba(255,255,255,.78);padding:5px 9px;border-radius:2px}.jh-quote{font-family:'Playfair Display',serif;font-style:italic;font-size:clamp(24px,3vw,36px);line-height:1.35;color:#FAF5EC;text-align:center;max-width:820px;margin:0 auto}.jh-quote-mark{display:block;text-align:center;font-family:'Playfair Display',serif;font-size:70px;line-height:.6;color:#F2A324;margin-bottom:18px}.jh-topic{display:block;position:relative;border-radius:4px;overflow:hidden;padding:96px 22px 20px;background:linear-gradient(145deg,#EFE6D8,#FAF5EC 55%,#F7DCE7);text-decoration:none;transition:transform .35s ease,box-shadow .35s ease}.jh-topic:hover{transform:translateY(-4px);box-shadow:0 18px 40px rgba(43,29,22,.13)}.jh-topic h3{font-size:21px;margin:0 0 6px;color:#2B1D16}.jh-topic p{font-size:14px;line-height:1.55;margin:0;color:#43362D}.jh-topic .jh-num{position:absolute;top:14px;left:18px;font-family:'Playfair Display',serif;font-style:italic;font-size:26px;color:#D6246E}@media(prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){.jh-topic,.jh-topic:hover{transition:none;transform:none}}<\/style><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p class=\"jh-eyebrow\">Beauty &amp; Nails<\/p>\n<h1>Nails, the Colombian way.<\/h1>\n<p class=\"jh-lead\">In Colombia a manicure isn&rsquo;t a 20-minute errand &mdash; it&rsquo;s an appointment with an artist. Hand-painted detail, patient shaping, color chosen like couture. This is where I share that culture, one design at a time.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_code et_pb_code_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\"><div class=\"jh-ph jh-ph-tall\" style=\"border:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/julianahenson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jh-landing-beauty-hero.webp\" alt=\"Macro close-up of hand-painted nail art with fine gold line details\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1 jh-page jh-sec-espresso  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_code et_pb_code_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\"><div><span class=\"jh-quote-mark\">\u201c<\/span><\/p> <p class=\"jh-quote\">A Colombian manicure takes longer because it\u2019s meant to. Craft doesn\u2019t rush.<\/p> <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_2 jh-page jh-sec-beige  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>What I cover<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_code et_pb_code_3\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\"><a class=\"jh-topic\" href=\"\/en\/category\/beauty-nails\/\"><span class=\"jh-num\">01<\/span><\/p> <h3>Colombian nail culture<\/h3><p>Why our salons treat nails as art.<\/p> <p><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_code et_pb_code_4\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\"><a class=\"jh-topic\" href=\"\/en\/category\/beauty-nails\/\"><span class=\"jh-num\">02<\/span><\/p> <h3>Hand-painted nail art<\/h3><p>Fine brushwork, line by line.<\/p> <p><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_code et_pb_code_5\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\"><a class=\"jh-topic\" href=\"\/en\/category\/beauty-nails\/\"><span class=\"jh-num\">03<\/span><\/p> <h3>Salon experiences<\/h3><p>Visits, techniques, and what to ask for.<\/p> <p><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_7  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_code et_pb_code_6\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\"><a class=\"jh-topic\" href=\"\/en\/category\/beauty-nails\/\"><span class=\"jh-num\">04<\/span><\/p> <h3>Beauty routines<\/h3><p>The rituals behind the polish.<\/p> <p><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_8  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_code et_pb_code_7\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\"><a class=\"jh-topic\" href=\"\/en\/category\/beauty-nails\/\"><span class=\"jh-num\">05<\/span><\/p> <h3>Product reviews<\/h3><p>What\u2019s worth it \u2014 and what isn\u2019t.<\/p> <p><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_9  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_code et_pb_code_8\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\"><a class=\"jh-topic\" href=\"\/en\/category\/beauty-nails\/\"><span class=\"jh-num\">06<\/span><\/p> <h3>Colombia vs. U.S.<\/h3><p>Two beauty cultures, compared honestly.<\/p> <p><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_3 jh-page jh-sec-ivory  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_10  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Latest from the salon<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_blog_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_blog_grid_wrapper et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blog_grid clearfix \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_ajax_pagination_container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_salvattore_content\" data-columns>\n\t\t\t<article id=\"post-184\" class=\"et_pb_post clearfix et_pb_blog_item_0_0 post-184 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-beauty-nails\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_image_container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/julianahenson.com\/en\/why-colombian-manicures-take-more-time\/\" class=\"entry-featured-image-url\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/julianahenson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jh-article-nails-hero-400x250.webp\" alt=\"Why Colombian Manicures Take More Time\" class=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/julianahenson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jh-article-nails-hero.webp 479w, https:\/\/julianahenson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jh-article-nails-hero-400x250.webp 480w \" sizes=\"(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw \"  width=\"400\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/julianahenson.com\/en\/why-colombian-manicures-take-more-time\/\">Why Colombian Manicures Take More Time<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-meta\"><span class=\"published\">Jul 15, 2026<\/span> | <a href=\"https:\/\/julianahenson.com\/en\/category\/beauty-nails\/\" rel=\"tag\">Beauty &amp; Nails<\/a><\/p><div class=\"post-content\"><div class=\"post-content-inner\"><p>The first time I got my nails done in the United States, I was in and out of the salon in forty minutes. I sat in the car afterwards...<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_11  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3 style=\"font-size:24px\">Prefer to watch?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"line-height:1.7\">The brushwork makes more sense in motion. Nail videos, salon visits, and full transformations live on the videos page.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_12  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_0 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"\/en\/videos\/\">See the videos<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_1_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_1 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"\/en\/about-juliana\/\">About Juliana<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/julianahenson.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/julianahenson.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/julianahenson.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/julianahenson.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/julianahenson.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/julianahenson.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257,"href":"https:\/\/julianahenson.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/julianahenson.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}