Meet theCute Nail Studio.
“[We wanted a place] where you could come in, be yourself, ask for whatever.
Currently, Jason has an immaculate black-line art manicure featuring varyingnail lengths and shapes.
Photographed by Beth Garrabrant
Cute Nail Studio keeps Austin beauty culture weird, inclusive, and doused in glitter.
“Ive been getting my nails done at salons since I was 23 or 24,” Jason says.
“And every time, most places would be like, ‘So, you just want a buff?’
Cute Nail Studio keeps Austin beauty culture weird, inclusive, and doused in glitter.
Their inclusive, welcoming energy is felt immediately through your mask as you step into the pastel pink salon.
Cute is a clear-eyes, full-heart, can’t-believe-what-the-hell-is-going-on sensory experience.
Cutes staff, like priestess of aesthetics Elyse Villarreal,alwayscover their faces.
Cute’s staff, like “priestess of aesthetics” Elyse Villarreal,alwayscover their faces. Other safety measures include limited seating, temperature checks, and “sanitizing the hell out of everything between clients.”
Other safety measures include limited seating, temperature checks, and sanitizing the hell out of everything between clients.
But there’s more to Cute’s kaleidoscopic allure than just aesthetics.
Eye-catching nail art is the main attraction.
Eye-catching nail art is the main attraction.
Every Cute product is formulated to be safe for people undergoing any sort ofhormone therapy.
(Who knew a lychee-scented body scrub from Texas would be the newest trans ally?)
At Cute, all genders can live their slutty-red truth.”
At Cute, all genders can live their “slutty-red truth."
