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Geeky Chic: A Review and Interview

27 Jun

Greetings Basement Dwellers! I’ve made a recent impulse internet purchase that I’m extremely happy I made. If you are a geeky chic fashionista, you should hop on this bandwagon of awesome and obtain some serious nerdy flare!

A while back when I made a Top Ten list of geeky fashions, I found a plethora of things I wanted personally, while finding things to show our fans. The one thing I wanted for sure was a set of Acrylic nails after making the list. I looked around online on other sites, I looked at nails salon sites, and I kept coming back to Etsy.

From there I found a number of designs that I wanted but I gravitated toward a seller that was featured in the list. I had never seen anything like her designs and, being an artist myself, could not see how she painted something on such a small scale. I looked around to see if there is anything similar to her work anywhere else, I didn’t. You wont. You can’t. In my humble opinion, she is our most unique geek we have featured thus far.

I’ll admit it, I was skeptical at first. But, the more I looked through her shop and the more I LOVED her geeky designs, the more I squealed for joy.   Jihye has some serious talent, and I wasn’t sure how they would look on me but I went ahead and ordered them anyway. I’m now the proud owner of a set of Invader Zim Themed Nails(after some serious personal deliberation over getting the Zim vs Zelda sets.)

I want to say that I am very happy with the nails, for having pretty small hands, they fit extremely well, were easy to apply and Gir even has  UV blacklight detailing! I recommend these to anyone who wants to add some serious flare to their style. I’ve worn nails to parties and events before and these are sure to stun anyone in a casual or flashy setting. These nails got me so excited I immediately went online and watched the entire first season of the show.

After oogling over the cartoon and my new awesome nails, I got a chance to talk with this kick ass crafter and ask some questions. 

Moms Basement: What makes you a geek, such as your geeky-est guilty pleasure?
Jihye: Oh god…my main geekery definitely stems from video games (but I’m an equal-opportunity geek. Comics, computers, and books are all fair game to me). My parents tried so hard to keep video games away from me (The first console I owned? PS2. My dad thought that FFX was too violent. I spent AGES convincing him.), but once I got a taste, I couldn’t stop. My goal in life is now to become a video game concept artist, so I love talking level design, character profiles, and gameplay.
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