00:02Hey guys, it's Mi-Anne and this is Beauty With Me.
00:05No matter how much money I make, no matter where I am in life,
00:10I will always do my nails like this.
00:14Cardi B.
00:15Cardi B's nails have pretty much taken on a personality of their own.
00:20They are featured in her music videos, she talks about them all over Instagram,
00:25and they are all made possible by her longtime friend and go-to nail technician, Jenny Bui.
00:31So, I decided to reach out to Jenny Bui to get my nails done and interview the queen of bling
00:36herself.
00:39Hi Jenny!
00:40Your space is exactly how I imagined it, lots of bling.
00:45You say you want to do like colorful nails.
00:47You know Cardi nail is long.
00:49You sure you can handle that?
00:52I think so.
00:53Do you think I can?
00:55Uh, try!
00:57Okay, I'm excited.
00:58Okay, let's go start.
00:59Step one, I cannot push your critical.
01:01You have had an incredible life story.
01:05How did you get here?
01:07Uh, when I get here, I go to cosmetology school.
01:11After I have my license, and then I go to every different nail salon to watch what they do.
01:19After I work in the salon for three months, I tell myself, I cannot work for nobody.
01:24I have to open my own salon.
01:26And so, so Cardi found you on Instagram?
01:28Yes.
01:28And she come, she say, may I help you?
01:30Because we don't know who is she.
01:32Even first time she come, I don't know who is she.
01:35Luckily, someone canceled, so I put her in.
01:38And after I finish her nails, she say, oh my god, Jenny, you make my day.
01:43She say, from now on, you my nail tag.
01:45Nobody else my nail tag.
01:48I cannot do extension.
01:50Queen of Bling.
01:51Where did that come from?
01:53Uh, the Queen of Bling, um, it come from my follower.
01:56And you've clearly leaned in.
01:59Everything around your, your room is like full of Queen of Bling references.
02:03Yeah, I love Bling.
02:04In my life, I always dream about diamonds, but I don't have money to buy diamonds.
02:09I want to make people like the dream come true.
02:12Have a lot of people found you because of Cardi?
02:15Yeah.
02:15And every time they come, I want Cardi nail.
02:19I mean, she's so famous for her nails now.
02:21That's why Cardi say, oh, Jenny, sometimes I have to do simple because people follow my, my nail.
02:29You know, I don't want people like pay so much money.
02:33Some people, they don't have money.
02:34She always think about people just like me.
02:37When you sit on my chair, I ask you, what is your budget?
02:40I'm not going to kill you.
02:42So how you feel now?
02:44I feel like I'm ready for it.
02:47All right.
02:48Yeah.
02:49What is your approach to doing her nails usually?
02:51Do you normally, she comes to you with an idea or do you kind of do whatever you want on
02:57her nails?
02:58No, she never give me an idea about what she want.
03:01I just ask her, Cardi, what color you want today?
03:04And she just tell me the color and then the bling.
03:06Sometimes she say, oh, Jenny, I don't want too much bling.
03:09So I, I create not too much.
03:11And sometimes you say, oh, today I feel like a lot of bling.
03:15So I can create a lot of bling.
03:17My favorite nail look is Met Gala and Grammy last year.
03:22Oh yeah, those are beautiful.
03:24Yeah, the Grammy last year is a lot of detail.
03:27Do you usually, when you're doing it for an award show, do you know what she's going to wear?
03:31Sometimes I know.
03:32Sometimes I don't.
03:33The Grammy, she say she wear three different outfits.
03:38Oh, so it has to match everything.
03:40Right.
03:40And then so we do neutral color.
03:44How have you and Cardi's nail tastes changed over the years?
03:48You know, back then Cardi like big bling and ice cream, cupcake, 3D flower.
03:56And now she like elegant.
03:59It's changed to elegant.
04:01Do you think she's changed in the past?
04:02Like since she's become famous?
04:04No, she don't change.
04:06She still use the same team.
04:09You know, she is really, really nice, honest and loyal.
04:13I love her.
04:14I love her.
04:15And you know, Cardi is very easy person to work with.
04:20Yeah.
04:20She go to VH1 and she start her first music video.
04:24I tell her, Cardi, you're going to bigger than Nicki Minaj.
04:29And she say, you think so?
04:31I don't think so.
04:32I say, yeah.
04:33And then when you're famous, you're going to forget me.
04:36She say, never.
04:38And she hasn't yet?
04:39Never.
04:46So long.
04:48They're so long.
04:49They're like longer than the last time.
04:51And those were so long.
04:54So long.
04:59How you like it?
05:01The color.
05:01I like the colors.
05:03I'm like really nervous about the length,
05:05but I think it'll be okay.
05:07Do next one.
05:18They're so pointy.
05:20You scared?
05:28I did it
05:30But
05:31I love how cool.
05:31Wooow!
05:33Best stuff.
05:36So pretty.
05:55how you like it i love it it's so crazy and blingy and long i'm afraid about like poking
06:02people but i think it's gonna be okay thank you so much thank you for answering all of my invasive
06:08questions you're welcome it was so nice to talk to you and get to know you i'm not gonna lie
06:12these
06:13are the most inconvenient nails i've ever had they are not only pointy and painful but they are so
06:20long that you cannot do anything with them no matter how you feel about these nails obviously
06:30they're going to be very divisive what i think was really magical the way that jenny spoke about
06:36cardi was just so beautiful jenny's been working with cardi for six years cardi b has become this
06:42world-renowned like international rap star along the ride cardi b has also helped grow jenny's
06:48business these nails are not for everyone i think that much we know but they have become such a
06:53calling card for cardi and a way for her to express herself like lipstick like the way you do your
06:59eyeliner like having cool nails is an accessory that can make you feel good and having someone
07:05that understands you and can bring your vision to life is such an amazing thing yeah your nail lady
07:12don't love you like my nail lady love me she loves me she loves me y'all my nail lady
07:20love me
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