Nail Artist Kim Truong Is In High Demand. And It’s By Design.

Kim Truong has held some of the most pampered hands on the planet. As a go-to nail artist for celebs such as Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Kerry Washington, and Dua Lipa, she’s spent much of her career being an integral part of transforming people into their most glamorous selves. Growing up, we saw comedians rip on Vietnamese nail ladies all the time, laughing at the way manicurists would talk shit about their clueless clientele’s raggedy cuticles in a language that was presented as so foreign that it was part of the joke. When Truong’s family moved to the U.S., her mother became part of that movement by earning her nail license. But there are Vietnamese nail ladies who work in both strip malls and celebrity spaces creating masterful art every day — the type that requires immense precision, patience and creativity.