Like so many other nail salons attempting to navigate their industry through the pandemic, Fremont’s Pamper Nail Gallery shut down in 2020, early into the shutdown. Unlike most of those businesses, however, it turned out to be a blessing for the owner.
Like so many other nail salons attempting to navigate the fussily crafted mandates governing their industry through the pandemic, Fremont’s Pamper Nail Gallery shut down in 2020, early into the shutdown. Unlike most of those businesses, however, it turned out to be a blessing for owner Vivian Sue Rahey.
If nail art is a cult, then Rahey is its de facto cult leader, gaining fame for painting tiny images of movie characters, horror movie scenes and anything else someone can think up onto the face of a plastic nail – all the while assembling a dedicated crew of designers who are helping to push the burgeoning art form forward. Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter.
In addition to designing custom nail sets, Rahey’s company, Pamper Nail Gallery, is regularly hired by movie studios to create nails for red carpet premiers, including Marvel’s Thor 11 and Dungeons and Dragons. Progressive Auto Insurance hired her to make a set of nails with its iconic Flo character. Rahey appreciates a challenge — there’s virtually no image she can’t fit onto a nail.
Rahey was born in Shanghai, China, moving with her family to the U.S. when she was 6 years old. It was a hard transition.
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