The Smithsonian invited three nail artists to design nail art sets inspired by the art, artifacts, and stories featured in our museums. In this nine-part video series, follow Ameya Okamoto, Santana ...

Her medium might be even more impressive: extravagant nail art — minutely detailed 3-D pastries, hand-drawn portraits of anime heroines and six-inch acrylics embedded with jewels and bits of lace.

To the uninitiated, you may see all these fabulous designs and assume a great salon would have great nail art, right? Not always. Many salons have limited nail art options, if you want a really ...