00:00I've spent over $50,000 on my nails.
00:02People say my nails are hideous, but I'm obsessed with them.
00:07On social media, they went viral and had like 10 million views.
00:10It's a lot of negativity. It's crazy.
00:13Everybody was just outraged at the fact that a boy had long nails.
00:16Why is everybody being gay?
00:18This is like fatherless activities.
00:20The nails look like Edward Scissorhands.
00:22They're saying that the nails are overpriced garbage.
00:25You can never compare these nails to garbage.
00:27Garbage will never cost $1,000.
00:29Actually, this could be like a rent bill for a lot of people.
00:33I'm a lash tech.
00:34When I get a new client, sometimes I feel like they are worried.
00:45These nails cost me $1,000 and I love them.
00:49My name is Ryan. I'm 25 and I live in the Bronx.
00:53Overall, I actually haven't thought about that.
00:56So, in one year, I would spend about $43,000 on nails.
01:02I have been doing these nails for four and a half years now and I love it.
01:06My nails, I think, are probably between four and five inches.
01:11This is as long as they go. I won't dare go any longer.
01:15Some of the tasks my followers would like to see me do usually would be cleaning
01:21or like tying shoes, tying something, to see how I would do with nails like these.
01:27I would say the most challenging house chores would be washing probably small cups
01:33or getting in small corners while cleaning, maybe tying the garbage.
01:38But I would say it's a challenge just because it requires patience.
01:44And it probably just takes a little bit longer than the average person by like a minute.
01:49I pretty much do everything with my nails.
01:52And people are always amazed that I could crack these.
01:56Chips.
01:57Anything that requires gloves, I can't do because I'm not cutting the nails off for the gloves.
02:03Well, my grandma used to always have very long nails when I was growing up.
02:07Very long, crazy design.
02:10So, as a kid, I always loved the sound.
02:14Always was inspired by it and I just always knew that one day I would do my nails like that.
02:19I feel like the longer the nails, the more art you could put into whatever it is you're doing.
02:24Reactions I would get from the public about my nails.
02:28In the street, I would feel like it's more positive reactions than negative.
02:33But on social media, there's a lot of positive comments, but it's a lot of negativity.
02:38Like, it's crazy.
02:40I started as a lash tech.
02:42So, as a lash artist, I would make like little skits about that.
02:46And then one of those videos, I had little nails in it and everybody was curious about it.
02:52So, I had made a video about those nails and then that's when I had seen that went viral.
02:58Which was, I think, of me eating some hot food and it went viral.
03:02It had like 10 million views.
03:04And then I kind of just went into me, you know, showing off my nails more with my content.
03:09People say things like, gay.
03:11Or, why is everybody being gay?
03:13These gotta be kids.
03:14This is like fatherless activities.
03:16And everybody was just outraged at the fact that a boy had long nails.
03:19Especially nails like these.
03:22Men used to go to war.
03:24Who paid for it?
03:25Your sugar daddy.
03:26Some people want to know, how do I make so much money to do it?
03:29The nails look like Edward Scissorhands.
03:31Or, they're saying that the nails are overpriced garbage.
03:35Well, maybe you consider it overpriced garbage.
03:37Babe, you can never compare these nails to garbage.
03:39Garbage will never cost a thousand dollars.
03:41Where are we getting this from?
03:43It's very beautiful, very artistic.
03:45Something that I don't think, you know, you or many people could do.
03:49Just because it's not your taste and or style doesn't mean that it's garbage.
03:55Just letting you know that.
03:56Actually, this could be like a rent bill for a lot of people, I feel like.
03:59What's misunderstood about me and my nails is that I do it for attention.
04:03I don't.
04:04I get them done, you know.
04:06I just love the designs and stuff and everything that we put into it.
04:11Some people would ask questions like, I just don't understand how you do anything.
04:16And then people will reply to these people like, he doesn't do anything.
04:20Like, how can I eat?
04:21I must carry bacteria.
04:23It's not difficult eating with them.
04:28So, techniques that I have sometimes to help me eat.
04:31One of them would be poking through and actually using my nail to eat.
04:38Like this.
04:43I don't do that in public.
04:44Because I feel like people be looking at me like if I'm crazy or whatever.
04:49So, to avoid that, I'll be like, okay, let me not do too much.
04:53The nails are enough.
04:54When I go out to eat in restaurants, definitely people be staring.
04:58Staring.
04:59I'm around.
05:00It'd be interesting.
05:02Some of the positive comments I receive on social media would be complimenting my nails or my outfit or my haircut.
05:11You know, just complimenting me.
05:13And then there's a lot about how they look nice but they would never do them.
05:19Like a lot of backhanding compliments sometimes.
05:23So, I'm heading to work right now at the New York Beauty Bar.
05:26I'm a lash tech.
05:27I'm going to take you guys to meet up with my best friend slash client, Roxanne.
05:31We're going to do her lashes.
05:33She has a refill.
05:34Hey.
05:35Hey, mom.
05:36When I get a new client, sometimes I feel like they are worried about the lashes but they try not to show it.
05:48So, they'll be very quiet until the end and then they're like, oh my god, I love them.
05:53And I'm like, yeah.
05:54I was able to do that, huh?
05:56I think Ryan's nails speak for him.
05:58Like, it speaks like who he is.
06:00How he represents himself.
06:02And the way he carries it is just beautiful.
06:04I love it.
06:05Driving is the best.
06:06I love to hear his nails when he's about to make the U-turn.
06:09And they start clacking.
06:11I've seen him start his business from scribes.
06:14And from the very beginning, I always told him, you're going to go somewhere.
06:18You're going to do big things.
06:19Always.
06:20So proud of him.
06:22Yeah.
06:23The king shield.
06:24Yes.
06:26Love it.
06:27Thank you, Ryan.
06:28You're welcome.
06:29You'll never fail me.
06:30I'm glad you love them.
06:33You're the best.
06:34You always make us happy.
06:35Enjoy.
06:36Make sure you slay.
06:37And don't forget to tell them where you got them.
06:38I will.
06:39Love you.
06:44So, today with the nail artist, we're probably just going to add a couple of crystals.
06:49Show you guys the experience and the nail salon.
06:51Right.
06:53Let's do these nails.
06:55So, usually a session for the nails would be about four to five hours, depending on what we do.
07:02We try and keep it in the seasons, the colors.
07:04This design is for fall.
07:07So, these sets I would keep maybe three to four weeks.
07:11But I get bored easy.
07:14The best thing about having long nails for me is watching the art just come together every time.
07:19Am I going to cut my nails one day?
07:21Probably not.
07:23I would probably have to be alive for that situation.
07:25The only time I cut them is to get them redone.
07:27They definitely make me more confident just because of, you know, the expression that I'm able to express through them.
07:35All the colors, the designs.
07:37Thank you, muñeca.
07:38I love them so much.
07:40And I will see you in two weeks, okay?
07:42Okay.
07:45Bye-bye.
07:46Bye.
07:47To the haters, I would say, honestly, keep hating.
07:50Hating is what has pushed me to keep going and get to where I'm at.
07:54To anybody who wants to express themselves in any form or way, honestly,
07:58as long as you're not hurting anybody in the process of doing it, you know,
08:02I say do it.
08:04Don't let anybody bring you down.
08:07Otherwise, we're living for other people, and that's not okay.
08:09You've got to be happy as well.
08:20I love you.
08:21I love you.
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