Nat Maloney Nail Artist

I don’t really do much complex art anymore … and I’m not mad about it. I think I am slowly gravitating to clean simple nail art manicures more these days. ⁣
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Don’t get me wrong I still love character sets and crazy hand painted designs and I definitely will still keep doing them but I think I’m settling into my style which is all about great cuticle work, clean shaping and good structure. And most importantly always working towards perfecting my craft more every day. ⁣
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Inspiration from نسیم مهدی پور | آموزش و خدمات ناخن | بندرعباس📍
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𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗱:⁣
Light Elegance Australia Lexy line hard gel
Get Buffed Pro brienne brush
Nail Code Australia ™ milk bath
Micole Beauty SSG chou chou
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Cute bows! 🎀⁣
Ugh wasn’t paying attention when taking this photo (always too busy yapping or laughing) and didn’t notice the glare on the bow 🤦🏼‍♀️ Still a super cute set though! ⁣
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Inspired by 𝙼𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝙼𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛
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𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗱:⁣
• Glitterbels Australia graceful hard gel, bride to be, black UB gel & ornate mirror
• Micole Beauty Secret Star Girl 904
• Get Buffed Pro brienne brush
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Pink, sparkly AND french … and this was my idea?! Who am I and what have you done with the pink-hating, french-hating Nat? 😂💖✨⁣
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It is a slightly softer pink in person, the camera has made it appear a bit bolder than it really is but either way it is absolutely stunning! ⁣
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𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗱:⁣
• Glitterbels Australia model material hard gel & UB white
• Light Elegance Australia ice kitty cat eye
• Get Buffed Pro brienne brush
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As you probably know I don’t enjoy spending much time on social media these days so apologies for there not being many new posts, I promise you I’m still here! 😂⁣
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Using Glitterbels Australia model material pure sculpt gel & UB white
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Fun fact… when I told my ex-husband I wanted to leave retail and take nails from a part-time side job to my full-time career he kept telling me no.
I remember crying at a family lunch because I was so miserable and that was what it took for him to finally “allow” me to quit my retail job and go all in on nails.

But there were conditions. I had to promise it wouldn’t affect the family in any way. Dinner still had to be cooked, the house still had to be spotless. Looking back now I can hear how controlled I really was.

The funny part? I became fully booked and successful way faster than I expected. And instead of support I got regular comments about needing to “get a real job.” Not because we were struggling financially, not because the family was suffering — but because he had no respect for me or for this industry.

Now look at me:
• Multi-award winning
• Named one of the top 10 nail artists in Perth 5 years in a row
• Running a successful nail distribution business
• Educating other nail techs

So yeah… it IS a real job.
I’m not even sure why I’m sharing this. I was inspired by one of recent posts. Maybe because healing starts with finally telling the truth about what you lived through? **kthem