Smart phones. Smart cars. How about smart nails?
NFC (near-field communication) manicures are a growing trend where people can get a microchip implanted into their nails that essentially will act like a QR code, right at the tip of your fingers.
The chip is a small flat sticker, as if it were any other nail decal, that will allow your nails to act like a QR code.
Nail artist Lori-Ellen Howe told Byrdie, “They’re paper thin and about the size of an Advil. They’re weightless, painless, and don’t heat up or anything.”
Howe says these QR nails offer a variety of benefits.
“There are two types of NFC nail chips that I’ve been using. One is like a microchip that you can encrypt with data: a website, a Spotify song. I have one that links my Instagram so if someone compliments my nails I can tap on their phone and it will open,” she says.
And Howe believes this is only the beginning of NFC manicure technology.
“The chips are going to get smaller and there’s going to be more and more,” she said, adding that the one-link maximum will probably expand, and people might even be able to put on light shows from their nails.”
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