Can We Just Talk About… is our latest series where our favourite beauty insiders talk the most effective in popular culture beauty moments. Here nail artist and Dazed Beauty community member Sylvie Macmillan shines a lightweight on athlete Florence Griffith Joyner and her technicolour dream nails. 

“Florence Griffith Joyner, AKA Flo-Jo was an American track and field athlete, the fastest woman on this planet! The records that she set haven’t been broken for the last 30 years. This photo fills my heart. I really like the variation in lengths, the snapped ones are the results of her immense accomplishments. She is ideal proof that anything could be achieved with long (fabulous, metallic blue) nails.”

“Achieve this look with an acrylic overlay, some patience (a few years to grow them this long), and two coats of Essie shade “Front Page Worthy“