Melbourne, VIC · by appointment

Ten tiny canvases

Custom nail art from a basement off Flinders Lane. Bring a reference, a mood, or total trust.

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Services

The sets

Art sets are quoted from your reference at booking. The fifteen-minute consult is free and occasionally life-changing.

The art set

Full custom art on gel or BIAB. Bring references or a mood; leave with a gallery piece.

from $160

2 hrs

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Statement set

Two accent designs, the rest in a colour that earns its place.

$110

1 hr 30 min

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Chrome / cat-eye set

$95

1 hr 15 min

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About

The bar

Lacquer Bar is six seats in a converted basement: painted brick, good lamps, a wall of every pigment in production. Three artists with three very different hands, which is exactly the point.

The team

The artists

Match the artist to the brief. Their work does the talking.

Dante Russo

Founder & Nail Artist

CJ Wu

Nail Artist

Mel Sartori

Nail Artist

Meet the team

Dante painted the Otways on my nails. The actual Otways. People grab my hands at parties.

— Zadie

My race-day set from Mel got photographed more than the horses.

— Coco

CJ's chrome work is genuinely flawless. I've stopped wearing rings, they compete.

— Ari

The clean gel set converted my minimalist heart. Glass. Actual glass.

— June