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Finally, a Nail Art Reality Contest Show

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It’s hard to believe it’s taken this long, but as they say, better late than never: Oxygen is developing a competitive reality show about nail art, the network announced today. Nailed It! (yesssss) will ask contestants to work with “everything from gels, wraps, polishes, glitter, lace, rhinestones, 3D objects and extreme materials,” like a veritable Project Runway of the hands. The one thing the show better not include is the sound — or God forbid, footage — of anyone’s nails being clip-clip-clipped. As any horrified subway rider can attest, that sound is a hell mouth from which nightmares escape.

Finally, a Nail Art Reality Contest Show