Incredibly chic.

Scheduling my next nail appointment rn.

The author and her beautiful nails. Lastmonth,I was leaving my women’s AA meeting when a young white woman complimented my rainbow-hued nails that are, at times, longer than the bobby pins in my hair.

Cordelia “Dee Dee” Adams began training as a nail technician in 1989, opening her own salon in Indiana four years later. Adams juggled running the salon with her administrative job at the U.S. Postal ...