{"id":31064,"date":"2021-07-30T19:09:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T19:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=31064"},"modified":"2021-07-30T19:09:45","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T19:09:45","slug":"suni-lee-acrylic-nails-olympics","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/suni-lee-acrylic-nails-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Suni Lee Won Olympic Gold With Long Acrylics Because She’s Better Than Us All"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by Laurence Griffiths\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The common refrain that comes along with long acrylic nails is, “How do you do ______?” Whether it’s picking things up, typing on a computer, or, you know, bathroom-related activities, the people are always wondering how the long-taloned folk of the world function. My first hobby was biting my nails, and so I had to learn how to adjust after my queen Julie Kandelec<\/a> gave me CND Plexigel<\/a> extensions to not being able to scratch my back and re-learn how to type, so I am still trying to find out the answers to this question. In fact, I was handing a can of LaCroix to my friend to open because my nails were too long when Sunisa “Suni” Lee<\/a> was winning Olympic Gold<\/a> in long, white acrylic nails painted with the Olympic rings.<\/p>\n

I repeat: Suni Lee Was Winning Olympic Gold With Long White Acrylic Nails, And I Cannot Even Open A Can On My Own.<\/p>\n

Here’s a zoomed-in image of these acrylics, who deserve a gold medal of their own:<\/p>\n

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Photo Credit: Photo by Laurence Griffiths\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They’re not too long \u2014 not Cardi B<\/a> or Billie Eilish<\/a> length \u2014 and we can see on her left ring finger that there likely had been a sacrificed tip, which is fair because she’s a LITERAL OLYMPIAN IN GYMNASTICS. I’m over here sleeping in my contacts because I’m afraid of scratching my cornea while Lee became the first Asian-American woman to win gold in the Olympics\u2019 all-around gymnastics competition. We are not the same.<\/p>\n

Yet again, here we are, a gymnast making it all look\u00a0easy<\/em>, but man, does knowing this fact about Lee makes me feel like I can do anything. Even if that anything is, you know, unbuttoning my pants in the evening, I can be a winner too, baby!<\/p>\n

Now, while you try to open that can of Spindrift, rewatch Lee’s floor performance and believe you, too, are capable of greatness. I believe in you.<\/p>\n