“People often assume that I’m an extremely positive person; the truth is I’m quite the pessimist,” she admitted in an interview with Create & Cultivate. “But I’m very goal-oriented and ambitious. I think what often keeps me going is knowing that I can’t change the past and the future is not guaranteed, therefore I have no choice but to make the best of the present.”

Taking to wheelchair basketball, rock climbing, and running, Cax indeed makes the most out of the present. “There are very few people with disabilities in the fashion industry let alone the catwalk so when the opportunity came up I didn’t hesitate,” she explained. “I knew it would be a way to break barriers and help open doors for others by showing it is possible.”

Her Instagram page, where she posts regularly has gained quite a following thanks to her fashionable photos and goal oriented attitude. “Social media is so unpredictable but when it comes to fashion,” she explained. “It has the power to level the playing field. Before social media, models were recruited at malls and on the streets by ‘experts’ and only a select few (thin, tall, young & white) could be models. Social media has shown the different kinds of beauty that exist while giving a voice to those who have been underrepresented.”

“I do believe that there are positive bubbles on social media; as consumers it’s up to us to decide if we are going to follow accounts that make up desperate and enviable or follow those who make us appreciate who we are.”

Check out her some of her striking and inspiring photos in the gallery below.

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What started as a pop-up developed into a salon that offers an artist-in-residence program, offering the top international nail artists the chance to engage and experience the exchange of technique and ideas. It now includes innovative nail artists, that Pinto often discovers through Instagram.

Pinto’s idea proved to be successful, and in April 2015, Vanity Projects opened its second location in Miami, Florida, and recently relocated to The Design District. Since opening, its nail art has appeared in over 50 publications. In addition to editorial spreads, their nail artists have assisted and lead runways shows at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York and Miami Swim.

Nail artist from Vanity Projects have also been invited to participate in pop-ups at the Pulizer Foundation in St. Louis, the Brooklyn Museum, the Aldrich Museum, Los Angeles Contemporary Art Fair, NADA Miami Beach, Sculpture Center, and the Aspen Museum of Art.

In other words: they make fine art nails that are creative as they are funky. And though their manicures come at a hefty price, taking a glimpse at their Instagram page (with more than 100 thousand followers), proves it’s clearly worth it.

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“People often assume that I’m an extremely positive person; the truth is I’m quite the pessimist,” she admitted in an interview with Create & Cultivate. “But I’m very goal-oriented and ambitious. I think what often keeps me going is knowing that I can’t change the past and the future is not guaranteed, therefore I have no choice but to make the best of the present.”

Taking to wheelchair basketball, rock climbing, and running, Cax indeed makes the most out of the present. “There are very few people with disabilities in the fashion industry let alone the catwalk so when the opportunity came up I didn’t hesitate,” she explained. “I knew it would be a way to break barriers and help open doors for others by showing it is possible.”

Her Instagram page, where she posts regularly has gained quite a following thanks to her fashionable photos and goal oriented attitude. “Social media is so unpredictable but when it comes to fashion,” she explained. “It has the power to level the playing field. Before social media, models were recruited at malls and on the streets by ‘experts’ and only a select few (thin, tall, young & white) could be models. Social media has shown the different kinds of beauty that exist while giving a voice to those who have been underrepresented.”

“I do believe that there are positive bubbles on social media; as consumers it’s up to us to decide if we are going to follow accounts that make up desperate and enviable or follow those who make us appreciate who we are.”

Check out her some of her striking and inspiring photos in the gallery below.

The post This Model is Changing The Fashion World One Photo At A Time appeared first on MobiSpirit.

What started as a pop-up developed into a salon that offers an artist-in-residence program, offering the top international nail artists the chance to engage and experience the exchange of technique and ideas. It now includes innovative nail artists, that Pinto often discovers through Instagram.

Pinto’s idea proved to be successful, and in April 2015, Vanity Projects opened its second location in Miami, Florida, and recently relocated to The Design District. Since opening, its nail art has appeared in over 50 publications. In addition to editorial spreads, their nail artists have assisted and lead runways shows at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York and Miami Swim.

Nail artist from Vanity Projects have also been invited to participate in pop-ups at the Pulizer Foundation in St. Louis, the Brooklyn Museum, the Aldrich Museum, Los Angeles Contemporary Art Fair, NADA Miami Beach, Sculpture Center, and the Aspen Museum of Art.

In other words: they make fine art nails that are creative as they are funky. And though their manicures come at a hefty price, taking a glimpse at their Instagram page (with more than 100 thousand followers), proves it’s clearly worth it.

The post This Salon Puts the Art in Nail Art appeared first on MobiSpirit.