Sounds painful, but I’m sure it looks awesome in person! NYLON Mag has posted a DIY of the thorn manicure by makeup artist Topolino. Interested? Check out the step by step directions to acheive this look!

In the extraordinary book Phaidon: Fashion, a young makeup artist named Topolino gets his own page.  Born in Marseilles, the beauty wiz created runway looks for Alexander McQueen - and the insane thorn manicure you see above.

Not one to shrink from a challenge, we bought some roses and tried the look ourselves.  Here’s how:

1.  Take three roses and slice off their thorns with gardening shears.  Be very careful, or you will bleed.

2.  Paint each thorn a blood red, or whatever color you’ll use for your manicure (though aside from red, we think black is the only other hue that would work).

3.  Paint your nails the same shade.

4.  Take your nail polish and slick the bottom of the thorns with the brush, using it as “glue” for each thorn to stick on each nail.

5.  Wait for it to dry (about 20 minutes).

Wa-La! There you have it