Basildon artist creates nails for Cynthia Erivo in Wicked

A nail artist said she cried after seeing the nails she created for Cynthia Erivo for the Wicked movie on the big screen.

Shei Osei, 33 from Basildon, Essex, worked alongside the actress to create nail designs for her character Elphaba, having known each other for 15 years.

She was also asked to do Erivo’s nails for the green carpet when London’s Southbank became the Emerald City for the premiere.

“I was able to watch it amongst everyone else… I cried. There are many bits that I cried at,” she said.

“I’m very hard on myself when it comes to my work and what I do. I was checking to see if I had put it on properly, did I shape it properly and was the ombre good.”