Coca Michelle

ABOUT COCA MICHELLE

Coca Michelle is a nail artist, online content creator, social media personality, and Instagram star who is best known for her extreme, intricate, and surreal designs, which often use non-traditional materials. She was a Forbes 30 under 30 in the year 2023.

She was born and raised in East London and started doing nail art at the age of six. She moved to Los Angeles to attend the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. Her first celebrity client was Teyana Taylor .

She is first-generation British-Vietnamese. She has gained over 140,000 followers on Instagram. Her hair is often dyed orange in her Instagram content. In one of her nailcare-related Instagram posts, she dons large fake nails meant to resemble blue butterflies.

She got started working for her parents' nail salon in East London. Her real name is Michelle Nguyen.

She is the nail artist for Megan Thee Stallion , creating the iconic looks for her Rolling Stone cover, "WAP" video, and her JoJo's Bizarre Adventure -themed nails. She is also the key nail artist to Bad Bunny and Muni Long .