She’s A Trailblazer: Meet Temeka Jackson, The Celebrity Manicurist Behind Custom T Nails

<p style&equals;"padding-left&colon; 40px"><em>For Women’s History Month 2023&comma; The Shade Room’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;She&percnt;27s&plus;A&plus;Trailblazer&&num;038&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post&&num;038&semi;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;92x1h3&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;NTUyMzE5NjIwLjE2Nzg0NjgyMTQ&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY3ODQ2ODIxMy4xLjEuMTY3ODQ2ODcwOS4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">She’s A Trailblazer<&sol;a><&sol;strong>” series celebrates women who have shattered glass ceilings and made groundbreaking contributions to creative lanes across social media&period; Join us to celebrate these inspiring trailblazers who empower future generations&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When you book licensed nail tech <strong>Temeka Jackson<&sol;strong>&comma; expect all the bells and whistles&period; She thinks of everything&&num;8211&semi;the beforehand client research&comma; tailored mood boards&comma; floor tarps&comma; lights&comma; shoe covers&comma; and her nail table&period; Temeka&comma; owner of<strong> Custom T Nails<&sol;strong>&comma; even brings a mini vacuum so no clippings or dust lingers behind her fresh sets&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Her professionalism and ability to stay ten steps ahead of beauty trends keep her referral status hot&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s why entertainment industry talents like <strong>Saweetie<&sol;strong>&comma; <strong>Jada Pinkett Smith<&sol;strong>&comma; <strong>Taraji P&period; Henson<&sol;strong>&comma; <strong>Quinta Brunson<&sol;strong>&comma; <strong>Alicia Keys<&sol;strong>&comma; <strong>Mary J&period; Blige<&sol;strong>&comma; and <strong>Ariana DeBose<&sol;strong> trust Temeka with their visions&comma; red carpet walks&comma; magazine shoots&comma; and live television appearances&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;It is next-level when you&&num;8217&semi;re calling Temeka&period; I think of every single thing&&num;8230&semi;what I spend on just my set-up&comma; you are definitely paying the prices for Temeka to come out&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CfHgPnkpINk" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For Custom T&&num;8217&semi;s services&comma; &&num;8220&semi;please have your pocketbook together&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the manicurist tells The Shade Room&&num;8217&semi;s Editor&comma; Cassandra Santiago&comma; during an off-camera interview&period; We bust out laughing when I ask about her price ranges&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Temeka is vague&comma; almost protective of what over 15 years of experience has allowed her to charge her primarily celebrity clientele&period; Between laughs&comma; she refers to a recent text from Saweetie saying&comma; &&num;8220&semi;custom ain&&num;8217&semi;t cheap&period;&&num;8221&semi; Still&comma; she shares a lil&&num;8217&semi; bit&period; House calls should start at &dollar;500&&num;8211&semi;and she&&num;8217&semi;s previously worked on projects with a &dollar;10&comma;000&plus; budget&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CqGemTGPANN" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;