Accessibility
LAST UPDATED 10 AUGUST 2026
This page says what has actually been built and what has not. It is not a compliance badge.
What is built in
- Every photograph of nail work carries a text description, so it is announced rather than skipped.
- The decorative artwork is hidden from screen readers. The hands running along the margins are decoration, so they are marked as such and are not read out as a list of images.
- The gallery filters are real buttons and the links are real links, so they work with a keyboard and are announced with their pressed state.
- Motion respects your system setting. If your device asks for reduced motion, the floating and drifting stop.
- The enlarged photo view closes with the Escape key as well as by clicking.
- Text sits on solid paper rather than on top of photographs, and the headings carry an outline so they stay readable wherever artwork passes behind them.
What has not been done yet
- No formal WCAG audit has been carried out, and the site has not been tested with a screen reader end to end.
- Some small monospace labels sit at reduced opacity by design. Their contrast has not been measured.
- The photo descriptions say what a picture is, not what the design looks like in detail. A blind visitor gets that a set exists, not that it is a pink swirl with a flower.
- Booking happens on a separate service, Acuity Scheduling, whose accessibility is not controlled from here.
If something does not work for you
Say so and it gets fixed. You should never have to fight a website to book your nails. If any part of this site gets in your way, message HTX.BARBIES on Instagram and tell us what happened, and if it is easier to just book by message instead, that is fine too.
What we are aiming at
WCAG 2.1 AA, treated as a direction rather than a claim. As parts of the site are rebuilt, they are built to it, and this page is updated to match what is genuinely true at the time.