--- title: This Grandpa Lives to Give His Loved Ones Manicures description: A British grandpa is being lauded online for his passion for painting the nails of his granddaughter and wife. canonical: https://time.com/5644114/manicure-grandpa/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-08-05T17:08:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:59:47.933Z og:title: People Are Loving the Grandpa Lives to Give His Loved Ones Manicures og:description: The internet is smitten with a sweet grandpa who is also a devoted manicurist og:url: https://time.com/5644114/manicure-grandpa/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Are Loving the Grandpa Lives to Give His Loved Ones Manicures twitter:description: The internet is smitten with a sweet grandpa who is also a devoted manicurist twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Everyone Loves This Heartwarming Story of This Grandpa Who Lives to Give His Loved Ones Manicures  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 5, 2019 5:08 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 5, 2019 5:08 PM UTC Here’s a heartwarming story the whole internet is ready to support: the tale of a granddaughter, her grandpa and his skill as a [manicurist](https://time.com/4050756/diamond-manicure-orange-county/) for the ladies in his life. Twitter user Ayla Winter-White unfortunately had to undergo a reconstructive surgery recently, but she was aided along in her recovery by her [82-year-old](https://metro.co.uk/2019/08/03/worlds-cutest-granddad-paints-granddaughters-nails-surgery-10511531/) grandpa Keith, who came to make her “feel better,” as she explained — by painting her nails. Apparently, he’s been working as a low-key manicurist for her grandma for three decades. Luckily, he decided to put his longtime skill to use for her as well. In the video Winter-White shared, Keith is unwilling to be distracted by the off-camera voice of his wife Margaret asking him questions. “I’ve got an important job at the moment,” he insists, clarifying the number of [coats of polish](https://time.com/5419483/nail-polish-chemicals/) his granddaughter wants in an admirable show of focus. And he’s not only an expert manicurist: Keith also is a “personal photographer” to his wife, Winter-White shared, as well as the star of a TikTok-style video to the tune of hit [“Old Town Road.”](https://time.com/5635113/seoul-town-road-lil-nas-x-rm-bts/) In other words, this is no regular grandpa. His appeal has not gone unnoticed; the original nail-painting video has been liked over a million times on Twitter, and he’s been lavished with praise online, for good reason. > [](https://twitter.com/aylawinter%5F/status/1156906706468790274) > [](https://twitter.com/aylawinter%5F/status/1156970158784749569) > [](https://twitter.com/aylawinter%5F/status/1156999526831546375) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5644114/manicure-grandpa/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5644114/manicure-grandpa/"},"headline":"Everyone Loves This Heartwarming Story of This Grandpa Who Lives to Give His Loved Ones Manicures","datePublished":"2019-08-05T17:08:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:59:47.933Z","description":"The British grandpa is an online hit","url":"https://time.com/5644114/manicure-grandpa/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","beauty","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5644114/manicure-grandpa/","name":"Everyone Loves This Heartwarming Story of This Grandpa Who Lives to Give His Loved Ones Manicures"}}]}] ```