Behind The Scenes at Nicki Minaj OPI Nailpolish Shoot

Nicki Minaj unveils behind the scenes look at new photoshoot for her OPI nailpolish line.

Proving that she’s just as fashionable ridiculous as Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj puts on her favorite crazy Barbie outfits and changes her wig several times for the photoshoot for her nail polish line.

In one image she dresses in a silver geometric ensemble that screams, “Put me on top of the Christmas Tree” and in another segment she’s dressed all in pink with fairy wings that screams “I missed out on Halloween when I was 7.”

The OPI video clip features snippets from Minaj’s most famous music videos, intercut with behind the scenes footage from her nailpolish photoshoot.

The six-piece nail polish collection will hit shelves in early 2012 along with the actual print images from this video. The colorful polish colors are inspired by track names from her debut album “Pink Friday.”

Some of the polish colors include “Metal 4 Life,” “Fly,” “Save Me,” “Did It On’em,” “Super Bass Shatter,” and “Pink Friday.”

I can’t wait to see how many women coordinate their “Super Bass Shatter” nail polish with their Nicki Minaj ringtones.

Good for Nicki Minaj to expand her music empire to nail polish collaborations. Like most music artists who “lend their name” to fragrance lines and clothing collections for Kmart, this is Minaj’s first non-musical venture. It’s only a matter of time before she launches a collection of lingerie that include padded underwear.

But I guess I spoke too soon. Nicki has just unveiled an add for her MAC VIVA GLAM campaign. The rap star has joined forces with Ricky Martin to star in the newest Viva Glam campaign, a make-up initiative created by MAC cosmetics where all proceeds from VIVA GLAM lip products benefit the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Nicki dresses in a pink leather dress with a pink wig and straddles a motorcycle, while Ricky stands behind her holding up a giant pink lip stick tube. I cannot tell who the target audience is for this ad, but regardless, it’s modeling for a good cause, so everybody wins. Hey, let’s buy lipstick!

The ad was shot by photographer David LaChapelle and past models for the campaign include Lady Gaga, Missy Elliott, Lil Kim, Eve, Mary J. Blige, Christina Aguilera and Fergie.

The Minaj campaign is called Ricky & Nicki for MAC VIVA GLAM. Ohh, see I was wondering how in the world a male who doesn’t wear make-up could possibly sell lipstick, but then when I see how cutesy their names rhyme together and now it makes a lot of sense.