A creative nail technician could have found the answer to her clients' lock-down beauty woes with 'through the letterbox' manicures and has been inundated by requests from desperate fashionistas.

Mother-of-three Tasleem Yasir, 40, from Belfast, was devastated when she was forced to close her home salon due to coronavirus, but her husband Raja decided to make her laugh by asking for a 'letterbox manicure' on Wednesday.

He then sat patiently as Tasleem set up her manicure table and began lovingly filing and buffing his nails while their sixteen-year-old son Mohammed recorded their amusing stunt and shared it online.

Despite the joke video being simply aimed to cheer up her customers, Tasleem has now been inundated with requests from around the world asking if she can provide the same treatment.

Tasleem Yasir, 40, from Belfast, has been inundated with requests for a letterbox manicure after footage of her messing about with her husband at home sent her customers wild

Tasleem had been joking around with her husband Raja during the outbreak when he asked for a 'letterbox manicure'

Tasleem's hilarious video of her husband's manicure has received thousands of views online as customers went wild over the beauty idea

Tasleem, who works from home, was left with no income early last week when the government announced the coronavirus lock-down.

She said: 'It was really worrying being a mother who's self-employed. I'm totally out of work.'

She was worried about how to support her family over the months ahead and knowing his wife was feeling 'very, very upset', Raja set out to prank his wife of five months.

As he was clearing the couple's driveway, the 36-year-old hubby cheekily stuck his digits through the letterbox and shouted 'excuse me miss, can you do my nails?' to his wife.

Tasleem had been devastated when the coronavirus lock-down forced her to shut her at-home salon (pictured)

Tasleem said: 'I was in my studio doing some clearing up and my husband was tidying the driveway. It was actually my husband's hand.

'It just came out of nowhere. He put his hands through the letterbox and shouted "Excuse me miss, can you do my nails?"'

She explained: 'He understands how to make me laugh. Even just clearing the driveway, he stuck his hands through and we were laughing.

'My husband is very patient to let me do his nails. He was quite impressed with the manicure.

Tasleem was left giggling after her husband cheered her up with his 'letterbox manicure' idea - but the couple had no idea demand would be so high for the treatment (pictured together)

While tidying up the driveway at their home, Raja stuck his hand through the letterbox and asked for a manicure, with Tasleem gently buffering and painting his nails through the door and her son filming

'He always tries to cheer me up. In life I've been through quite a lot anyway, so he always tries to make me laugh.

'My poor husband is laughing because I'm forcing him to let me do his lashes now too.

Her hilarious clip has been shared and commented on more than 135,000 times - though Tasleem admits she wouldn't offer it to real customers due to lock-down and not wanting to put her family at risk.

Tasleem said: 'Everyone is loving it and it's making them laugh. All my friends are stressed about their nails and eyelashes.

Tasleem revealed she has been fielding enquiries from across the world since the video of her letterbox manicure went viral

'I was very, very upset that my business is completely shut down. I do everything apart from hair - spray tans, lashes, brows, make up.

'My clients were all at a bit of loose end. I've had them all messaging me asking them to do that for them.

'I just made it so it'll make people laugh. Everyone online seems sad.'

She continued: 'My customers actually believed I was doing it and tried to book an appointment.

Tasleem's son Mohammed filmed the hilarious footage before it was shared online and went viral, with customers flocking to the clip

Tasleem has since received requests from all over the world, but insisted she has no plans to do manicures during the lock-down

'I'm getting requests from all over the place but I don't want to put myself or the kids at risk of coronavirus.'

Now, after her video went viral, Tasleem has been fielding enquiries from clients and admirers worldwide - with one confused fan even messaging her from California.

She said: 'I'm having lots of messages from people saying "This is hilarious" or "You've made me laugh".'

'Now I'm thinking of doing an eyelashes video too. I'm trying to figure out how to convince my husband to be my model again.'