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If you’re like me and are constantly checking Pinterest for the latest and greatest nail trends, you’ll appreciate what I’m about to share with you. Whether I need to find the right coral polish for my skin tone or just want to easily re-create my favourite nail art designs (yes, I keep busy), I turn to my trusty inspo board to keep it all in one place. Now, there’s also another realm of the nail design universe that I haven’t fully explored yet: pastel nail ideas. I’ve always loved pastel hues, but rarely think to create new nail looks with the shades—weird, I know. But now that I’ve created a whole new board dedicated solely to changing this, I called in an expert to share some of her favourite looks using these soft-tone...

As you can probably assume from the stories currently populating our home page, to say we’re excited about spring’s arrival would be an understatement. With so much promise pinned on the next few months, our minds are officially in spring mode, regardless of the fact that the weather’s got some catching up to do. So until we can slip into lightweight dresses and dust off our sandals, we’re starting to carve out our springtime aesthetic in a way that doesn’t call for double-figure temperatures by upgrading our nails. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, s...

When it comes to choosing a nail design for any upcoming salon appointment I might have, it’s safe to say I get overwhelmed. The truth is, there is just too much choice. I’m the sort of person that struggles to choose a shade of polish from the wheel, let alone settle on a particular nail art design. And I have made many nail mistakes as a result of this indecisiveness, trust me.  Unless I already have a clear idea of how I want my nails to look when I walk out of the salon, it’s almost certain that I will get flustered, feel conscious that I’m taking too long to decide and eventually make a rash decision that I will regret. (I’m still trying to rid my memory of the time I decided to get a shimmering white gel manicure in the midst of fake tan season.) To avoid such regrets, I no...

With spring on its way, there has been a noticeable shift in the types of manicures that I’ve spotted on Instagram lately. Gone are the neutral colours and basic shades that all the chicest women were stepping out in earlier this year and in their place, a riot of cute nail art and pastel hues. As someone that always has a saved folder that’s bursting with nail designs, I have to say that I’m thrilled with this shift to embrace colour and pattern for the season ahead. That being said, I’m well aware that checkerboard nails and rainbow manis aren’t for everyone, which is why I’m so excited about this emerging nail trend which I think even nail art cynics will adore: the colourful F...

Over the past year or so, nail art has really hit the big time. We saw bright colours, bold checkerboards and psychedelic swirls reign supreme in the nail world last spring/summer. In 2022, however, there’s the start of a nail design revolution bubbling away. Yep, we’re ready to bid adieu to bold, bright, in-your-face designs and welcome some understated subtlety in the form of small and delicate, but impactful, creations. Long gone are the days of understated nails being boring—nowadays, we’re talking intricate, fine art-like designs that require an expert hand. And the truth is, with at-home LED lamps available and masses of gel polishes on offer, many of us are wanting something bigger and better from our in-salon nail appointments—something we can’t do ourselve...

There are few things I love more than a trip to the nail salon. I love to leave it to the pros to care for and shape my nails while I just worry about what colour to go for next. However, after stumbling across a fair few easy nail art looks, I think I’m ready to try and emulate a few designs at-home. Designs like French tips and cute dots are pretty straightforward to replicate with a bit of patience and a very steady hand. Load up your nail tool kit if you don’t already have remover for pesky smudges and orange sticks to clean up the nail as tidily as possible. Here are the easiest designs that have inspired my DIY manicures lately. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back powe...

When I was little, there were three things that I knew would be the mark of true adulthood: long weave, lots of lip gloss and a French manicure. Yes, I was a teen of the noughties. There was something about a French manicure that just screamed sophistication for me, and even though, as an adult, I have a ton of other nail options, the French manicure still has such a grip on the nail designs that I save on Pinterest and Instagram. The reason that this manicure never gets old is that it is so easy to reinvent with little design additions and the entire colour spectrum to play with. You can adapt it to any season with different hues, sparkles and glitter. Or you can go super simple, classic and pared-back. The list really goes on when it comes to French manicure ideas. Here are just som...

When I was little, there were three things that I knew would be the mark of true adulthood. Long weave, lots of lipgloss and a French manicure. Yes, I was a teen of the noughties. There’s something about a French manicure that just screamed sophistication for me, and even as an adult with a ton of other nail options, the French manicure still has such a grip on the nail designs that I save on Pinterest and Instagram. The reason that this manicure never gets old or falls out of favour is because it is so easy to reinvent with little design additions and the entire colour spectrum to play with, without it looking too loud. You can adapt it to any season with different hues, sparkles and glitter. Or you can go super simple, classic and parred back, the list really goes on when it comes to Fre...

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. There’s no better way to celebrate the changing of the seasons than with a fresh manicure. It might not seem like much, but it’s a small, visual cue telling us it’s time to shed the old and embrace the new, and isn’t that what spring is all about? Just as we’re switching out our long jackets and cable-knit sweaters for trendy tees and flowy dresses, we’re switching out our dark nail polish and old, tired nail designs for something lighter and brighter. Luckily, we have a lot of inspiration to do so after we took it upon ourselves to scour Instagram for the best spring nail designs. From mix-and-match manicures to floral patterns and abstract creations, we found something for every...

“For someone who spends an inordinate amount of time discussing beauty, admittedly, I have zero interest in painting my nails. I am, however, very into shellac and gel, which I have perfectly applied by a talented nail technician who has ruined DIY manis for me. Call me predictable, but I tend to flit between two shades: CND’s Wildfire and The Gel Bottle’s Candy. Although bright and bold, they feel—to me anyway—like very grown-up, classic shades of red. “However, there is one nail polish I have at home on standby, and that’s Chanel’s Le Vernis Rouge Essentiel. The colour pay-off is incredible—it only needs two coats—and I really like the contrast of the deeper shade against the alabaster colour of my skin. It lasts better than any other polish I’ve...

“For someone who spends an inordinate amount of time discussing beauty, admittedly, I have zero interest in painting my nails. I am, however, very into shellac and gel, which I have perfectly applied by a talented nail technician who has ruined DIY manis for me. Call me predictable, but I tend to flit between two shades—CND’s Wildfire, and The Gel Bottle’s Candy. Although bright and bold, they feel—to me anyway—like very grown-up, classic shades of red. “However, there is one nail polish I have at-home on standby, and that’s Chanel’s Le Vernis Rouge Essentiel. The colour pay-off is incredible—it only needs two coats—and I really like the contrast of the deeper shade against the alabaster colour of my skin. It lasts better than any other polish I’ve...

Valentine’s Day is usually equated with various cheesy traditions: red roses, chocolates, champagne, extravagant dinner plans and manicured nails with mini-heart designs all over them. If heart nails are your thing, that’s perfectly all right, but if we’re being honest, they’re not really ours.  So this year, we went on a mission to find a way to participate in Valentine’s Day festivities while still feeling like ourselves. That means a cool, polished outfit for whatever our V-Day plans will entail and an equally elevated manicure to go with it. We’re talking about eye-catching hues of satiny red, glossy baby pink and bold variations of purple that are appropriate for the occasion without feeling like they’re trying to...