Christmas is nearly here, which means that apart from all the usual things you have to take care of — buying presents, setting up the tree and having people over — you need to figure out what you’re going to wear. And no festive look is complete without the right nail art. Luckily, social media is brimming with ideas to inspire you to look 100% in form for Christmas. Here are some of them...
CABLE KNIT NAILS If you want to conjure up the feeling of winter coziness on your talons, cable knit nails are the way to go! All you need to do is use a dotting tool to carefully layer gel lacquer in cable-knit patterns. And if you want to jazz things up a bit, you can add pearls, glitter and nail jewels to complete the look.
SNOW GLOBE NAILS What’s more evocative of Christmas than a snow globe? This filled-nail trend involves creating snow globes with gel nail polish and bonding them to the surface of the nail. There’s usually water (used to avoid cloudiness) or oil (to give the embellishments within more buoyancy) inside the bubbly shapes. So you don’t get the detail of an actual snow globe, but you do get something that looks pretty darn close.
CHRISTMAS JUMPER NAILS So your idea of a Christmas look definitely does not include wearing an ugly jumper (think Colin Firth in Bridget Jones’s Diary). But what if you want to do something cheeky and include them in your ensemble anyway? That’s where Christmas Jumper Nails come in. As the name suggests, they’re inspired by motifs — like reindeer and snowflakes — that are usually on jumpers knitted by one’s grandmother. You can paint your favourite patterns, use stick-on nail jewels, or you can use a nail-art stamp to get the look.