After years of long nails being worn by almost every celebrity and influencer on social media, short nails are finally reigning supreme in 2022. Unlike Cardi B, if you’ve ever struggled to open a can, type an email, or pick something up off of the floor because of your long nails, you’re going to love this latest trend. But ditching your lengthy tips doesn’t mean you can’t make a statement with your next manicure. Short nail designs can be just as dramatic and bold as longer nails, or neutral and understated. There are no limits when it comes to creative looks for your sporty nails.

Saying goodbye to length and embracing natural nails doesn’t mean it has to be boring. Nail artists are creating countless new, innovative styles for trim tips. “I think people are finally realizing the size of the canvas does not matter,” celebrity nail artist Vanessa Sanchez McCullough tells The Zoe Report. “Short nails or long nails, you could still have beautiful trendy looks.”

Check out these 55 short nail designs before you go for your next manicure.

Gold nail polish adds a glowing sheen to shorter nails. The oval shape of these nails helps to elongate their look while still giving you the practicality of trim tips. This gold polish is dramatic enough on its own and doesn’t need any nail art to make it stand out. This is a look that can work for day or night.

Crelly is a jelly-like, typically opaque, or neutral polish that often contains glitter. This crelly features teal, white, and yellow sparkles on a pale blue base, providing an easy way to give off the look of nail art without being too complicated. Just paint it on and go!

Keep it interesting with unique, abstract art featuring pastel shades for your next manicure. Grey and blue polish is brushed randomly on top of a pastel, pink base coat to give this short manicure an updated look. Add on a few splashes of silver glitter and you have a look that’s perfect for a night on the town or day at the office.

Give off those 1970s vibes with this cool, retro-style manicure featuring squiggles in pale shades of blue, brown, green, and yellow. Whether you’re wearing this for a theme party or simply because you love this throwback look, it is a fun way to experiment with multiple colors on your manicure while using a squiggle of gel for added dimension.

Instantly lift your mood with these pastel, yellow nails. Red accents, painted to look like a section of a flower petal, on the corner of each nail add just a splash of color to this already vibrant manicure. This artistic manicure will not go unnoticed.

A short, nude manicure is timeless, but the addition of this milky white vine design along the cuticle softens the look. This nail art adds a feminine touch, while keeping it neutral. We love how unexpected the effect is.

Less can still definitely be more when it comes to short nails. Applying an understated, straight line of gold glitter polish down a nail painted with a neutral shade of polish is simple perfection. This is also an easy way to dress up your manicure for a night on the town.

Individual accent nails have been popular for some time, but adding two accent nails creates an even more unique look. Using brown and pink polishes together has always resulted a gorgeous aesthetic. But adding floral designs to brown accent nails, alongside the remaining nails painted a bubblegum color, creates a show-stopping look.

The French manicure has given nail artists an endless source of inspiration. This look is inspired by celebrity nail artist Tom Bachik, who swapped out the traditional white tips for a stunning, silver, chrome finish, but he also added in Swarovski crystals for an added touch of glam. Stunning!

We love a themed nail. This gorgeous winter wonderland manicure is subtle, but still stunning. Using a nude base, glitter is applied to the tips of the nail with a gradient technique. It appears to be falling down the nails, creating the perfect snowfall effect, while the snowflake decals truly make this nail art seasonal perfection.

Hailey Bieber may have popularized the current chrome nail polish trend by wearing them on her long nails, but this style looks amazing on any length. This short manicure gives off that perfectly smooth, opalescent glow from the chrome treatment. It is just as beautiful on sporty tips as it is on longer nails.

Duplicate the look of your favorite crystal with this gorgeous coral quartz manicure. The nail artist explains on Instagram that using a special brush, red and coral polish, and a foil palette can help create this unique look. The key to making this style appear as real as possible is to make each nail unique.

Chase the rainbow with these cute and colorful nails. Pastel blue, purple, pink, yellow, and green polish gives you all the color you want in your manicure without being too bold. The beauty of this style is you never have to choose which polish you want, because you can wear them all.

Nail decals and stickers can be used to create some really unique looks, with just a little imagination. This nail artist used a clear base coat under a variety of gold nail stickers to design a plaid style. If you decide you want to mix it up shortly after your manicure, using stickers allows you to remove and then replace them with different looks.

Show off some bright Miami vibes with nails featuring hand-painted palm trees and abstract art using neon pink, black, and yellow polishes. This manicure is ideal for the summer, or when you’re jetting off on vacation somewhere tropical, and you want your nail art to reflect your vacation mood.

Show off your love of animal print with this cheetah design. We’ve seen this wild look with clothes, handbags, and accessories, so why not take it to your nails? You can choose to paint the design on just one accent nail, or two. If you’re feeling extra adventurous you can do your entire manicure in this pattern.

This minimalist Halloween-themed manicure may be for you if you want to show your love of the spooky season through your nail art, but you don’t want something too bold. A tiny cat, ghost, pumpkin, and witch hat are all meticulously painted on a sheer base for a super cute holiday design.

This French manicure experiment is totally giving us Autumn vibes. The brown, yellow, and black combine to create a tortoiseshell effect, painted in a classic Parisian style on a sheer pink base. This is the ultimate sweater weather glam.

These short nails showcase this blue manicure beautifully. Each nail is painted using different shades of blue and incorporates unique nail art. While every design is different, the common color theme ties them all together. Flowers, hearts, and butterflies give this manicure a whimsical feeling.

Here’s another twist on the iconic pairing of black and nude nails, which is also an interesting option for a non-traditional Valentine’s Day-theme manicure. It is so unique to paint just one nail in a French manicure style, while adorning another in black hearts and gold dots.

If an accent nail or two in your favorite animal print isn’t enough for you, then give a full tiger print manicure a try. This look is inspired by nail artist Betina Goldstein who hand-painted the animal print using regular polish. The results are simply breathtaking and are perfect for anyone who likes to take a walk on the wild side.

If you love bold, bright colors on your nails, this manicure will provide ample inspiration. The combination of turquoise, fuchsia, green, orange, and yellow polishes create a powerful work of art. Whether you see butterfly wings, flowers, or simply abstract designs, this manicure is both bold and beautiful.

Give your nails an artistic flair with this paint splatter technique. A neutral base coat is topped with random strokes of color, finished off with a bits of black polish. It truly takes an artist to create such a unique manicure, so it is no surprise that any nail artist would take inspiration from other forms of painting.

Although clouds usually mean rain is in the forecast, there is nothing but clear skies with this nail art. Light blue nails are accented with fluffy, hand-drawn clouds to give a breezy and airy feel to this manicure. Each tip is slightly different, echoing the individuality of real clouds.

If you love the look of a rainbow manicure, this gradient style is an excellent alternative to painting a different color on each nail. Take your tips from pink, to blue, with purple, and green in between, adding a gradual and interesting rainbow effect.

We’ve seen a lot of side French manicures recently as nail artists look to update a classic style with a more modern spin — this is an even more interesting interpretation of that. Instead of painting the entire tip blue, you can simply outline where the polish typically would have gone.

Floral designs don’t have to only be worn in the summer months. This combination of black and white flowers on a nude base nail is flirty, feminine, and perfect for those colder months when you need something pretty to look at. Although the design is simple, the results are simply beautiful.