Think beyond the classic nude and get creative with your wedding day manicure.
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Trying to nail down your perfect wedding day manicure? You might want to consider skipping the classic pale-pink shade and go for a unique nail art look. Thankfully, it’s never been easier to embrace nail art, as brides today are continuously choosing to adopt looks that highlight their personality and individual style.
More specifically, across trendy nail salons and on social media, professionals are seeing the emergence of clean and modern nail art, including a big move back towards the French tip, but with a twist. There’s also been a high uptick in white ombré designs and nails with special gold detailing. Some brides are even choosing to forgo short nails in favor of longer lengths that allow for more intricate and complex designs.
Inspired to try some bridal nail art? Ahead, here are the top six trends to know for 2023 weddings.
Pearl Details
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Adding embellishments, like gems and rhinestones, to your wedding day mani is a unique trend in itself, but if you’d like a more elegant and subdued look, try adding pearls to your manicure. The best part? This design is DIY-friendly. All you need to do is find self-adhesive miniature pearls (which can be found at most crafts stores) and put a twist on your classic French manicure yourself.
Mismatched Designs
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Why pick one design for the big day when you can do several? For example, this bride’s mani consisted of white ombré nails with dramatic embellishments, sparkle accent nails, and plain white nails. In other words, when it comes to nail art trends, creativity is key.
White Ombré
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Speaking of white ombré, you cannot go wrong with a simple ombré design for your bridal nails. An ombré look is another replacement for a French manicure, but it’s less rigid than a straight line. And though white is one of the most popular colors for this trend, you can also use a pale pink or even a light blue to achieve your “something blue”.
Gold Flakes
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Give your manicure The Midas Touch by asking your nail technician to incorporate gold flakes for the big day. As pictured above, nail artist Phoebe Cascarina added a few pieces of gold to her marbled accent nails, for an effortless take on this trend.
Abstract Swirls
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Even though this trend has been popular for a few years, abstract nails aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Take a cue from this bride, who embraced the design for her wedding day by adding white swirls to neutral-based nails.
Delicate Gold Lines
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If you’re not one for the gold flake look, try another approach and incorporate delicate gold lines into your wedding day manicure. You can add subtle gold lines to a clear base, or take it a step further and create an abstract design using gold and white polish, as this nail artist did.
