"Chic Korean Nail Art: Effortlessly Stylish Nude and Jewelled Design with Stone Texture"
2018.12.08 published
I'm Interested in "Korean Nails" ♡
There are various designs of nails ranging from elegant styles to office styles, natural styles, nuance styles, and girly styles. Recently, I have been captivated by "Korean nails" and have been looking at many pictures that I find so cute ♡
"What? Just because it's a different country, does the art really change that much? It's the same, right?"
To those of you who think that,
actually,
for some reason, they look completely different!
Indeed, Korea is known for its unique cafes, fashion, makeup, and hairstyles.
There’s a certain unique sense of casualness that feels different from Japan and Western styles, overall it seems very stylish and fashionable ♩
Such cute Korean nail art.
It's super adorable, so be sure to check it out ♡
Korean Nail Art ①
<Type: Simple One Color x Stone>
Korean nails typically have a base of a nude one-color, featuring shiny and glossy nails.
A gradient in muted purple with a large brooch-like piece
A gradient in blue-pink with a Cinderella-colored brooch-like jewel piece on one finger
A nude beige that blends well with the skin, with stones randomly placed in size and position
Stones on the fingertips. Putting bullion (which is a Korean touch) around the stones ♡
Clear pink with Cinderella-colored stones sprinkled on top.
Korean Nail Art ②
<Type: Line Film>
The way line film (gold and silver line stickers) is used in Korean nail art is very stylish ♡
A nude color with gold lines. Casual yet elegant.
Two thick silver line films placed next to each other.
White-pink with crystal jewels and silver lines
A cream-colored beige with gold line film
Placing line film lines vertically is also fashionable. It's an art style resembling nuance nails*
Korean Nail Art ③
<Type: Heavy on Jewels>
Using large stones abundantly to make the fingertips look as sparkly as jewelry is also a feature of Korean nail art.
Check out the video!
Using various shapes of fancy-cut stones is stylish and very 'Korean.'
A gradient of aurora and silver glitter topped with lots of stones.
Upside-down Christmas tree nails ♩
Antique design pieces used on all fingers ♡
A combination of grayish-blue and sparkling silver ♡
A transparent base with various shapes of big stones*
Combining big stones and line film together.
Lots of chains and gold pieces too!
Korean Nail Art ④
<Type: Heart Stones>
Using three-dimensional heart stones abundantly is another characteristic of Korean nail art.
Alternating aurora and red stones on all fingers ♩
Aurora glitter with all pink heart-cut stones
Applying glitter all over and placing hearts in the center on all fingers ♡
Korean Nail Art ⑤
<Type: Heart Hologram>
The way heart holograms are used in Korean nail art is distinctive.
Arranging three of them in a row ♩
On all fingers ♡
Enclosing with bullion on the top and bottom is also cute.
Clear hearts.
I Want to Imitate Korean Nail Art ♡
I've picked out and introduced the characteristics of stylish Korean nail art ♩
The features of Korean nail art include:
☑ A base of shiny nude color
☑ Bold use of stones and pieces
☑ Frequent use of line film and hearts
☑ Square nail shapes (not round)
I feel these are indeed the distinctive features!
Do you get the sense that there's a difference from Japan...???
Since there are lots of Swarovski stones, it might seem a bit gyaru (a Japanese youth fashion subculture) in Japan, but
I think the combination of short square nails and a nude base color gives it a casual yet fashionable look...
It's so stylish, I want to try copying it in the future ♡