December is hard on nails. Washing up, wrapping, cold weather and more handwashing than any other month. Acrylic is the most rigid product available, which is why a set applied in early December still looks right on New Year Eve.
Short squoval in deep red
The most practical festive set.
Oxblood almond
Deep brownish red on a soft taper.
Forest green coffin
Deep green at length.
Milky white long
Semi-sheer white.
Baby boomer ombre
Nude into white, built into the product.
Deep French in red
A built red tip that never chips.
Champagne chrome
Chrome over a cured gel layer.
Gold chrome coffin
The flat tip is the best chrome canvas.
Encapsulated gold glitter
Sparkle suspended inside clear acrylic.
Encapsulated snowflakes
Foil flakes sealed inside the build.
Red velvet
Magnetic shimmer worked flat.
Emerald cat eye
A magnetic band in jewel green.
Cranberry jelly
Translucent deep red with glassy depth.
Plum almond
Purple-toned berry.
Navy with silver tips
Metallic at the very edge.
Charcoal with gold cuff
A thin band at the base.
Tartan accent
Crossing bands on two nails.
Snowflake accent
One flake on the ring finger.
Holly accent
Leaves and berries on two nails.
Marble in white and gold
Veining with a metallic line.
Candy cane stripes
Thin diagonals on one nail.
Red and green alternating
No design at all.
Ombre red to gold
A fade into metallic at the tip.
Full glitter
Densely packed across all ten.
Stiletto in deep red
The shape is the statement.
Two-length set
Shorter on the fingers you use.
Ivory cream long square
Opaque off-white.
Pearl over cranberry
Iridescent powder on deep red.
Charms at the cuticle
Flat-backed pearls set into gel.
Clear jelly with foil
Gold leaf suspended at different depths.
For the technique, acrylic nails. For the season, christmas nails.
Questions people actually ask
Is acrylic good for Christmas nails?
It is the most rigid product available, which matters in a month of washing up, wrapping and cold weather. A set from early December still looks right at New Year.
When should I book a festive acrylic set?
Around the 20th. That gives you a fresh set for the whole run through to New Year Eve.
What festive design suits acrylic best?
Anything encapsulated. Glitter or foil suspended inside clear acrylic cannot wear off, and it is the one thing acrylic does better than every other product.
