Journal

Grow your own under gel or choose extensions, learn where a long nail needs its strength, then try 12 long nail designs, from a milky almond to a New Year's Eve glitter fade.

Soft gel tips give you a full set of extensions without sculpting. Learn how to size and apply them, how long they last and how to take them off without damaging your nails.

A new nail art kit holds more brushes than you need at first. This guide shows which ones to start with, how to use them with gel and how to keep them in shape.

Green is one of the easiest nail colours to wear right now. Ten ideas, from soft sage and olive to dark green and a green cat eye, and how to choose the right shade for your skin tone.

Itching or redness around your nails hours or days after a gel manicure can be a sign of allergy. This guide explains why it develops, what to do if your skin reacts and how to prevent it.

Builder gel or hard gel? How the two structure gels differ in strength, flexibility and removal, where soft gel and rubber base fit in, and which one to choose.

Most nail lamps sold today are dual UV/LED. Find out how they differ from UV and LED lamps, what to check before you buy, how long to cure gel polish and why nails sometimes burn.

The base coat makes gel grip your nail; the top coat seals in the colour and adds shine. Which type of each to choose, how to apply them and how to fix a top coat that turns dull or sticky.

Red for passion, pink for tenderness, a tiny heart for a wink: twelve romantic manicures for the fourteenth of February, chic rather than sugary.

A colour that seems to rise from the nail and a line as clean as a retouched photo: the Russian manicure explained step by step, with the rules for doing it safely.

A veil of soft, translucent white that makes every hand look cared for. How to choose your milky shade, get a streak-free finish and wear it in a modern way.

Milky white with grey veins, rose quartz pink, green jade, black and gold: how to paint marble nails with gel polish, and 10 marble designs to recreate at home.

The right red depends on its undertone and yours. Learn how to choose it, then pick from 15 red nail designs, from glossy cherry red and red French tips to a ruby cat eye.

Short nails are not a compromise. Fifteen elegant ideas, the shapes that lengthen the fingers and the colours that look best on short nails.

A dehydrator cleanses the nail and a primer helps gel grip it. Find out which goes first, how acid-free primer differs from acid primer and whether your nails need primer at all.

From a sheer pink that hides regrowth to neon over a white base: 15 pink nail designs with the steps to recreate them, and the right pink for your skin tone.

Milky white, chocolate brown, the velvet cat eye and soft almond shapes: the nail trends for 2027, and how to wear them.

Your undertone matters as much as how light or deep your skin is. Find yours in a minute, then choose the nudes, reds, blues and greens that suit you, from fair to deep skin.