Journal

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.

Buffed with a paste and a powder, bare nails can shine without any polish. Learn how a Japanese manicure works, how to do it safely at home and when a Russian or gel manicure suits you better.

Before the colour, there is the shape. The seven classic nail shapes, from round to stiletto, which hands and lifestyles they suit, and how to file them perfectly.

Rubber base smooths ridges, flexes with weak nails and can be worn alone for sheer, natural nails. How to apply it without flooding the cuticles, how long it lasts and how to remove it safely.

Lacquered red, velvet, fir green, liquid gold or frosted white: fifteen chic Christmas manicures to shine from the first party to New Year's Eve.

Greige for the office, a misty green-grey, charcoal and a silver cat eye for December: 10 grey nail designs with the steps to recreate them, and how to find the grey that suits your skin.

Square nails keep the full width of the nail, so they're strong and made for French tips. Learn to file corners that don't snag, then choose one of 15 designs, from a micro French to long extensions.

Gel polish should last two to three weeks. If yours lifts or peels after a few days, the prep is almost always to blame. Here's what goes wrong and how to fix it.

No tip, no fixed shape: a length of gel sculpted over a simple form. How to fit the form, build the apex and avoid the mistakes that make extensions lift or break.

From a clear shimmer for the office to full glitter for the party season: twelve glitter nail designs, and the gel technique that keeps the sparkle smooth and sealed.

Glossy black on short nails, micro French tips, a silver cat eye or one rhinestone for evenings: 15 black nail designs with the steps to recreate them, and how to paint black cleanly.

From sky blue French tips to a silver cat eye over royal blue: 12 blue nail designs, the shades we'd use, and how to keep pale blues from streaking.

The right nude depends on your skin tone and, above all, your undertone. How to find yours, plus 12 nude nail designs, from sheer pink to a nude cat eye.

Rubber base or builder gel? How to strengthen soft, bendy natural nails, which gel suits yours, and the professional method, step by step.

Acrylic and gel both give strong, long-wearing nails, and chemically they're close relatives. How they're applied, worn and removed decides which one suits your nails.

Midnight navy, icy blue, berry, velvet chocolate or frosted white: twelve winter manicures to wear with coats and knits, and the routine that protects nails from the cold.