page_title: Nail art
section_title: Innovations
hierarchical_section_title: Nail art / Innovations
caption_attribution_description: English: Sugar Nails
context_page_description: Nail art is a creative way to paint, decorate, enhance, and embellish the nails. It is a type of artwork that can be done on fingernails and toenails, usually after manicures or pedicures. Manicures and pedicures are beauty treatments that trim, shape, and polish the nails. Often, these procedures remove the cuticles and soften the skin around the nails. Types of manicures can vary from polish on natural nails to dipping powder and acrylic nails.
context_section_description: Some brands try to innovate by creating new kinds of nail polish.
  Textures: microbeads or caviar beads are applied just before the nail polish becomes dry. These textures give a sand-like texture to the nail.
  Holographic effect: Polishes with holographic finishes give off flashy rainbow reflections when exposed to light.
  Velvet manicure: Velvet fibers called velveteen are sprinkled onto wet polish. The excess is gently brushed off, leaving behind a fuzzy velvet feel.
  Crackle effect: Nail polish pioneer brand Sally Hansen created the first "crackle" effect polish. Acting as an overcoat, a crackle polish is applied onto already-painted nails and dries to a shattered or cracked effect.
  Thermochromic polish: The nail polish changes color when exposed to hot or cold temperatures.
  Matte effect: These nail polishes can transform a layer of glossy nail polish into a flat matte finish.
  Inverse French: Also called a "half-moon". The half-moon is created on the root of the nail in one color while the rest of the nail is painted a different color.
  Nail stickers: A form of Artificial nails, there is a large range of nail stickers, strips and wraps on the market used to mimic nail polish without exposing oneself to the harmful chemicals found in polish.
caption: Velvet or sugar nails
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