Calling All Clean Girls: The Latest Soap Nails Trend Is The Perfect Manicure To Complement Your Minimalist Aesthetic
You’ve heard of chrome nails and glazed donut nails, and now, there’s another nail trend with an interesting name hitting the beauty scene. Do you know anything about soap nails?
I know the name sounds odd, but these nails are actually taking over the beauty world and are perfect for anyone who loves a good minimalist, ‘clean girl’ aesthetic.
If you look up pictures of soap nails online, you may roll your eyes and think, “Aren’t these just considered nude or natural nails?”
While soap nails use neutral colors, there are a few things that separate them from the typical natural or nude nail look.
When you think of things being soapy, what do you see? When something is soapy, it tends to have a sleek, glossy look to it. That’s one of the beautiful parts of soapy nails.
To achieve this look, you need a neutral nail polish. The color should be whatever is considered a nude shade for your skin tone.
You also want this shade to be a bit sheer to remind you of the glossy translucent look of soap and bubbles.
You’ll also want to make sure you or your nail tech uses the glossiest top coat you can find if you’re getting these nails done at the salon. Ask the nail tech if they can find you the glossiest top coat they have in stock.
One of the most common ways to wear soap nails is to keep your nails short, clean, and rounded.
marigo – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
This emphasizes the clean girl feel of it all and makes them look very elegant. However, you can still wear soap nails if you like wearing longer nails or getting acrylics.
When the length of your nails is longer, you can experiment with your nail shade a bit by creating a gradient look or even getting a very natural-looking French tip.
If you’re someone who longs for a bit of color or a design on their nails, you can use the soap nail look as a base for something more elaborate.
You can keep things on the minimalist, clean side by adding a single line across your nail, a few tiny dots, a layer of sparkle, etc.
If you do want to use something other than a nude shade on your nails for the soapy look, lean towards pastels.
You can choose a nice pastel pink or blue, as those would also look pretty and delicate under a glossy top coat.
While your nail tech may not know what you’re referring to when you ask for soapy nails, just remember the key three elements are a natural, sheer nail color, a glossy top coat, and a shorter, rounded shape.
Will you try rocking soap nails this year?
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