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#ManicureMonday: The Best Nail Art of the Week

Stunning nail art ideas — from easy DIY to crazy design ideas — one week at a time
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Manicure of the Week: Pink and Gold Nails
Created by: @karengnails

We struck gold this week when we stumbled across this pretty pink and gold nail design created by celebrity nail stylist, Karen Gutierrez. Moody mauve gets electrified with a flash of brilliant gold polish in this study of dark and light.

To recreate Gutierrez's dusty pink and gold nails, apply two coats of Deborah Lippmann Nail Polish in. Modern Love. Once dry, apply two pieces of striping tape, starting on the side of the nail, and tape toward the base of the nail to create the perfect V. Fill in the V with Ella + Mila Nail Polish in Gilded, and carefully remove the tape while the polish is still wet. Lock in your nail design with one coat of Seche Vite Fast Dry Top Coat, and be on your merry way.

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Mani of the Week: Colorful Nails
Created by: @misspopnails

Celebrity nail artist Simcha Whitehill, aka Miss Pop, made headlines last week when she officially announced her title as the CND Creative Ambassador. If you're not familiar with the nail artist's work, Miss Pop creates modern and chic nail art -- from minimalist designs to colorful, graphic ones -- and they always make big statements. Case in point: These '80s-inspired, colorful nails, which she created in celebration of her new partnership. Miss Pop used CND Vinylux Weekly Nail Polish, in Pink Leggings, Banana Clips, Blue Eyeshadow, Video Violet and Black Pool. She balances out the bright nail colors with clean geometric lines, black polish and a peek of naked nail. Not to mention, this manicure won't budge with CND's chip-resistant formula.

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Mani of the Week: Big-City Nails
Created by: @vanityprojects

The fact that we've watched every "Sex in the City" episode ten times over probably has something to do with our love for these New York City-inspired nails. NYC-based nail salon Vanityprojects created this epic skyline with a few careful strokes of black nail polish and a gold stud (for a little bit of bling). If your artistic skills are limited to that of stick figures, you're in luck. These city nails are easy to replicate, assuming you have a very steady hand. Just be sure to pick up a details nail art brush (we love Red Carpet Manicure's Nail Art Tool Kit, $12) so you're able to create the fine strokes of the city's bridges and skyscrapers. Also, allow your lines to dry before applying more polish, so you don't risk accidentally smudging your work. Apply a topcoat (like Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat) to keep your urban landscape from chipping.

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Mani of the Week: Floral and Feminine Nails
Created by: @sofitheone

Something about these pretty pink nails makes us want to throw a tea party and dish out scones and crumpets. It could be the proper mauve polish or the dainty floral accent nail. Either way, we're obsessed. The darling design was created by Sophia Prokoshina using Zoya Nail Polish in Jill from the Zoya Naturels (3) Collection. You don't have to be an artist to replicate her rose accent nail either. Prokoshina plucked the nail wrap from the Born Pretty Store, which features a ton of supercool nail wraps to incorporate into your nail art. Now if you'll excuse us, we have a tea party to get back to. Manicured pinkies out.

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Mani of the Week: Hot Pink Half Moon
Created by: @paintbox

We're well beyond the years of staying out until 3 a.m. every weekend. In fact, we'd much prefer to cozy up on the couch with a bottle of wine and Netflix -- which is why we have to get creative with expressing our inner Kesha (because Lord knows she can't be fully contained). Our solution? A hot pink manicure that features a glittery gold half-moon nail design (since we're also past the days of body glitter, but we still can't resist a good sparkle). NYC manicure studio Paintbox fabricated these fun, vibrant pink nails which you can easily recreate using OPI Nail Polish, $10, in That's Berry Daring and Essie Nail Polish, $9, in Rock at the Top. Need a little help with your half moon nail design? Check out this easy tutorial.

Nail art is one of those photogenic beauty trends that we could look at all day long. Somehow, scrolling through photos of nail art designs whipped up by nail art icons like Deborah Lippmann, Jin Soon and Paintbox is simply addictive — whether we plan to execute the nail design ideas or not.

That's why we're bringing you our #ManicureMonday series — where we show you the simple nail art, endless nail design ideas and other ridiculously pretty nails that we're finding and loving.

Keep clicking to get your weekly nail art inspiration fix.
BY JESSICA AMARIS, HANNAH SAVIN | NOV 23, 2020 | SHARES
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