As a beauty editor and nail tech, I spend most of my time either talking about polish shades, writing about nail trends, or doing different types of manicures on various people, including myself. So it's fair to say I get a unique view of nails and the industry from many angles. What I'm asked time and time again isn't the intricacies of a trend, but the fundamentals of each manicure available. I've realised that despite having endless amounts of information at our fingertips, it can be difficult to get your head around the basics, like: what types of manicures (chrome nails, anyone?) are even available. Thanks to TikTok, it seems like there's a new trend or type of manicure out there every week, but more often than not, the platform is reinventing the wheel and giving it a shiny new name.
To help cut the confusion, allow me to take you through the seven different types of manicures you can do at home and get done in the salon, including gel manicures, BIAB, polygel nails and more.
