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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Siena Gagliano

The Pill Box Nail Trend Is the Perfect Playful Summer Manicure

Three nail polish bottles in green, blue, and purple, along with graphic pill box nail designs in varying colors.

Color block manicures come back every summer, but this season’s version has a more playful diagnosis. Enter pill box nails: a bold, graphic manicure trend that splits the nail into two clean blocks of color, creating a capsule-like effect that feels fun and made for summer.

Annabelle Taurua, a beauty expert at beauty system, Fresha, says the look taps into beauty’s current appetite for throwback, feel-good designs. “The pill box nail trend leans directly into this nostalgic resurgence with its bold, block colors, offering that classic ’90s playfulness," she explains.

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