Coral Tip nails

Round · French

Doable at home

A french tip in Coral Crush over a milky Milk Glass base, with the smile line painted in one pass from sidewall to sidewall.

2 bottles: Milk Glass and Coral Crush. Milk Glass and Coral Crush are close in tone, so the design is tonal rather than graphic. It shows up in daylight and softens indoors. The bottles are not all the same finish (sheer and crème), so the pattern picks up light differently from the ground.

Round nails are the setting: minimal length, a curve that matches the finger, and the least fragile free edge in the catalogue.

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What you need

Sheer base milky
Tip colour liner brush
Gloss top seal the smile

How to paint Coral Tip nails

  1. 1 Buff, dehydrate and base coat, then cure. Milk Glass over the whole nail, milky rather than opaque.
  2. 2 Paint the Coral Crush smile line tip to tip in one pass, sidewall to sidewall.
  3. 3 Top coat over the free edge itself, or the line lifts within a week.

Questions about Coral Tip

  • Is Coral Tip hard to do at home?

    Yes, with a steady hand. The motif is freehand, so the first nail is usually the worst one. Budget around 45 minutes for a full set, and two colours keeps it simple: cure the first before the second goes near it and nothing bleeds.

  • What polish do I need for Coral Tip?

    2 bottles: Milk Glass (sheer) and Coral Crush (crème). Plus a base coat and a gloss top coat, which every design here assumes you already have.

  • Does Coral Tip work on short nails?

    Round is already the shortest shape here, so yes, this is one of the designs that works at almost any length.

  • How many coats does Coral Tip need?

    More than you would expect. Milk Glass is translucent, so the colour builds over three thin coats rather than covering in two. Stop wherever you like the depth — that is the point of a sheer.

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