What if the secret to flawless nails is actually doing nothing? Or, at least, the appearance of doing nothing? That’s the key to the latest clean-girl manicure trend: “foundation nails.”
When it comes to getting the foundation-nails manicure, approach it much as you would a trip to the makeup counter: You want a perfect color match, just as you do with foundation. The shade you pick should blend so closely to your nail bed that it practically disappears, creating a magic trick to make fingers look longer. And the finish should be semitransparent, without any glitter or shimmer (which you can DIY with a drop of clear nail polish mixed into your perfect color, FYI), so that it looks like skin.
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All in all, the foundation-nails manicure creates a stylish magic trick: The shade makes the nail look like a natural extension of the finger to lengthen. These foundation-nails looks, all spotted on Instagram, are proof of that.
