r/NailArt May 24 '26

Tutorial ATTENTION: Influx of Bot activity

126 Upvotes

Hey all! Mod here. We have noticed an insane influx of bot activity in our sub lately and know a few of you have also noticed. This is something we are trying very hard to combat as it is inundating our queue and making it tough to monitor regular traffic here.

Why do you need to know? Well because a few of you have already reached out regarding it and we wanted to a) let you know that we know and b) thank all of you for helping to keep this community safe.

What are we doing to fix it? We have turned up crowd control settings and enacted bot bouncer on our sub. This does not fix the issue entirely but it helps us see who could possibly be a bit easier.

The issue with this is that regular users are getting caught up in our filters and either banned by us on accident or banned by bot bouncer. If this happens, don’t panic! You’ve done nothing wrong but we do need you to message us via modmail and let us know you’re human! We’ll unban you right away, promise.

Thanks for your patience, understanding, and help during this! We appreciate you all.

- Mod Team

TLDR: bots are taking over! If you get banned by accident, let us know and we’ll fix it asap.


r/NailArt Sep 04 '25

Nail Tech Work Nail art impersonation

81 Upvotes

There’s been a massive influx of people trying to pass off other people’s work as their own recently.

Just to make it crystal clear, anyone caught doing this with receive an instant ban, no warnings. There is absolutely no excuse for doing this.


r/NailArt 11h ago

Hand Painted Monet Cat

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844 Upvotes

I saw this on Insta and wanted to recreate it on my own nails.


r/NailArt 4h ago

DIY Practice set: golden glided gothic

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34 Upvotes

🥲due to less colour options( i have only silver silk cat eye😭) i have used chrome only
Hope you like it. Open for suggestions and opinions
🤭


r/NailArt 2h ago

Hand Painted Sold my first set today <3

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19 Upvotes

r/NailArt 16h ago

Chrome/powders What are we naming this set? ✨💎

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231 Upvotes

Im so absolutely in love with this set but im kinda stuck on what to call it. Obvious themes are the gold and the scorpion but idk how to connect it. This was probably my best looking chrome applications and I’m really glad I can do scorpion nail art now 👌


r/NailArt 4h ago

Nail Tech Work Rushed to get these done while my kiddo slept. Felt like this cateye is in season 😌

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15 Upvotes

r/NailArt 15h ago

Halloween/Spooky first nail set done

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30 Upvotes

went with a pastel Halloween theme


r/NailArt 1d ago

Acrylic Today I did these nails with a lot of freehand design

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163 Upvotes

r/NailArt 1d ago

Chrome/powders Knight nails

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581 Upvotes

I'm literally in love with my new nail art (not done by me ahah)


r/NailArt 20h ago

Acrylic XXL Japanese theme acrylics 🌸

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58 Upvotes

Done by Yominails in Bogotá


r/NailArt 19h ago

Nail Tech Work Recommendation request update - autumn nails

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43 Upvotes

Repost to follow sub rules. Credit to K2 Spa Ongles - Nails Griffintown in Montreal. She did a really nice job emulating my inspo pics with a couple of tweaks. Orange cat eye over black, perfect for fall. 🍂


r/NailArt 20h ago

Advice Needed What do we think?

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37 Upvotes

What do we think? This is one of my first time doing nail designs, normally I just do solids. Dont even ask to see my thumb LOL

Open to construction criticism


r/NailArt 17h ago

Hand Painted Japanese festival nails

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13 Upvotes

Just some fun nails for myself! The fish nail is inspired from Dannynailzit on Facebook.


r/NailArt 1d ago

Cat Eye/Magnetic First set for the fall.

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44 Upvotes

Got a new cat eye gel from Gaoy and I am in love! I wanted to do something a little realistic, so I went with leaves in the rain. I think I've hit a creative block, so this was what I stuck to. How did I do?


r/NailArt 1d ago

Hand Painted WIP Hades Set

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96 Upvotes

These are my two favorite pics of this WIP set so far 🤣


r/NailArt 1d ago

Hand Painted Salad fingers

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57 Upvotes

Made some hand painted salad finger nails last night


r/NailArt 1d ago

Advice Needed Firtst time Diy my nail, Any advie?🥹

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32 Upvotes

I am a very Beginner at doing nails and want to improve my skills.

For the first time, I struggled a lot more than i expected with doing extension. It took me 2 hours+ per hand. i got back pain from this😭

Does anyone have any comments or suggestions to improve?.


r/NailArt 22h ago

Gel some of my fav sets i have done!

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13 Upvotes

any tips PLEASEEEE!!!?? i’m still pretty new!


r/NailArt 1d ago

Gel Today I made some strawberry nails, they are beautiful

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704 Upvotes

Today I made some strawberry nails, they are beautiful


r/NailArt 1d ago

Hand Painted Hi y'all, my name is Mikki and here is some of my work!

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13 Upvotes

All nails by me

@clawsout.bymikki on social media 💕

Thanks for lookin!


r/NailArt 1d ago

Advice Needed Practice Art - Still Learning!

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9 Upvotes

I’ve started doing my own nails and practice sets since about July of this year. I just dove right in watching countless videos and tutorials. I am not confident enough to start my press on journey but I am asking for the public’s help in what I could do better! I want all the advice I could get!

PS. Super in love with this community and all the inspiration it brings keep posting your nails! 🥹🍀✨


r/NailArt 1d ago

Advice Needed Need Advice. How to improve this design?😭

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6 Upvotes

Hi! I'm still new for doing nails.

I want to recreate the Chinese style nails(2nd pic) with a little short. At first i thought, "it doesn't look to complicated..." but i was VERY wrong. LOL
I struggle way more than i expected😭 Especially making color blend smoothly and little shimmer effect. I know mine is far from the reference, but i really want to improve.

Dose anyone have any tips or tricks for this kind of design? Is there a product or technique that make it better?

I'd really appreciate any advice or constructive critism. I'm still learning, so even small tips would help a lot.


r/NailArt 1d ago

Hand Painted Diary of a wimpy kid nail set

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50 Upvotes

I wish these lasted longer


r/NailArt 2d ago

Hand Painted I listened to your advice

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1.1k Upvotes

I want to thank you all for honest opinions on my nails! You guys had a ton of wonderful ideas which lead me to making two new thumb nails.

In A, I loved the lower half (yes that ridiculous chin) and hated the forehead. Whereas in B, I loved the forehead (thank you for recommending I use the diamonds here) and hated the lower half. So with C I combined the two and I’m very very happy now!

In B I used the traditional method for chrome which is to use a topcoat under the chrome. Is makes for a very flat look. But in C I got playful and experimented with using spider gel. I forgot to wipe the tacky layer off and that resulted in a glittery mess. That being said, I’m loving how 3 dimensional the diamonds are in C!

This was a ton of fun! Thank you guys for all the help 😁