December is *finally* here, so you might be in the mood to switch up your
nails with winter manicure and pedicure – after all, our hands and feet are going to be busy wrapping presents, raising toasts, sipping cocktails and pounding pavements and gliding across dancefloors over the next few weeks!
But deciding what colour, theme or design to go for can be mentally exhausting. Do you keep it simple with a classy, clean girl nude nail? Go for festive vamp with long, matte red talons? Or unleash your inner Buddy the Elf and cover your talons with the nail polish equivalent of fairy lights, magic dust, tinsel, mince pies and Slade on repeat.
To remove ‘manicure ideas for Christmas‘ from your to-do list, we asked Booksy ambassador Alice McNails to share some of her most requested looks for this time of year.
Alice said: ‘Everyone likes to go for delicious rich shades, my customers are starting to ask for a classic red, midnight blue, forest green, and all the glitter. Classic designs always come back around at Christmas, candy canes, snowflakes, little presents, snowmen, and intricate holly and ivy details are forever popular. The 2023 take is to make these details 3D.
‘I’m loving experimenting with texture right now, high shine chrome in gold and silver is very popular and sugaring to create a snowy effect (when you apply acrylic powder or loose glitter to a wet gel layer) is perfect for a chic nod to Christmas. For a festive take on the classic French manicure, why not swap out classic tips and opt for festive tip nails with candy cane, frosted snow or Santa hat French tips in a sugaring effect.
‘Nothing says festive like red nails, I predict 70% of my clients will opt for some form of red on their nails this season, it’s the Christmas crowd favourite. My big 2022 predictions are that 3D snow globe nails, baubles, and the cat eye trend are all going to be popular – we’ll be seeing more 3D elements everywhere.’
