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Up your nail game with the glow-in-the-dark nail trend

Let it glow, let it glow

By Briar Clark

BEAUTYcrew Content Producer / April 20 2021

Are you manicure obsessed? Do you think your nail game is on point? Oh yeah? Well you better think again, because there’s a new kind of manicure in town and it’s so lit these bad boys legitimately glow in the dark.

Yep you read that correctly: glow-in-the-dark nails are here people.

So be prepared to light up the night like an 11-year-old at a school disco because we’re whipping out our UV-sensitive acrylics and varnish and showing these kids who really own these poorly lit streets.

Glow up your manicure game with this glow-in-the-dark nail inspo sis.

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Take your bad and boujee LV monogrammed mani to the next level with a set of glow-in-the-dark acrylics.

Image credit: @lij.beauty

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Swirl manicures have been floating around our social feeds for some time now. So why not put a spin on the trend with a UV-activated pink glow polish?

Image credit: @dollhouse.nails

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Ummm are these Lizzie Mcguire-themed nails the best things you’ve ever seen, because they’re the best things we’ve ever seen?? You definitely can’t tell but we’re screaming at a pitch so high only dogs can hear us right now.

Image credit: @naidu.nails

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Get crafty with your nail design and try a bit of decoupage with glitter (or whatever you can find) to add to the glow of it all.

Image credit: @danysnails

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These are the most kawaii nails we’ve ever seen. Certainly not practical in any regard but it’s not called ‘nail art’ for nothing.

Image credit: @prettypawstm

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Need a lowkey look to match your sophisticated office ensemble by day and a statement-making mani for the evening? These subtle glow-in-the-dark nails will do the trick.

Image credit: @nailzby713.alycia

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With a subdued colour palette and a healthy dose of glitter that catches the light ‘just right’, we’re coining these nails the new nude.

Image credit: @nailsbytraciashley

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Nothing says glow-in-the-dark quite like a set of plutonium green glow nails, amiright?

Image credit: @nail_swag

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The genius of this kaleidoscopic set of nails is that not only do they glow in the dark but they glow in the light too. Thanks to a stunning array of gems and glitter that have been inlaid into the acrylics themselves, this set gives off stained glass window vibes no matter the time of day.

Image credit: @juniebeenails

Glow-in-the-dark nails aren't the only lit nail trend this season. Flame nails are the key to keeping your fingers warm this winter.

Main image credit: @naidu.nails

Briar Clark

Briar is a Content Producer at BEAUTYcrew. She is a self-professed skin care obsessive, always on the hunt for the perfect mascara, and can't go past a plumping lipgloss.