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The best nail looks from Cannes

Advertorial: Up the glam factor with these colours

By Iantha Yu

Beauty Crew Beauty Editor / May 26 2016

The most recent Cannes Film Festival was teeming with gorgeous celebrities that strutted down the red carpet in their favourite beauty looks. Read on to check out our favourite nail styles, and how you can recreate them at home.

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Trend to try: French manicure 2.0

If you’re bored of a regular French mani, paint on a layer of white polish over your half-moons to mimic healthy-looking nails.

Get the look

Try Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Rose Glass.

Trend to try: red

French actress Adele Exarchopoulos opted for a classic wine-hue on medium-length nails to match her intricately-printed gown for this red carpet event.

Get the look

Try Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Maasai Red.

Trend to try: silver

Match your sparkly arm candy with a glittery silver mani. Keep the look modern by painting this on short, rounded nails that’ll let your jewellery shine.

Get the look

Try Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Lady T.

Trend to try: bone

If you’ve got olive skin, contrast a light, bone-coloured nail polish to instantly look more polished.

Get the look

Try Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Winter Sky.

Trend to try: rose

If you’re wearing a pastel gown and a large coloured ring, pare the rest of your look back with a pink mani that will just go with everything.

Get the look

Try Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Rose Glass.

Trend to try: glitter ombre

Amp up the party-vibes on your neutral manicure by dabbing a glittery nail polish in a similar tone to your outfit, just on the tips of your nails.

Get the look

Try Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Winter Sky and Lady T.

Trend to try: red

Wearing a plain outfit? Dress up your look with long, red nails that are sure to steal the show.

Get the look

Try Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Maasai Red.

Trend to try: rose and silver

Here’s a style that’s impressive, yet really easy to achieve at home. Go for this French mani with a twist by painting on a rosy nail polish, and follow with a swipe of silver just at the tips for a hint of glitz.

Get the look

Try Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Rose Glass and Lady T.

Iantha Yu

Iantha is BEAUTYcrew's Beauty Editor, and has been part of the team since the site launched in 2016. Besides pinot noir, she has a healthy obsession with fake tan smell, wispy false lashes and CND Shellac in the shade Romantique. Her words and styling can also be found in previous issues of SHOP Til You Drop, Cosmopolitan and Women’s Health.