Very first thing’s first: Choose your serpent-inspired shade palette. “The commonest colours used to attain a serpent, reptilian nail look embody deep metallic inexperienced, black, and brown,” says Jin Quickly Choi, editorial manicurist and founding father of JINSoon. “Different colours comparable to holographic blue, purple, and teal are additionally fashionable.” Be at liberty to decide on your individual reptilian journey right here—however metallic or chrome hues will actually assist you to nail that scaly impact. 

OK, right here comes the difficult half. “There are few methods to create serpent nails with common nail polish,” says Choi. You may go for the netting methodology—after making use of your polish of alternative, apply netting on prime whereas the polish remains to be moist (right here’s an amazing possibility from Amazon), then end with a prime coat. 

You may additionally use a nail artwork stamper or sponge to create a uniform scale sample. Merely apply a base coat of polish, look ahead to it to dry fully, then dip your stamper right into a metallic hue earlier than flippantly urgent it onto your nails. After trying each netting and stamping, I discovered the latter methodology best—I didn’t have a correct stamper, however a common kitchen sponge works simply superb in the event you use the sting.

The pores of the sponge create a scaly, virtually cloud-like impact (in the event you select dreamier pastel hues, you may simply create “cloud nails.” However that’s a tutorial for one more day). Simply be sure to faucet the sponge tremendous flippantly; in the event you press too firmly, the polish will bleed and create one massive blob.