January 5, 2022
NewsTikTok is our go-to source for beauty hacks – with nails being no exception. Gone are the days when we watched hour-long YouTube videos. Now, we’re glued to the short viral content on TikTok. What’s different about the TikTok beauty community is that it’s more DIY and educational focused. Our favourite influencers are sharing their tips and tricks on how to achieve professional looking results at home – even with your weekly manicure.
The #nailhacks on TikTok has almost 500 million views. That’s a lot of manicures and polish. You’ll find everything from tips on how to recreate celebrity-worthy manicures to basic 101 lessons on how to do a manicure at home. With the festive season upon us – and manicure appointments being like gold dust- we’ve taken to TikTok to find the nail hacks that will get us through 2022.
With these TikTok nail hacks, you can bring your manicure game to the next level. It’s perfect for anyone who wants to save some money by doing their nails at home instead of splurging on an expensive manicure. We’ve searched high and low across TikTok to put together a curated collection of nail hacks that everyone should know. These are all beginner friendly and proof that even the masters of nail art can learn something new on TikTok.
You can do most of these nail hacks with things that you’ll already have at home. Save your dollars and do your nails at home. With the help of toothpicks and things you’ll have around your house, you can create a salon-worthy manicure without breaking the bank.
Grab your favourite polish, these TikTok nail hacks are a gamechanger.
Taking off acrylics is difficult. While you get to enjoy super long nails, they are can be a pain to try and take off. Most people choose to go to a salon just to make the removal process easier to manage.
With this TikTok nail hack, you can remove your acrylic nails at home. TikTok user @bysugarclaws shares her tips on how to remove acrylic nails using soap, argan oil, and a bowl of warm water. Add everything together and soak your fingers until the acrylics slip off your nails. This nail hack will help you fall back in love with acrylic nails again.
Polka dot nails are a classic beginner nail art trend that everyone needs to try at least once. It gives you the look of an intricate nail art design without being too stressful to make. All you need is a bobby pin and two (or more!) nail polish shades. Start by painting your nails with a base color that you love before using the bobby pin to place the secondary nail colour. The bobby pin will make it easy for you to create an art pop inspired look that is uniform.
French manicures are making a comeback thanks to Hailey Bieber and Gigi Hadid. This classic nail art look will never go out of style and is a perfect choice for a festive look.
With this TikTok nail hack, it’s easy to achieve the perfect French tip. It involves dabbing the nail polish onto the inside of your finger before pressing your nail tip into it. You’re guaranteed to get a perfect uniform French tip.
One of the most daring TikTok nail hacks on this list is a Chrome finish nail. This hack is easy to achieve as all you need is to take the gum wrapper and use its super-chrome foil. You can do this by peeling the two thin layers of the wrapper apart and sticking them onto your nail. You want to make sure that the colourful side is showing. Press it down onto your nails until it sticks before shaping your manicure to remove any excess chrome. Finish it off.
Our final TikTok nail hack gives you a salon-worthy manicure with just two nail polish colours and a toothpick. You want to paint your nail in two different parts using the contrasting colours before using the toothpick to create a swirling shape and blend the colours together for an intricate nail art design.
Which of these TikTok nail hacks will you be trying out? Tell us in the comments below!
Do you ever wish that you could charge your eyes? Maybe you think they’re too big. Perhaps you wish you could have larger eyes that stood out against the rest of your features. We all know the power of eyeliner to transform your makeup, but did you know it can do more than that? With the right products and placement, you can drastically change the shape of your eyes within just a few strokes. This makeup hack is one that we found courtesy of TikTok and that we’ve been experimenting with over the last few weeks. We can confirm it really does work – and it’s a gamechanger for your everyday makeup routine. Whether you’re a makeup beginner or a seasoned professional, anyone can recreate this makeup hack at home with products you’ll already have in your makeup bag. Are you ready to transform your makeup look? Grab an eyeliner and follow along below!
Doing our nails is one of our favourite past times. Whether you like to splurge on set of acrylics or prefer to do it yourself, we all love to have a nail polish colour. It’s a simple way to elevate any look and to make you look effortlessly put together. Every cosmetic brands has their own line of nail polishes, not to mention professional nail artists who have turned their hand to releasing their own colours. If you’re ever in the mood to treat yourself, Chanel is one nail polish brand you might not have considered before. Spoiler alert: these nail polishes are more than just fancy packaging.
There’s no denying that autumn and winter nail trends are some of our favourites. Out of all the 2021 nail trends that you need to know, green nails have become our new go-to. In fact, we’re betting that they’re the nail color everyone is going to be wearing this winter. There’s something whimsical about forest green that has us becoming the ‘main character’ on our morning Starbucks run.
TikTok is an app most of us swore to stay away from before the pandemic. A lot can change in a year. It’s now an app we look at before even checking out Instagram or Twitter. The app, which is dominated by Generation Z and Millennials, has come to dominate the fashion trends. Who would have thought the app would have the power to cancel skinny jeans? We’re rounding up a few of our favorite fashion trends from TikTok that everyone is obsessed with.
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