The Half-Moon Nails Trend For Fall
The Half-Moon Nail Trend Is Making a Comeback
Nail-art trends are constantly evolving, but sometimes the best ones come from the past. The half-moon nail designs are seeing a resurgence but much like the buzzy trends that came before it — french manicures, chrome nails, crystal embellishments — the look is nothing new. It's just gotten a much-needed update.
For anyone who's not familiar, half-moon nails feature a half circle at the nail bed that's either a different colour from the base nail polish colour or clear. "The half-moon nail art trend represents yet another interesting variation of the french manicure - it's an exaggerated tip and is akin to negative space nail art through the absence of polish at the bottom of the nail," Jin Soon Choi, founder of JINsoon Nails, tells POPSUGAR.
The half-moon design on nails can be traced back to the Golden Age of Hollywood, but this fall, it's going to find itself seated back at in the number-one spot of the top nail trends for the season. "It's a great fall design because you are still painting a majority of the nail with a single shade, but the absent portion reads as another, showing your natural nail tone," says Choi. "This contrast lends itself to rich, unexpected fall colours."
Choosing a deeper, earthy shade for the base colour creates even more of a contrast and makes the nails pop. Choosing a clear polish at the base, as explained in this TikTok video, makes for easier grow-out since you can stretch the time between salon visits. "It's also quite easy as a DIY nail-art design because you don't have to apply nail polish all the way to the top of the cuticle," says Choi. As a hack, she recommends using tape or pre-cut nail stencils to mark off the area you don't want to paint.
Ahead, get inspiration for your own half-moon nails ahead.
