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If minimalist beauty trends are right up your alley, allow us to turn your attention to Hailey Bieber [2]. Over the past few years, the model has solidified herself as the queen of dewy, natural-looking beauty [3], and her latest manicure obsession fits the bill perfectly. Dubbed "glazed-doughnut nails" and created by her go-to manicurist, Zola Ganzorigt [4], this manicure is a dream for anyone looking to take a little break from over-the-top nail-art designs [5].
"I go through phases where I stick to a theme with my nails for a consistent amount of time," Bieber told POPSUGAR in a recent interview about Rhode, her new skin-care line [6]. "A few months ago, I was doing these jelly-colored nails, where I was taking a color and adding clear to it on top to make it look like it was see through, so I did that for a while. Then I bounced to something else for a bit."
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Bieber discovered "glazed-doughnut nails" almost by accident while she and Ganzorigt were working together for the 2022 Met Gala [8]. They had already applied one coat of a subtle baby-pink nail-polish color when Ganzorigt proposed a slight change. "She was like, 'Do you wanna see it with the chrome dust?'" Bieber says. "I've done chrome before, but I had never done it with a thin coat of polish before β and as soon as we did it, I was like, 'I'm sticking with this. This is my new phase.'"
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Since trying out the look for the first time at the Met, Bieber has experimented with different iterations: "I'm testing it with a few different colors, and this is like the nude-y shade β my glazed-doughnut nails."
Chrome nails [9] are one of the season's biggest nail-art trends [10], but most celebrities have been using bold hues like silver [11], purple, gold, and green, while Bieber's glazed-doughnut nails typically tend to fall and the more understated spectrum of the look. (Although she has since tried varying other colors inspired by the confection, like a strawberry glazed doughnut and the chocolate glazed doughnut look below.)
Ganzorigt also revealed on Instagram the exact nail products needed [12] to obtain the look: prep with the OPI GelColor Base Coat [13] ($22), apply one coat of the Nail Labo Presto Color Gel [14] ($15) mixed with clear gel, apply a thin layer of the OPI Chrome Effects No Cleanse Top Coat [15] ($14), rub on the OPI Chrome Effects in Tin Man Can [16] ($14), and seal it with one coat of OPI Gel Color Stay Shiny Top Coat [17] ($20).
Take a closer look at Bieber's glazed-doughnut nails ahead, as well as her latest iteration of the trend she's calling "chocolate glazed doughnut nails."
Image Source: Instagram user haileybieber [18]
@haileybieber [19] I know weβre tired of my constant color switch up butβ¦ the chocolate glazed donut nails are really hitting for me for fall π€€π€π©π©π©π©π© @zolaganzorigt
β¬ original sound - jex [20]