Bracelet Nails Are Our Latest Mani-Obsession

​If you're not one for loads of flashy glitter or bright colours, good news - the latest nail trend is subtle, sophisticated and oh-so-pretty.

Fresh from South Korea (where all good beauty trends start), the same salon that gave us shattered glass nails is now doing something they call 'bracelet nails' - and we LOVE.

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Eun Kyung Park is the nail genius behind this look, and she's based out of Unistella salon in Seoul. Byrdie spoke to Alicia Yoon, the founder of Korean beauty store Peach & Lily and Unistella regular about the designs. 

She told them, "Bracelet nails are her [Park's] latest thing. She was inspired by friendship bracelets and a little bit of fun. It's an interesting look because she uses real string and it looks like it's actually wrapped around your nail." 

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And get this, magpies: the charms are real.  "She uses rhinestones but also tiny metal charms and circles that she loops around the string which she then places on the nail using tweezers." 

All that pretty detail comes at a cost - some of the designs can take two and a half hours to apply. If you're a bit of a fidget, might want to give this one a pass, tbh. 

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We love these delicate designs - it's like nail art for people who don't like nail art. Would you try bracelet nails?

Not strictly relevant, but it would be remiss not to include these AWESOME Powerpuff Girl nails Unistella did. 

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