By Team Rayna
May 12, 2025
Spring has sprung, and so have the manicures. This season’s nail trends are giving main character energy—equal parts flirty, fresh, and fully expressive. Whether you’re feeling minimal, maximal, or straight-up magical, here’s your cheat sheet to what’s trending in nail land right now (plus recs that are actually worth the hype).
1. Glazed Pastels (But Make It 2025)
The pastel moment is back—but this time she’s got a chrome topcoat and a little bit of an attitude. Think pistachio with a pearl finish, lavender with a mirror glaze, and baby blue that hits different in sunlight.
🧴 Shop the vibe:
OPI RapiDry in “Speed Date Me” – the shimmery pearl finish
Beetles Chrome Nail Powder Set – gives that reflective glazed finish we’re all obsessed with
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2. Micro French Tips
If clean girl makeup had a nail cousin, it’d be the micro French. This tiny tip is subtle but snatched, and it works with literally everything in your closet. Bonus points if you do it in a fun color like lime green or butter yellow.
💅 DIY picks:
Modelones Gel Polish Set – French Tip Collection – includes nudes + bright tips
Thin Nail Art Brushes for Detail Work – a must if you're going full artiste mode
3. Jelly Nails (Still Going Strong)
Jelly nails aren’t going anywhere, but they are getting more experimental. This spring, the vibe is mood-ring but make it editorial. Ombre blobs, layered gradients, and abstract center glows that look like your aura after 3 weeks of drinking chlorophyll water.
🔮 Glow essentials:
4. Fruitcore Details
Call it cottagecore’s fun cousin. Tiny cherries, citrus slices, and Y2K-style fruit stickers are showing up on everyone’s spring sets. It’s giving early 2000s Lisa Frank, but elevated.
🍒 Nail art finds:
Strawberry press-ons (photographed above)
Watermelon press-ons – already decorated, already adorable
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