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Fingernails in Focus

Banish the winter blues with inspirational extreme nail styles that are sculpted to stun

Multi award-winning Nailympia competitor, @erika_nortier, spotlights a pretty in pink extreme shape featuring scalloped edges.
Soft, wing-like curves elevate this butterfly-themed style by French nail artist, Lessika of @lessika_styliste_ongulaire.
Netherlands nailist, Selcan Ercan of @nailsbyselcan, shares enhancements that mimic bat wings and include love-ly heart features.
It took nail educator, Roxana Serban (@roxanaserban_tpnailtrainer), almost 18 hours to create these extreme watercolour nails.
Belgium-based pro, Sylvie of @indigo_sylvie_s.nails, fuses extreme styling with strong structure and gothic artistic details.
Scratch Stars Award -winning nail stylist, Kamila Borowiec of @glamliciousnails, accentuates long stiletto shapes with pink cat eye gel polish.
Symmetry lies at the heart of this dramatic dragon design by Portuguese nail structure specialist, Vera Gama of @redliciousnails.
Extreme nail artist, @nataly_gorskaya, defines the edges of this matte style with black, bringing contrast to the ethereal design.
Nail educator & brand owner, Long Nguyen (@longnguyen.shi), crafts colourful French-style tips to emphasise this striking nail shape.

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