What you need to know about soap nails!

Soap nails are a natural nail look combining a glossy top coat over a barely there pink or nude polish tone. The look can be achieved using traditional polish or gel polish. For added nail strength, you can even use builder in a bottle gel to help encourage natural nail growth.

This look has evolved from the popular ‘milky nail’ trend popular at the end of 2024, which used white or neutral tones. This gentle ballet pink look for soap nails is about giving the impression of healthy natural nails with the wet gloss of soap bubbles.

The look can be achieved using popular nail shades such as OPI Bubble Bath, OPI Put it in Neutral, Orly Rose Coloured Glasses, Essie Ballet Slippers or OPI Rosy Future.

Learn to create beautiful glossy nails with our popular nail courses, suitable for complete beginners. Gain an ABT Accredited diploma allowing you to work from home or mobile offering your nail treatments. Or simply learn the skills to save on salon costs, pamper your own nails or those of friends / family!

Want to take your soap nails to the next level? How about a short, square Russian manicure?

Russian manicure involves use of an electrical nail drill (e-file) to carefully refine and perfect the nail shape and surface for a longer lasting, flawless manicure finish. Combining this with precision gel polish application, that applies the colour to behind just the usually visible nail plate surface to give the appearance that the colour is growing with the nail for an edge to edge, high shine colour result. Nails trends have driven popularity of more natural nail shapes, with shorter and square or squoval looks becoming hugely popular on the catwalks and among celebrities.

Russian manicure techniques work so well when applying a French polish finish, or combine trends with a milky or soap manicure shade to finish!

Learn the skills to provide a longer lasting, high quality Russian manicure with our IPHM Accredited online course…