We’ve seen a variety of different nail shapes surface over the years. With 2020 coming to a close, there is no shortage of unique shapes making a name for themselves this fall season.
Nail shapes aren’t just infiltrating the nail salons, but these trends are actually making their way into the press-on nail scene. Press-on nails aren’t just French tips and squovals anymore! Bolder shapes and the top nail trends are hitting the shelves this year.
We’ve pulled together the top six different styles of fall 2020 to look for when shopping for the best press-on nails.
Coffin Shape
The coffin shape is a long tapered nail with a flat tip and flat sides that give the nail its iconic coffin-like shape. Coffin nails employ the bold look of the ballerina of the stiletto with the boxy tip of the square-shaped nails.
Why choose a coffin shape?
Their multiple flat sides lend maneuverability, durability, and uniqueness to this style that the other elongated style nails do not have.
Square Shape
The square shape has been a classic since the early 2000s when French tips had their heyday. This incredibly boxy and blunt tip is coming back into style, but instead of its short, squat cousin, the square-shaped nail is worn quite long nowadays.
Why choose the square shape?
The square shape is one of the strongest available nail shapes, especially when worn short.
Almond Nails
Almond nails are tapered nails with a rounded tip. This nail shape actually looks very much like the nut they are named after.
Why choose the almond shape?
They are a stronger shape due to their rounded tip than the pointed nail shapes out there, yet they create a very similar slender look to the nail, as do their point counter-parts.
Oval Shape
The most classic and natural nail shape out there — the oval. The oval-shaped nail will never go out of style. The oval-shaped nail is based on the natural shape of our nail. The oval shape is a great way to pull off bold colors but with a more subdued and everyday look.
Why choose the oval shape?
Strong and widely available. You can find just about any nail trend or color in the form of press-on oval-shaped nails.
Squoval Shape
The Squoval is the great compromise of the nail design world and the predominant way the modern French-tip design is presented.
Why choose the squoval shape?
The squoval shape is typically reserved for more class or neutral pallets and is an easy way to add class and just a little bit of something to your nails.
Stiletto Shape
Stiletto nails are one of the newest nail trends and are the height of fall fashion in 2020. Stilettos have made their way from the salons and into the luxury press-on or custom-designed press-on nail market. The nails are quite long, usually as long as the wearer can comfortably stand, and are filed into a pointy tip.
Why choose the stiletto shape?
This shape is bold and courageous, and incredibly fierce. Anyone who rocks this look
Ballerina Shape
Typically considered the classy and formal version of the stiletto-shaped nails, the ballerina nail looks very similar to the pointed toe-shoes worn in traditional ballets. These nails are long with a more natural roundish taper that ends with a flat tip. It is similar but much more dainty than the coffin nail.
Why choose the ballerina shape?
A Ballerina nail shape lends a feminine look as they elongate the fingers with their slender taper.
In conclusion, long or short, pointy or square, nail shapes for press-on nails have gone beyond the classic French-tip or the classic squoval. Nail art is evolving and it is becoming more and more accessible throughout the seasons as it does.
In 2020 you are just as likely to find various lengths, shapes, and styles of press-on nail kits at your everyday big box stores across the country just as much as you are every color of the rainbow in the nail polish section. Nowadays there is something for everyone.
