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Toothpicks and gold leaf (available in specialty beauty supply stores such as Naio Nails) are also useful to have in your manicure kit for creating easy confetti and polka dot designs and adding some sparkle. Using a thin nail art brush, glide the polish around the edge of the nail following the natural shape.

'I’m loving neon at the moment, worn as minimal details on the nail such as a super thin French tip,' explains Rae.

'I love a clean, sheer nude nail all year round but adding details dependent on the season is a great way to switch it up and have a little more fun with it,' says Rae, who's mastered the art of plump, juicy-looking nails. As the 'clean girl' mani takes over our Insta feeds, incorporating a touch of nail art brings personality while keeping things chic. Even Paul, my Personal Trainer, commented on them.From the micro French to intricate details, minimalist nail art is here to stay thanks to trendsetters such as Betina Goldstein, Julia Diogo and Georgia Rae. The finished look is a modern, but funky version of a French manicure. The trick here is to remove the tape immediately after you have painted the colour on, and to stick with the lighter colour as the base and the darker colour on top to spare having to do multiple layers. Then I took my tape and placed it across my nails at various different angles and painted over the top section with Sally Hansen Miracle Gel in Wine Stock. I began with a coat of the Sally Hansen Miracle Gel in Can’t Beet Royalty as a base. Now this look requires tape (just something that’s not too sticky like washi tape or surgical tape), but things aren’t so symmetrical this time. Back in the day I used to love doing French manicures and always found myself stocking up on the little tip stickers to get a precise stripe of white at the top. The second look was something that I’d never tried before, but always wanted to give a go. Just make sure you wait for the dots to dry before going in with a top coat. I loved the end result still within my neutral limits, but with an editorial twist. Then I took a kirby grip, stretched it out, dipped one of the ends into a blob of the Sally Hansen Miracle Gel in Wine Stock, that I tipped out onto some tin foil and dotted the colour on a couple of millimetres up from the cuticle bed. I went for Sally Hansen Miracle Gel in Frill Seeker all over the the nail. I’ve done this in the past and I just find it to be extremely simple, yet effective and I love the look using two autumnal tones. Coupled with the fact that they each take about 10 minutes to do and require minimal tools, both all of which you’ll already have at home – I think I’m coming round to the idea…įor the first look I went for a simple dot at the base of the nail. I have however, found two designs that appeal to my minimalist approach to beauty and can even be performed with a non-dominant hand.

And let’s not even mention trying to do nail art with my left hand. Whenever I want to do something precise on my nail bed, I end up sweating, not breathing, almost passing out and then having to re-do each nail about 15 times. I must admit though, that’s not down to any other factor aside from my lack of skills in the nail bedazzling department. It’s only something I venture into every now and again, but especially in the festive season, when I feel like getting a little jazzy. A bit of a beige here, a chic nod to red there that’s about as ‘ crazy‘ as I get.

When it comes to nail colour, I like to keep things simple. *This post contains a paid for advertorial from Sally Hansen