From 'glazed donut' to 3D effects, nail trends go bold this season

Forget serious and subdued nails. The trend now is to embrace colour and sparkle, as seen on Instagram. Photo composite: AFP

Forget serious and subdued nails. The trend now is to embrace colour and sparkle, as seen on Instagram.

Hailey Bieber recently got the web buzzing by showing off her subtly shimmery chrome-effect manicure on the social media platform. Here, nails are part-way between white and nude, and lacquered in a way that's reminiscent of the glaze of a donut, hence the trend's name: "glazed donut" nails.