3D ‘Bubble Nails’ Are Taking Over As the Latest Manicure Trend

Recently, a new trend popped up all over social media, and it's possibly one of the weirdest we've seen in a while.

Behold, bubble nails.

Bubble nails, also known as hump nails, ditch the flat, boring fingernails and, instead, use layer upon layer of acrylic to turn your nails into bodacious 3D designs.

How do you get them to look like that?

Hoa Bui of Ann’s Nail Salon told NAILS magazine:

"You start with a ball of acrylic in the middle of the nail, which is the highest part of the hump. The nail has to be thin at the cuticle, then it gradually gets thicker as it gets to the middle of the nail plate. Then from the middle of the nail plate it has to gradually get thinner at the tip of the nail, like a nice smooth hill. The curve has to be perfect."

To get a bold bubble manicure, you start by placing a big blob of acrylic in the center of each nail to create the hump…

…then, you make the acrylic gradually thinner as you reach the perimeter of the nail.

Keeping the acrylic smooth is the most important part.