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Valentine's Day nails: 10 romantic ideas we're head over heels for

Irrespective of your relationship status, Valentine's Day presents the ideal opportunity to up your mani game and indulge in some serious self-love.

Forget showers of roses or elaborate grand gestures, this year we're all about perusing the plethora of stylish love-themed nail designs out there, and choosing 'the one' to suit our February 14th vibe.

Curating a feed full of super skilled nail techs is practically our forte – and this year we are spoilt for choice.

From swirls and neon heart accents to gold foils and chrome tips, the designs on offer would not only be perfect for honouring Saint Valentine, lots of them could honestly work all year round.

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Valentine's Day 2023 nail trends

Dark-Red-Nails-With-Gold-Hearts-By-clw_nailartist
Dark-Red-Nails-With-Gold-Hearts-By-clw_nailartist

@clw_nailartist

According to research conducted by SpaSeekers (compiled using popular Google search and TikTok hashtag data), in top spot this year is "swirl nails". Searches for the dizzying trend are up by 45% since last year and the style has amassed over 55m views on TikTok. Swoon, or what?

"Pink French tips" are set to be the second biggest trend this year ahead of February 14th, with searches up by 83% and TikTok views reaching 2.1m. This nail look is ideal if you're wanting to nod to the air of romance while keeping things low-key with a hint of pastel rose, or perhaps full-on fuchsia if you're still wedded to the hugely popular Barbiecore trend.

Taking third place is "red manicure" – a stone-cold romantic nail classic, and for excellent reason. Vibrant pillar box and sultry ruby shades are not only on our agenda this year, but everyone else's, it seems. Could this possibly have anything to do with TikTok's viral "red nail theory", which proposes that painting your nails red will make you more attractive to potential partners? We reckon so, as searches for the trend have increased by 24% and it has gathered 3m TikTok views. Whether or not it actually works? Watch this space.

Hello! Fashion shares the Valentine's Day nail looks that we're currently crushing on…

Stylish swirls

Swirl-Manicure-By-Nails-By-Suman
Swirl-Manicure-By-Nails-By-Suman

@nailsbysuman

Pink French tips

Pink-French-Tips-By-Lorna-Marie
Pink-French-Tips-By-Lorna-Marie

@lorna_marie_nails

Classic red manicure

Pillarbox-Red-Manicure-By-Painted-By-Jools
Pillarbox-Red-Manicure-By-Painted-By-Jools

@paintedbyjools

Broken hearts

Broken-Heart-Nails-By-Betina-Goldstein
Broken-Heart-Nails-By-Betina-Goldstein

@betina_goldstein

Neon heart accent

Neon-Heart-Accent-Nails-By-Amy-Burvill
Neon-Heart-Accent-Nails-By-Amy-Burvill

@amyburvillnails

Gold foil hearts

Gold-Foil-Heart-Nails-By-Tiffany-Abbigaile-Beauty
Gold-Foil-Heart-Nails-By-Tiffany-Abbigaile-Beauty

@tiffanyabbigailebeauty

Abstract neon

Abstract-Neon-Pink-Nails-By-Christina
Abstract-Neon-Pink-Nails-By-Christina

@clw_nailartist

Coloured hearts

Coloured-Hearts-By-Gemma-Gunn
Coloured-Hearts-By-Gemma-Gunn

@bygemmagunn

Pink chrome tips

Pink-Chrome-Tips-Nails-By-Alyssa-Lea
Pink-Chrome-Tips-Nails-By-Alyssa-Lea

@alyssa.lea.nailart

Sporadic red hearts

 

Sporadic-Red-Heart-Nails-By-Jess-Maynard
Sporadic-Red-Heart-Nails-By-Jess-Maynard

@jessmaynard_nails

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