Margot Robbie's blink and you'll miss it manicure for the Governors Awards just confirmed one of my 2024 nail predictions. The actor at first appeared to have a perfectly glossy bare nail, but on closer inspection, she actually has the tiniest micro-french manicure humanly possible.
The look was created by one of our favourite nail artists on IG Betina Goldstein. Honestly, if you don't follow her, get on board, because she masters the most beautifully simple designs and intricate nail art, all with this abundance of chic-ery. And the same can be said for Margot's look.
Betina shared a snap of Margot followed by a close-up of the nails: 'Sheer ivory base with white micro French tips.' And just look how near-invisible that white line is. The thinnest line is painted right along the tip of the natural-look nail giving it a clean brightness almost imperceptibly.
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With all the 'clean girl aesthetics' and quiet luxury, along with a heightened focus on nail health, I had my suspicions a short bare nail was going to be in for 2024. With a boom in people looking for tinted clear polishes and treatments to keep them looking fresh, polish over gel. You know the vibe.
While this barely-there look isn't exactly that... it's still an indication that bare-look nails are going to be firmly a part of our 2024. And it's a genius way to brighten and lift the colour of our bare claws. If it's good enough for Margot Robbie...
Elena Chabo is Cosmopolitan UK's former beauty writer, working on everything from buzzy celeb news and trending beauty, to sincere first-person reviews and engaging video content for social media. She also creates meatier features and expert-led how-to guides, for print and online. Her passion for Black beauty, textured hair, and the ways beauty interacts with culture, society, identity and relationships, quickly took over her writing career and led her into beauty journalism. Following an MA in Magazine Journalism in 2017, she cut her teeth across various roles at Stylist Magazine, before taking on a Digital Writer role at Good Housekeeping. It was here that beauty took centre stage and she launched and ran the site's first stand-alone beauty section. Remaining at Hearst, she joined the Cosmo beauty team in 2022. Find her on LinkedIn.
