Almond nails
Almond is a shape rather than a colour, so this page is about the shape: the sides taper and the free edge comes to a soft rounded peak. Twenty-four of them below, short, medium and long, because the length changes it more than the colour does.
Design ideas: these are generated references for a style. None of them shows a KuQueen session, and we do not publish a client’s nails without asking her first.
The taper is what almond is for. Narrowing the sides makes the nail bed look longer and draws the eye along the finger rather than across it, which is the same reason it suits a wide nail bed and a short finger. That is also why it flatters most hands without needing length.
It does not have to be long, and that is the part people get wrong. A short almond works as long as there is enough nail bed to taper into; below that the peak has nowhere to happen and the shape reads as an oval instead. Three of the sets here are short and they are still unmistakably almond.
Almond is not oval and it is not stiletto. An oval is rounded with no point at all. A stiletto keeps tapering to a sharp tip and is far more likely to catch and snap. Almond sits between them, which is why it is the shape most people end up on. The shape guide goes through all of them side by side.
24 almond shape nails, from short almond nails to long
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Almond in bare nude
Medium almond nails in a warm bare nude, the sides tapering to a soft rounded peak, on warm brown skin.
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Long almond in red
Long almond nails in a glossy true red, tapering steeply to a rounded point, on kayumanggi skin against a light grey background.
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Short almond, glazed
Short almond nails in a sheer glaze over the natural nail, the half moon showing through, on tan skin.
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Long almond in chrome
Long almond nails in a mirror silver chrome, on warm brown skin.
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Almond French tip
Medium almond nails with a sheer base and a white tip following the curve of the shape, on morena skin against a light grey background.
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Short almond in black
Short almond nails in a glossy jet black, on medium brown skin.
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Almond in chocolate
Medium almond nails in a dark chocolate brown, on warm brown skin.
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Almond in milky white
Medium almond nails in an opaque milky white, on warm tan skin against a light grey background.
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Long almond in navy
Long almond nails in a deep navy blue, on morena skin against a light grey background.
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Short almond in rose
Short almond nails in a dusty rose pink, on tan skin.
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Long almond in emerald
Long almond nails in glossy deep emerald green, on medium brown skin, the fingers spread against a charcoal wall.
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Almond in terracotta
Medium almond nails in a warm terracotta, on warm brown skin.
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Almond in lilac
Medium almond nails in soft pastel lilac cream polish on morena skin, resting on cream linen.
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Long almond, emerald cat eye
Long almond nails in deep emerald cat eye gel with a shimmering light band across each nail, on warm tan skin over white marble.
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Short almond in butter yellow
Short almond nails in creamy pastel butter yellow on light mestiza skin, fingers wrapped around a white coffee cup.
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Almond in maroon
Medium almond nails in glossy deep maroon wine red on deep brown kayumanggi skin, resting on woven rattan.
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Almond with tiny white flowers
Medium almond nails with a sheer pale pink base and tiny white five petal flowers with yellow centres on morena skin, in front of green leaves.
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Short almond in baby blue
Short almond nails in soft pastel baby blue cream polish on warm tan skin, resting on a light oak table.
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Long almond, white marble
Long almond nails with white marble art, milky white with soft grey veins and fine gold lines, on light mestiza skin over grey and white marble.
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Almond with abstract swirls
Medium almond nails with a nude base and flowing terracotta, peach and white swirls on morena skin, resting on beige linen.
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Almond in pearl chrome
Medium almond nails with a white pearl chrome shimmer on warm tan skin, hand resting flat on a light wooden table.
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Short almond in coral
Short almond nails in bright glossy coral on deep brown kayumanggi skin, fingers raised in front of blurred green plants.
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Long almond, gold tips
Long almond nails with a sheer nude pink base and metallic gold chrome French tips on morena skin, resting on a cream knit blanket.
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Almond in sage
Medium almond nails in muted sage green cream polish on light mestiza skin, resting on a woven rattan tray.
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