Get a File, Because You're Gonna Want to Try Round Nails ASAP

Hot take: Round nails are the best nail shape of them all. Yep, I said it! Come for me! I don't care! As cool as longer, pointier nails look, they're naturally going to be a bit more high-maintenance and fragile (umm, kinda like the popular kids in school). But round nail shapes? Your ol' faithful; your BFF. They're classic and reliable, and they don't require expensive acrylic manicures or press-on nails to copy the look. See why I love them so much?

How to make nails round

With round nails, the idea is to mimic the arc of your cuticles when shaping them. So you'll want to gently move a nail file “side to side to create the gentle arc,” nail artist Miss Pop has told Cosmo. Once you've got the edges filed to perfection, you can then focus on the nail art, the monotone colors, whatever.

Why you should try round nails

“Round nails make for a very soft, natural look that’s easy to maintain," says Miss Pop. "Even if you break a nail, you can sacrifice a little length and still keep the shape." And if you thought that short nails had to be plain and boring, I'm about to simultaneously change and blow your mind, because I'e gathered all the round nail art inspo you'll need, below. Keep scrolling and get ready to screenshot.