The Best Thing About Unique Aquarius Nail Designs

Aquarius season inspires the kind of nail art that makes people ask questions. This air sign (not water, despite the water-bearer theme) turns January 20 to February 18 into a creative festival. Aquarians are known for being forward-thinking individuals, unflappable, and into making the world a better place.

Oh, the nails you will see when Aquarius arrives! Not plain nails or sad nails so color-deprived. Not same-old-design nails, the boring old kind. But colors that tickle and then blow your mind!

There will be purples and blues that electrify fast! With amethyst sparkles that brilliantly last! A garnet that glints, a bright flash and a glow! And orchids will bloom on your fingers, you know!

Aquarius Nail Designs

Aquarius Blooms

Orchids are the Aquarius flowers, and they have deep symbolism that resonates with this zodiac sign. Across the world and for millennia, orchids have symbolized love, resilience, and luxury. When you combine them with traditional Aquarius colors, the meaning deepens.

For example, sky blue is the primary shade of this sign. It stands for goodwill and hope, like the mental boost we feel on a sunny day with a clear azure sky.

Turquoise is another color associated with Aquarius, and it’s linked to both water and sky, which makes it interesting as the Water Bearer is actually an air sign.

Since Aquarians are seen as free-spirited, progressive, adaptable visionaries concerned with improving the world, it just seems right to have an Aquarius nail design that’s innovative, unique, and invites a closer look.

Here the artist layered shades from the A’DOR Beauty Marble Ink collection. The colors include Aquarian favorites like purple, turquoise, and gold. Each of these marble inks has a thin consistency like watercolor paint. They provide a new way of painting nails that’s different and more versatile than traditional polish. Each comes with a precision brush in the bottle and offers a quick-dry formula that’s compatible with various nail systems like gel, acrylic, or lacquer.

For the accent nail, the artist used colors from a Pat Pat Gel Palette for a low-relief texture underneath where the orchid would “bloom”. She shaped the petals with clear, non-sticky LAVIS builder gel in a jar, curing each section before adding the next. After tinting the petals with Marble Ink, she added pearls and tiny golden charms for the finishing touch.

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Moonstone Magic

Here’s a set of shorties with celestial markings. You can see the wavy Aquarius symbol which people sometimes mistake for a water sign. Instead, it symbolizes the radiation of energy, something that Aquarians have lots of.

This manicure doesn’t feature the traditional Aquarius birthstones, but rather the moonstone, a secret third choice that’s essential for such an independent zodiac sign. Moonstones are crystals in the quartz family. It’s said they can boost intuition, enhance dreams, and help the wearer go with the flow.

In case you missed out on the glazed nails trend, now’s your chance to try it for an Aquarius nail design. All it takes is polishing the base color with chrome powder to achieve the iridescent glow. Browse our Aurora chrome powder collection to find the perfect shade for your project.

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Amethyst for Aquarians

Aquarians born in February have amethyst as their birthstone. Until modern times, amethysts were rare, accessible only to those with enough money and power to afford them. The ancient Greeks associated the purple color to the wine god Bacchus and thought the stone might stop intoxication.

Royal families collected amethysts for their beauty and alleged mystical powers. Some thought the stones could provide extra strength and intellectual ability or calm down those who were overly emotional.

Today’s amethysts come from diverse places like Russia, Brazil, Zambia, Arizona, and Bolivia. Some of the Brazilian geodes are so enormous a person can stand inside them!

If you’d like to do a marbled Aquarius manicure, blooming gel will be your new nail art friend. It’s ideal for swirling shades and creating translucent effects that resemble real amethysts.

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Planetary Influence

Uranus is the ruler of Aquarius and it’s quite a powerful influence on the sign. The planet itself is an ice giant with key differences from other places in the solar system. For example, it’s a beautiful blue-green color from the methane in its atmosphere, but it also has hard-to-see rings and twenty-eight tiny moons.

What’s more, its equator is almost at a 90° angle to its orbit, meaning it lays on its side as it spins from day to night. It even rotates in the opposite direction. Talk about going your own way! As a result, it has extremely long winters and summers that last 21 years each.

But don’t let Uranus’ quirks distract you from its mystical influence on Aquarius. This planet is known for guiding genius insights and social progress, and that’s right up Aquarius’s alley.

Here the artist has blended Uranus colors, including its light and dark sides into a gorgeous gradient manicure for an Aquarian.

Garnet Goodness

Garnet is the birthstone for Water Bearers born in January. Although we usually picture this gemstone as red, it can actually come in several other colors including orange and green. It’s linked to persistence, enthusiasm, commitment, and friendship. Egyptian pharaohs were buried with garnet necklaces, Romans wore garnet signet rings, and nobles in the Middle Ages prized garnet jewelry.

Now you can re-create garnet beauty for an Aquarius nail design. This one begins with builder gel extensions. After the nails are cured and shaped, the artist applies golden nail foil to the tips. Then she starts near the cuticle and brushes LAVIS Super Black gel toward the tips, stopping at the edge of the foil. With an ombre brush, she overlapped the black onto the gold.

The next step is to coat the entire nail with a beautiful jelly shade from the LAVIS Glass Gala collection, sealing it with a top coat and decorating with rhinestones. The foil makes the garnet gel glow from within like the gem itself when held to the light.

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Conclusion

Celebrate big this year with a unique Aquarius nail design. We have the supplies you need in our store at prices and to help you reach all your nail goals. Find out how to qualify for free shipping and other exclusive benefits.

Sources:

https://www.horoscope.com/zodiac-signs/aquarius

https://science.nasa.gov/uranus/facts/

https://www.gia.edu/garnet-history-lore