Nail glossary

3D charms

Small decorative pieces — bears, bows, hearts — applied to the nail and sealed under gel. Also called: Nail charms, gummy charms.

3D charms are tiny shaped decorations bonded to the nail, at their best encapsulated: sealed under builder gel or top coat so they wear as long as the set instead of catching on knitwear. The 2026 wave is translucent jelly charms — gummy bears above all — over jelly colour, translucent-on-translucent.

Placement discipline is what separates cute from cluttered: charms on one or two accent nails per hand reads intentional; every nail reads vending machine.

Now on the App Store

Now go design it.

Vocabulary is the map; a real set is the territory. Design your exact nails in Nailly and send them to an artist who can make them — live on the App Store for the US and Canada.