Nail glossary

Glazed donut nails

Sheer milky base + fine pearl powder + gloss — a glow that seems to come from inside the nail.

Glazed donut nails are a three-layer formula: a sheer milky base, an ultra-fine pearlescent powder buffed over it, and a glossy seal. The result is a soft, wet lustre that appears to come from inside the nail rather than sitting on it — vanilla glaze, not white paint. Because the base is translucent, the look self-adjusts to your skin tone, reading warmer and more golden over deeper skin, silvery-pink over cooler tones.

The name matters at the salon: glazed is not chrome (mirror, opaque) and not plain milky (no shimmer). Ask for pearl powder over a sheer milky base, sealed glossy. In Nailly's design studio, glazed is one of the five built-in finishes, so you can see the glow in your exact design before you send it to an artist to book.

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.