Expressing oneself goes beyond what you wear. We can harness the power of beauty to tell the world who we are. You can embrace your uniqueness with the hair color you wish to sport, your preference of lipstick, your fragrance choices, and even your nails! Choosing your nail color can also help suit your mood—wearing fiery red for confidence, a dainty pink for a romantic setting, chrome for an edgy vibe, the list goes on. If you wish to take your nail expression a step further, we've found the perfect rule-breaking trend you'll want to hop on, STAT!

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Classic nail polish will always be in style, but these days, we've got our eyes on attention-grabbing nail trends that make for great conversation starters, as well as amazing photos! Cue: 3D Nails! The latest trend to rock the world of nail aficionados all over the world, it's an eye-popping nail art trend that provides you tons of options to make your nail game way more exciting!

This technique oftentimes requires stick-on acrylic nails (fake nails) as the base. A lot of the products used contain harsh chemicals, so you want to protect your real nails from that. For the main nail artwork, technicians use gel nail polish as the base, and a thicker gel nail formula for creating the 3D shapes and patterns. Some even prefer to add stick-on appliqués to make the looks even prettier. The creation is cured using UV light, and you're good to go!

In the gallery below, we've rounded up some of the hottest 3D nail designs we could find, so you could start bookmarking your next nail look! Swipe through:

@betina_goldstein

@betina_goldstein

@willow.nails

@willow.nails

@willow.nails

@willow.nails

@nailsinurcoffin

@nailsinurcoffin

@nailsinurcoffin

@nailsinurcoffin

Banner photos via @nailsinurcoffin, @betina_goldstein, and @willow.nails

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