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In recent years, Hailey Bieber has honed in on a signature manicure style, generally a sheer white either topped with a pearly chrome glaze or a clear topcoat for shine. It's simple, versatile, and easy for a busy skincare brand founder and new mom! But for the WSJ Magazine 2025 Innovator Awards in New York City, Bieber channeled Cinderella with a glassy take on her go-to nail.
For the event, Bieber retained her preferred nail shape, a medium-long almond, but swapped the creamier texture of her mani oeuvre in favor of a nearly translucent nail, with a frosty wash of the most delicate color where a white French tip would typically be. Like Cinderella's famous glass slippers, they have a crystalline texture that makes them almost disappear onto the hand (in Bieber's case) or foot (in Cinderella's) depending on how Bieber moved and posed in the light. You can fully see her natural nail, but her tips are almost clear. These aren't sheer nails—they're see-through nails!
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Glassy, glossy nails are such a pretty way to wear a more neutral nail color, like Megan Thee Stallion's smoky gray set and Kate Hudson's 3D chrome glass French manicure. You can also incorporate more color into the mani aesthetic; for example, Demi Lovato put a spooky spin on the look with a cool gray set of “ghost jelly nails” in September, and Jennie's sheer baby-blue set from Paris Fashion Week is still on our list of the best manis of the year.
If you're feeling a bit ho-hum about a neutral nail, no worries! At the Academy Museum gala, Bieber recently put her stamp on the trending cat-eye nail with a unique brown manicure that matched her Schiaparelli gown, seamlessly incorporating the prismatic nail topper into her look. The dusty lavender color she wore for the Fashion Trust U.S. Awards in early 2025 is also a strong contender—it's soft and subtle but still feels right at home in the fall maniscape. Just don't forget your pedicure if you're wearing a pair of glass slippers!
